Description
Book SynopsisAt the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor embarked on an extended conversation about living and dying in an imperiled world. A Friendship in Twilight is their plague journal. In raw and searching letters, written daily from the first lockdowns through the Capitol riot, they reflect on life during overlapping crises.
Trade ReviewA Friendship in Twilight is an engaging plague journal with the added suspense of a looming U.S. election in which democracy itself was at stake. Miles and Taylor, each of whom has a remarkable range of knowledge and interests, offer fascinating exchanges on numerous philosophical, religious, and cultural matters, along with more personal biographical reflections. This is a genuine one-of-a-kind book. -- Peter Harrison, author of
The Territories of Science and ReligionA unique charm and depth, giving its protagonists access to the space and time of a friendship that is patient, generous, and substantive. * Los Angeles Review of Books *
This faithfully captures the experience of living through 2020, for better or for worse. * Publishers Weekly *
The true beauty of the book, then, is that while the early months of the pandemic are the background and occasion for the letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting. * America *
Table of ContentsA Note to Our Readers
Introduction
The Ides of March
Easter
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Epiphany
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