As a journalist suddenly skeptical of the power of words to tell the deepest truths of other peopleās stories, Jeff Sharlet turned to taking snapshots and posting them on Instagramāimages that he then reflected on in words of extraordinary intimacy and power. A visionary work of radical empathy, this collection of images and reflections is framed by the two years between his fatherās heart attack and his own, a time defined by insomnia and late-night driving and the companionship of other darkness-dwellers: night bakers and last-call drinkers, frightened people and frightening people, the homeless and the lost (or merely disoriented), addicts and people on the margins.
A book that erases all boundaries between author and subject and reader, between the āsafeā and the afflicted, This Brilliant Darkness is a riveting, light-bearing inquiry into the ways we live with suffering.
This book title, This Brilliant Darkness (A Book of Strangers), ISBN: 9781324003205, by Jeff Sharlet, published by W. W. Norton & Company (February 11, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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