Rebecca's Reviews > A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

(4.5) An unforgettable story of coping with loss and uncertainty. Marra matches America’s best contemporary novelists with his defense of the human spirit in the face of wartime atrocities. Despite gory evidence to the contrary, there is much more to existence than bodily survival; all share in both physical vulnerability and innate dignity. Perhaps, as Philip Larkin declared, “What will survive of us is love.”

(My full review appeared in the January 2014 issue of Third Way magazine.)