Ignatieff, Rupnik, Matějčková. Finding Solace in Dark Times

How to find consolation in an era without faith? In his book On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark, a series of reflections on writers, artists, musicians and their works – from the books of Job and Psalms to Gustav Mahler, Albert Camus, Primo Levi and Václav Havel – acclaimed author and historian Michael Ignatieff shows how throughout time people in extreme situations turned to one another as a source of hope and resilience. He brings their stories into the present with the conviction that we can revive these traditions of consolation as we face the anxiety and uncertainty of our fractious 21st century.