# On Consolation

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- Book: [On Consolation](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-ignatieff/on-consolation) ([On Consolation.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-ignatieff/on-consolation.md))
- Authors: [Michael Ignatieff](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-ignatieff)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-15-2905-377-7
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2022-01-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Illuminating and moving , these wide-ranging portraits of men and women seeking answers in dark times - from the Book of Job to Montaigne, from Cicero to Akhmatova, and on to today's palliative care - appeal to us all, as a universal quest and an intimate personal testament.