A Very Brief History of Eternity

From the author of Waiting for Snow in Havana , a brilliant cultural history of the idea of eternity What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations? In A Very Brief History of Eternity , Carlos Eire, the historian and National Book Award–winning author of Waiting for Snow in Havana , has w