This is a spiritual self-help book for the bereaved, full of grief but also comforting. The whole book runs through the beginning and end of the dialogue between a father and son. In the dialogue, the father looks back on his life and expresses a heart-wrenching repentance; in the dialogue, the son elaborates on his experience of death and tells the strange picture of the kingdom of heaven. The narrative is decidedly poignant and moving. The novel...