Roland in Moonlight

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>As everyone knows the bond between </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>homo sapiens sapiens</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>canis lupus familiaris</em><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>has traversed the ages. But few could have anticipated the remarkable exchange here recounted between David Bentley Hart and a noble beast named Roland. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>    </span><em>Roland in Moonlight</em> breaks new ground within Hart's already astonishingly wide-ranging body of work. Eschewing the rigidity of the human either/or Roland's diagonal approach offers secret illuminations and hidden affinities as all and sundry come into his purview: paganism dreams language myth politics American Christianity <span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Indian metaphysics Japanese aesthetics... But perhaps most of all the book </span>is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the nature of mind and consciousness. </p><p>     <span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Woven through all this is a candid memoir </span>a story of loss and recovery of personal trials and tribulations with Roland<span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> leading the way through the darkened rooms and the sporadic shafts of icy moonlight his mottled coat a constantly fluctuating counterpoint of shadow and light</span>-a strange and sure balm for the soul. </p><p>    <em>Roland in Moonlight</em> is a wholly unforgettable reading experience-a journey into the possible upon the wings of a heavenly discourse between man and beast and the singular-indeed blessed-rapport that guides their lives. It is impossible not to be swept along as Roland takes flight. </p>