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What is darkness?

Is it the absence of light?

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Joanne Simmonds
Jan 31, 2025
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I’ve been reading Into the Dark by Jacqueline Yallop. She’s a lecturer whose novel was nominated for the Man Booker Prize and works at the same level as Samantha Harvey, the most recent winner. It’s a beautiful essay, encompassing philosophy, science and art wrapped around the central theme of her father’s Alz…

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