The Black Mirror

“Tallis has succeeded in illuminating life through an unflinching look at death and the dying process. This book is an entirely new approach that challenges the reader to consider looking death squarely in the face in order to enrich one’s living experience.”—Eric Pfeiffer, M.D., author of Caregiving in Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias and Winning Strategies for Successful Aging

~Eric Pfeiffer

“The Black Mirror succeeds in capturing the smallness and simultaneous vastness of a single life.”—Financial Times

~Financial Times

“Tallis has tried something new, something difficult, and he has brought a strong intelligence and linguistic facility to bear on the task.”—The Wall Street Journal

~The Wall Street Journal

“Tallis has written a unique, philosophical meditation on human life from the perspective of death . . . Readers will learn from these moving meditations, in which they will no doubt find reflections of their own life experiences.”—Choice

~Choice