The Fiction of Forgiveness

You Can't Just Say You're Sorry

De: W J O'Reilly

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

"Forgive your enemies, but always remember their names," said John F Kennedy before he was gunned down in Dallas. Our lives are far less dangerous, but still our use of "I'm Sorry" and "I forgive you" are potential minefields that do little to guarantee closure to conflict. To forgive or not to forgive, that is the question although forgiveness, authentic or not, seems a necessary component of our peace, happiness and success in the world.

O'Reilly uses the medium of philosophical fiction to deliver his take on this aspect of the human condition. His journalistic work has appeared on CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN, including AC360 and The Situation Room.With the sudden death of a friend at the hands of Covid-19, Wyatt combs through his painful high school memories, failed marriages and hopes for redemption through the power of writing this, his first novel.

Experimental. Risk taking.

Unusual work for this Netflix era of entertainment. Some may not get it but what’s wrong with that?