Elijah Newman Died Today: A Novella

By Steven DeLay

Elijah Newman thinks he is returning home to his wife from a trip when, like an Ivan Ilyich, he instead finds himself unexpectedly thrust before death. Wonder over what might have been, gratitude for all that was, hope for what could perhaps still be, and love of both God and existence--Elijah Newman Died Today is an existentialist novella about one man's thoughts on what matters amid what may be his life's final moments.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Release date: Dec 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781666755923

Steven DeLay

Steven DeLay is a writer living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. An Old Member of Christ Church, Oxford, he is the author of Everything (2022), In the Spirit (2021), Before God (2020), and Phenomenology in France (2019). He is also the editor of Life above the Clouds: Philosophy in the Films of Terrence Malick (2022) and editor of Finding Meaning: Philosophy in Crisis (2023) based on the series of online essays, "Finding Meaning," at 3:16 AM.

Book preview

�m^�cbook_preview_excerpt.html}Ym�ܶ� 0;��e[����Ȓ��"��MT��!�!$�
�P�_>����F���n�3�;�i��F��ׯ{/�o�^v��m�[7�v0?yW��Pۃ�|�����W�)�0l���۰w]g�<��o�]]���Cv{�-��O��v��ߟ�,^��!�m���c�>~�Ԝn�6�]g�}2�%��^��_+�˦ �l�w��2�l�C2~0U��W�3�q��}����������l�&4&�>�M�M37�v1�cӱ�x1.���6����^ɰs�b�S�����~N�M��k��܏��� ���׸j�>���j�z�����6?��\��ze>���|�2/ǭ�ʼ��<����Oֳq)��r��|��߃��a� w�Ӄ��v������i��6�މ[�+x���Y�hcq�O��G|��œ������gϞ?�x>/lm�+�#�]���N�un�Ӌ��'�=}�x��ۧ� �[��=�"bN3��h�M.7W�>c�{�uX��*��Ż����)��Fw�+D��#�����z�����g/%s�>{������n���r���݃��ŹǾ9��9��&�y.�z���:�F�p��Źɋ3�*/��̺݀�Z?�fd@��?[��r��G���,��2�lr��u�%k`'R��~�%�d���u�X��?�x}����_�Թq�w��p����ooo.^������|8�{u�9���ŃI!��`������Ƃ}A���`]1�.�ܴ6����l:�ˬp�ښ7�A���Oc���^�Թz�-N[A�';�{�=���5�����M��9S�Vv�}r]#���������v�W�ٌ]���ډ}��q��[َL���d�=݁��[\e*p>���0� ��]�D�k<�wp��H ��[��D�:�dv
�O��0� � 5f��h�X�q#��0n2n����9q"Q��э��wɭ潫|��ЙX�Bﴬ�,�N?m�y�S�n�x��lPҸ�Ɇ���4q�#y2�M'ȕP���F�V`��T�u�ȭ͍NIp���U[�����Q*%�G�[F�ftc�k,x_1t��ʹZ�s`8��\J����pW@i���΃ �c���wn�%����t�� � U��@|�=��9z��[R�Ȑ�u�6"8Hq�Z;d�KsQ��L\ƥ���%B]3׈Õ�^�g+=�6k��vr�@%�3�����x+ $��t(\�$NF�WV�N�NV���DJ�/��<#B�`�XJ �8`�J��+�o�; ����� �H��[X1��<�rq�r��+Ël񸅋���vt�
a�+&!���
�+� �Ջ(�(����b����
b�z�Rewz n�&�0� G;$�o�[x�(-��Z��v�]����b{������Y�Z9q�k:�^�3|\Gl�j����k���j�%�gɇ
љSAw=����Ơz[
5�r�O>�Z�I���l oK��, �����>�h:��ߑn!�h�o��J6��
K1a��#��?�,�T�b�P!6Y���������$h�zz�x����E���yD@,�X��{&��:�?�@�\��-̜Ƹ�vcЛ�F99J�JH�(����e^�
Ze;�>v �E:��8�C��I�KZ8w�&�����K�Ϡ�Qyխ�{�G��r#$� �n�1��Uʸd5D��pKٴR�`w��{ځ`�U��䔨dd��J� ��] #vX6�G��Q)@(a��[Vf�`"��k�mO�D��wV��z� ��j��Q�h��� � ��F�7�
�Ij�/}�Z�%kב)�y5`�����"A�����]ʥ�!��=X?���}��a]�`������,�%5�e��z.�@v�(F�"=VU5¿59K�PE�/��uaҌ�$��E8�M
��B��'��ޒ����`��If�pԬF7�Ş/:&�J����]s�Y✤�:E�L�N›�A��e��&���\QՑa=.
b:���K��ZK�lrz]�1 �!��|�JmץԈ�(����5���M��5y1���n�|w���,���d��/!W���M�N\�l�a��Z��頡h�e���� c�=m{��8':T�B}����Ac��B�+gP� lO�jJ *6d���='��`B&�g�c~؇n���&���c�����aN[ � �h���t >�B�/-9�rm�"���"���� !�d�#�r`v�ö�$���ʵ6)Q��Iq34�܁P�h\M�N���n*!��g7;_�l�R���M\������J�y�� �oC�r8,�WRF:?�k-����еT٠��4EGZ��V�� R�������� ^*��9�l)?j%�Wղ�i�L��g����\I�q����:��u�B��,���/^i�s�84>gi�8��,�\�����Cv.�"��P�@q�ד����w�L�*�j��B
:�͡U�IोE �j+Cd�]Jrٙ� U�Gb�Z�%P�EU��]�R�Z��p[��HZ�<~= @�E�G����UV�3��Q;�>�+��$i�<���\��B:���O V�E��~�4�ل�0W�m$o��b�A߅��ߊ�0�3Iq^c�����سC��  1�0ɁHxNPH�Ԓ���9_;�dE���;~*)SH���{ٝ�:����07�
QZ:��RZQ�!��2ɝǥ��t:��$;:�S��qr�X�[���Ewsr���$4y��CS��ڰg
�Q=6c'!T"#O�p� ꃓ<�b3�I��fŒ%yiC*��s���A�pWd����éˆ������26M%�
���E������=ߠ��FI�2E�^����I��HK+&N��9�=���n�`�VO�s���,����)L�N ��a��4��(��N�RпԈGBhϡA����UO�-��FDI R�2 GQ3�
�sm�\�ft44i���k�7un��
�K($[~�Z��4��sB����T)�R�A]��QƱ9a�#ՠ6�cq��!�a�9�S��N�q�2�ǫyxw�1�Ֆ�M����Rj�2SE�j]+ʼn�iB �(w�2$���$�;e|m^I�X��J�BWw��囡�M8<,Y ��1A��thI�2g�Q��4j�d��.���*�^�^�]L���b�Y���m��-���.�M� fI�?0 �v=�w��wH�̘��q�9`������q�$�2�&V� {�"M�]o?�x2G�5�Y���%�[T -!����F<��O��KE�b+���x&I�)���hYi�e(����h9K>ݭ��ۭ�`����Pf�Z�w2A��!ɩ��%`"4tւ�R�
k=Y͔aPeu� �6
q��6,�+�z$?EQ�A&��G� �Q��|���� Ԙt�ƩB�