Beyond The Mirror is Henri Nouwen’s personal story of a near lethal accident and the resultants journey to that shadow land between life and death. With searing honesty Nouwen recounts both the events and his state of mind leading up to the accident and recalls the emotions he felt when finding himself at death’s portal. The reader is drawn into the story, because it deals in a personal way with the ultimate challenge that everyone must face.
The power of Nouwen’s writings has always followed from his ability to distill personal experience and find in it those universal ingredients for readers to draw meaning and inspiration for their own lives. Readers of his previous books such as The Wounded Healer, Reaching Out, The Genesee Diary, The Road to Daybreak and In The Name of Jesus will attest to his remarkable gift.