organized as a prolonged contrast between two opposite viewpoints. In terms of space, the major theme is the emptiness of life under the sun, that is, life lived by merely human and earthly values. The counterpart, which is intertwined and does not (contrary to a common misconception) surface only at the end, asserts an alternative to life at ground level. We might call it “life above the sun”—a God-centered view that opens the door to finding meaning in the earthly sphere. The book shuttles back