The Weight of Wonders

A Novel

Simon Fleury never asked to be a healer.

When improbable events begin to gather around him—moments that resemble miracles more than explanations—his quiet, unremarkable life as a writer starts to drift out of his control. People project belief onto him. Strangers look for answers he doesn’t have. And Simon himself is left uncertain whether anything sacred is happening at all—or whether meaning is something others are simply desperate to find.

As attention grows and expectations mount, Simon is forced to confront questions he cannot resolve: what responsibility comes with being seen as extraordinary, whether belief demands certainty, and how much weight a person can carry when others place their hope in his hands. One final encounter will leave him changed—but not clarified.

Written with warmth, irony, and quiet humor, The Weight of Wonders is a reflective literary novel about faith without conclusions, miracles without rules, and the fragile space between skepticism and wonder. Blending literary fiction with subtle touches of magical realism, Tsvi Jolles invites readers not to seek answers—but to sit with questions, notice what lingers, and consider how meaning often appears without explanation.

For readers who appreciate the spiritual honesty of Anne Lamott, the coincidence-laden introspection of Paul Auster, the tenderness of Jonathan Safran Foer, and the quiet, reflective wanderings found in the memoirs of Patti Smith—this is a novel for readers comfortable with ambiguity and drawn to meaning rather than resolution.