The Brief History of the Dead by Brockmeier, Kevin

The Brief History of the Dead (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400095957)

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The Brief History of the Dead by Brockmeier, Kevin

The Brief History of the Dead

$17.00
The Brief History of the Dead by Brockmeier, Kevin

The Brief History of the Dead

$17.00
Format: Paperback
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From Kevin Brockmeier, one of this generation's most inventive young writers, comes a striking new novel about death, life, and the mysterious place in between.

The City is inhabited by those who have departed Earth but are still remembered by the living. They will reside in this afterlife until they are completely forgotten. But the City is shrinking, and the residents clearing out. Some of the holdouts, like Luka Sims, who produces the City's only newspaper, are wondering what exactly is going on. Others, like Coleman Kinzler, believe it is the beginning of the end. Meanwhile, Laura Byrd is trapped in an Antarctic research station, her supplies are running low, her radio finds only static, and the power is failing. With little choice, Laura sets out across the ice to look for help, but time is running out. Kevin Brockmeier alternates these two storylines to create a lyrical and haunting story about love, loss and the power of memory.



Author: Kevin Brockmeier
ISBN-10: 1400095956
ISBN-13: 9781400095957
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2007
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.9
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 108718 / Brief History of the Dead


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 02/18/2007 pg. 28
Christian Century 10/17/2012 pg. 61
By Kevin Brockmeier
By Kevin Brockmeier
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In addition to his most recent work, A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip, KEVIN BROCKMEIER is the author of the novels The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer; and the children's novels City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He has published his stories in such venues as The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeney's, Zoetrope, Tin House, The Oxford American, The Best American Short Stories, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and New Stories from the South. He has recieved the Borders Original Voices Award, three O. Henry Awards (one, a first prize), the PEN USA Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NEA Grant. In 2007, he was named one of Granta magazine's Best Young American Novelists He teaches frequently at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and he lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was raised.

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