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"Lush. . . . At once dark and profound. . . . [The Illumination] never fails to be deeply felt and precisely observed." --The New York Times Book Review
"A beautiful novel. . . . Brockmeier is a dazzling stylist." --The Washington Post Book World "Stunningly original . . . this gorgeously written book will still stay with [readers] long after the last page is turned." --The Oregonian "Show[s] us the astonishment of life as it is really being lived." --The Boston Globe "Moving. . . . Skillfully explores the relationship between love and memory." --The New Yorker "The depth of [Brockmeier's] scrutiny makes his fiction glow." --The Plain Dealer "Brockmeier's characters are wonderful, and his images are dazzling." --Detroit Free Press "The Illumination imagines a real universe of pain and pleasure, connection and disconnection, and quest for meaning that defines human experience delightfully anew." --The Miami Herald"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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