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Three months after being unexpectedly fired from his banking job, David takes a temporary position at a local mortuary, where he experiences an inexplicable encounter with the unknown that transforms his relationships with everyone around him, forces him to confront the shifting nature of reality, and explores the boundary between the physical world and the spiritual one. 35,000 first printing.
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"Elegantly provocative. . . . Fine and deeply thoughtful fiction."--Los Angeles Times"Supple. . . . Engaging. . . . A substantial achievement."--The New York Times Book Review"Fascinating. . . . Brilliant. . . . Explores the liminal state between knowledge and belief."--The Washington Post Book World "Powerful. . . . Looks at the spirit that moves us."--Boston Globe
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Alan Lightman is the author of four previous novels, two collections of essays, and several books on science. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Granta, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and Nature, among many other publications. A theoretical physicist as well as a novelist, he has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, and was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment at MIT in science and in the humanities. He lives in the Boston area.
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- PublisherPantheon Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0375421696
- ISBN 13 9780375421693
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages243
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