The Brief History of the Dead (Advance Reader's Edition)

Kevin Brockmeier

ISBN 10: 0375423699 / ISBN 13: 9780375423697

Published by Pantheon, 2006

About this Item

An Uncorrected Bound Proof of the Advance Reader's Edition in paperback of the First Edition, 1st printing, enfolded in a translucent vellum shroud tied with twine. A clean & tightly-bound copy, unread in Fine condition, quite presentable w/no jacket as issued. A novel of the Bardo as human memory and consciousness.

Seller Inventory # RUB387

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Brief History of the Dead (Advance Reader's Edition)
• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375423699
• ISBN 13: 9780375423697
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition, Special Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

“Remember me when I’m gone”
just took on a whole new meaning.

The City is inhabited by the recently departed, who reside there only as long as they remain in the memories of the living. Among the current residents of this afterlife are Luka Sims, who prints the only newspaper in the City, with news from the other side; Coleman Kinzler, a vagrant who speaks the cautionary words of God; and Marion and Phillip Byrd, who find themselves falling in love again after decades of marriage.

On Earth, Laura Byrd is trapped by extreme weather in an Antarctic research station. She’s alone and unable to contact the outside world: her radio is down and the power is failing. She’s running out of supplies as quickly as she’s running out of time.

Kevin Brockmeier interweaves these two stories in a spellbinding tale of human connections across boundaries of all kinds. The Brief History of the Dead is the work of a remarkably gifted writer.

About the Author

Kevin Brockmeier is the author of The Truth About Celia, Things That Fall from the Sky, and two children’s novels, City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery. His stories have appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Georgia Review, The Best American Short Stories, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and multiple editions of the O. Henry Prize Stories anthology. He is the recipient of a Nelson Algren Award, an Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award, a James Michener—Paul Engle Fellowship, three O. Henry Awards—one of which was a first prize—and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. He has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.