The View from the Seventh Layer

Brockmeier, Kevin

ISBN 10: 0375425306 / ISBN 13: 9780375425301

Published by Pantheon Books, U.S.A., 2008

About this Item

New York: Pantheon, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on the Title Page. Hardcover is in very good condition (minor bumping on the spine, front cover has a small, round mark -- possibly ink and the last page, Acknowledgment Page is crinkled on the edges and a red remainder mark on the bottom of the the text block). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition (inside flap of back cover has been bent at the bottom corner). Brodart protected. 267 pages. Seller Inventory # 4197

Bibliographic Details

Title: The View from the Seventh Layer

Publisher: Pantheon Books, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

A new compilation of short fiction from the author of The Brief History of the Dead features the title story about an asocial young woman who ponders her troubled life and imagines an escape with an apparition she calls the Entity, as well as "The Human Soul as a Rube Goldberg Device" and "Father John Melby and the Ghost of Amy Elizabeth." 35,000 first printing.

Review:

"Some writers show us the world we live in. Brockmeier shows us, instead, the one we might live in if only we had a little more imagination."
--Los Angles Times

"Powerfully affecting. . . . Carefully observed. . . . A field of sparks set ablaze by Brockmeier's artistic hand."
--The Miami Herald

"[Filled] with lyrical grace, indelible characters and deep insight. . . . Startlingly original."
--Tucson Citizen

"Devilishly addictive. . . . Brockmeier slakes our thirst once again with rich language, measured telling, [and] a hint of wonder."
--The Seattle Times