{"product_id":"the-brief-history-of-the-dead-9781400095957","title":"The Brief History of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his most recent work, \u003ci\u003e A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eKEVIN BROCKMEIER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Celia;\u003c\/i\u003e the story collections \u003ci\u003eThings That Fall from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe View from the Seventh Layer;\u003c\/i\u003e and the children's novels \u003ci\u003eCity of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He has published his stories in such venues as\u003ci\u003e 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, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the South.\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670655373586,"sku":"9781400095957","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f85e79bb-0305-48ff-9231-874be0617098.jpg?v=1733785987","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-brief-history-of-the-dead-9781400095957","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}