{"product_id":"the-illumination-9780307387776","title":"The Illumination","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, \u003ci\u003e The Seattle Times, The Kansas City Star, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if our pain was the most beautiful thing about us?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 8:17 on a Friday night, the Illumination begins. Every wound begins to shine, every bruise to glow and shimmer. And in the aftermath of a fatal car accident, a journal of love notes, written by a husband to his wife, passes into the keeping of Carol Ann Page, and from there through the hands of five other people--a photojournalist, a schoolchild, a missionary, a writer, and a street vendor. As their stories unfold, we come to understand how intricately and brilliantly they are connected, in all their human injury and experience. With the artistry and imagination that have become his trademark, Kevin Brockmeier reveals a world that only he could imagine, casting his gaze on the wounds we bear and the light that radiates from us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe View from the Seventh Layer, The Brief History of the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Celia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThings That Fall from the Sky, \u003c\/i\u003e and two children's novels. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand Granta's \u003ci\u003eBest of Young American Novelists\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He has taught at the Iowa Writer's Workshop and lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844278948114,"sku":"9780307387776","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_551fe1a0-6d80-4902-abc5-4b5bf5b0ae66.jpg?v=1737315647","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-illumination-9780307387776","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}