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| Title | : | The Brief History of the Dead |
| Author | : | Kevin Brockmeier |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 252 pages |
| Published | : | January 9th 2007 by Vintage (first published September 8th 2003) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Novels |
Kevin Brockmeier
Paperback | Pages: 252 pages Rating: 3.67 | 10769 Users | 1788 Reviews
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From 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. The 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.Describe Books Supposing The Brief History of the Dead
| Original Title: | The Brief History of the Dead |
| ISBN: | 1400095956 (ISBN13: 9781400095957) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Antarctica |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2007), New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2007), Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction (2006), Booker Worthen Literary Prize (2007) |
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Ratings: 3.67 From 10769 Users | 1788 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books The Brief History of the Dead
Many African societies divide humans into 3 categories: those still alive on the earth, the sasha, and the zamani. The recently departed whose time on earth overlapped with people still here are the sasha, the living-dead. They are not wholly dead, for they still live in the memories of the living, who can call them to mind, create their likeness in art, and bring them to life in anecdote. When the last person to know an ancestor dies, that ancestor leaves the sasha for the zamani, the dead. AsA nice haunting book that brings an interesting twist on the afterlife. Fans expecting resolution be forewarned; it's a kind of incomplete ending. I really did enjoy this book even if the promise of the story didn't find it's way into the ending. Something different but don't expect to get all the answers when you're done.
i always want more. even when i enjoy a book - especially when i enjoy a book... i love the concept of this book, and while its true there are some implausibilities here, and while it gets a little thin in places, it is easy to overlook because it is such a delight to read. yes, a delight.i am tacking on a little more to this sad and short excuse for a review because i was thinking about this book today, after i finished reading "on the beach". if anyone needs a dissertation topic or just has
What the heck just happened. I am so frustrated with that ending!!!! Kind of feel like I just wasted a lot of time on this book. It started out a little slow, but then I really got into the idea of this story. It was (for me) a really new and interesting concept and I was looking forward to see where it went.It went no where. That's where it went. No where.
This book started out brilliantly with a wonderfully unique premise. The writing is e-x-c-e-l-l-e-n-t, but somehow the story loses its momentum at the end and speaking of endings, I found this one to be very unsatisfying. However, I enjoyed this book enough to try something else by Kevin Brockmeier.
A moving story that explores the power of memory, the significance of loss, and the meaning of our existence. While reading this novel I was constantly reminded of Berkeley's "If a tree falls in the forest" question. Certainly many of us want to know that our life have meaning, perhaps even remembered beyond our existence. I think these are the ideas Brockmeier is playing with and of course he has no real answer but the route he takes is one mesmerizing journey. Two separate stories are revealed
I dearly wanted to love this book. The first chapter--establishing a vast city of the recently dead, an afterlife for everyone still remembered by the living--is amazing and beautiful. The second chapter flies off in another direction entirely, and plants us firmly in the ice and snow of antarctica. From there the novel alternates: each odd-numbered chapter explores the city of the dead from a new character's perspective, while the even-numbered chapters follow the adventures of the woman in
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