Ghost
- ISBN-10
- 0375713433
- ISBN-13
- 9780375713439
- Series
- Ghost
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 243
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Alan Lightman
Description
Three months after being unexpectedly fired from his banking job, David takes a temporary position at a local mortuary, where he experiences an inexplicable encounter with the unknown that transforms his relationships with everyone around him, forces him to confront the shifting nature of reality, and explores the boundary between the physical world and the spiritual one. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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