The Brief History of the Dead
- ISBN-10
- 1400095956
- ISBN-13
- 9781400095957
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Kevin Brockmeier
Description
In an afterlife world inhabited by the recently departed who remain in the memories of the living, Marion and Phillip Byrd fall in love again, while on Earth, their daughter, Laura, is stranded alone in an Antarctic research station.
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