num_pages: 252
description: “Remember me when I’m gone”just took on a whole new meaning.The City is inhabited by the recently departed, who reside there only as long as they remain in the memories of the living. Among the current residents of this afterlife are Luka Sims, who prints the only newspaper in the City, with news from the other side; Coleman Kinzler, a vagrant who speaks the cautionary words of God; and Marion and Phillip Byrd, who find themselves falling in love again after decades of marriage.On Earth, Laura Byrd is trapped by extreme weather in an Antarctic research station. She’s alone and unable to contact the outside her radio is down and the power is failing. She’s running out of supplies as quickly as she’s running out of time.Kevin Brockmeier interweaves these two stories in a spellbinding tale of human connections across boundaries of all kinds. The Brief History of the Dead is the work of a remarkably gifted writer.
language: English
title: The Brief History of the Dead
titlecomplete: The Brief History of the Dead
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Death, Apocalyptic, Horror, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 12078
places: Antarctica
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Booker Worthen Literary Prize
publisher: Pantheon