Book
The ghost variations: one hundred stories
Pantheon Books
2021
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Abstract
"The author of the acclaimed novel The Brief History of the Dead now gives us one hundred funny, poignant, scary, and thought-provoking ghost stories that explore all aspects of the afterlife. A spirit who appears in a law firm reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, a man haunted by the trees cut down to build his house, nefarious specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows in which they live, and parakeets that serve as mouthpieces for the dead--these are just a few of the characters Kevin Brockmeier presents in this extraordinary compendium of spectral emanations and their wildly various purposes in (after) life. These tales are by turns playful, chilling, and philosophical, paying homage to the genre while audaciously subverting expectations. The ghosts in these pages are certain to haunt you well after you've closed the book"--
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The ghost variations: one hundred stories
- Creators
- Kevin Brockmeier (Author)
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of contents
- Ghosts and memory -- Ghosts and fortune -- Ghosts and nature -- Ghosts and time -- Ghosts and speculation -- Ghosts and vision -- Ghosts and the other senses -- Ghosts and belief -- Ghosts and love and friendship -- Ghosts and family -- Ghosts and words and numbers.
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books; New York
- ISBN
- 9781524748838; 1524748838
- Format
- 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Number of pages
- 267 pages
- Language
- English
- Date copyrighted
- 2021
- Date published
- 2021
- Academic Unit
- Creative Writing
- Record Identifier
- 9984702843302771
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