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The View From the Seventh Layer

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    About The View From the Seventh Layer

    Peering into the often unnoticed corners of life, Kevin Brockmeier has been consistently praised for the originality of his vision, the boundlessness of his imagination and the command of his craft. Once again, in this new collection of fiction, Brockmeier shows us a fantastical world that is intimately familiar but somehow distant and beautiful. From the touching title story, where a young, antisocial woman imagines her escape into the sky with an apparition only she can see, to the haunting story of a pastor tempted by something less than divine, Brockmeier moves effortlessly from the extraordinary to the everyday, while challenging us to see the world anew. Stunning, elegant, profound, and playful, The View from the Seventh Layer cements Kevin Brockmeier’s place as one of the most creative and compassionate writers of his generation.

    About The View From the Seventh Layer

    Peering into the often unnoticed corners of life, Kevin Brockmeier has been consistently praised for the originality of his vision, the boundlessness of his imagination and the command of his craft. Once again, in this new collection of fiction, Brockmeier shows us a fantastical world that is intimately familiar but somehow distant and beautiful. From the touching title story, where a young, antisocial woman imagines her escape into the sky with an apparition only she can see, to the haunting story of a pastor tempted by something less than divine, Brockmeier moves effortlessly from the extraordinary to the everyday, while challenging us to see the world anew. Stunning, elegant, profound, and playful, The View from the Seventh Layer cements Kevin Brockmeier’s place as one of the most creative and compassionate writers of his generation.

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    Also by Kevin Brockmeier

    The Ghost Variations
    A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip
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    The Brief History of the Dead
    The Truth About Celia
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    Also by Kevin Brockmeier

    The Ghost Variations
    A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip
    The Illumination
    The Brief History of the Dead
    The Truth About Celia
    See all books by Kevin Brockmeier

    About Kevin Brockmeier

    In addition to his most recent work, A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip, KEVIN BROCKMEIER is the author of the novels The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections Things That Fall from the… More about Kevin Brockmeier

    About Kevin Brockmeier

    In addition to his most recent work, A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip, KEVIN BROCKMEIER is the author of the novels The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections Things That Fall from the… More about Kevin Brockmeier

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $15.95
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 10, 2009 | 288 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307387769

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 04, 2008 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780307377104

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    Praise

    “Some writers show us the world we live in. Brockmeier shows us, instead, the one we might live in if only we had a little more imagination.”
    —Los Angles Times

    "Powerfully affecting. . . . Carefully observed. . . . A field of sparks set ablaze by Brockmeier’s artistic hand.”
    —The Miami Herald

    “[Filled] with lyrical grace, indelible characters and deep insight. . . . Startlingly original.”
    —Tucson Citizen

    “Devilishly addictive. . . . Brockmeier slakes our thirst once again with rich language, measured telling, [and] a hint of wonder.”
    —The Seattle Times

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