by Kevin Brockmeier · Emecé Editores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788495908797
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«Breve historia de los que ya no están» is the speculative fiction novel by Kevin Brockmeier, published by Emecé Editores in hardback (272 pages).
Laura Byrd, a scientist isolated in Antarctica, is left alone when her two companions depart and do not return. In parallel, a nameless city welcomes the recently dead, who remain as long as someone on Earth remembers them. The connection between the two stories explores memory, loss, and the bond between the living and the dead.
The English original, The Brief History of the Dead, was published in 2003. Winner of the Borders Original Voices Award and the Booker Worthen Literary Prize.
For reading groups and readers of speculative fiction who appreciate stories about memory and death.
Kevin John Brockmeier is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. His best known work is the 2006 novel The Brief History of the Dead.
