The ghost variations : one hundred stories

Summary: "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"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781524748838
ISBN: 1524748838
ISBN: 9781524748845
Physical Description: print
267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2021.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

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.

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