Things that Fall from the Sky (Vintage Contemporaries)

Things that Fall from the Sky (Vintage Contemporaries)
Authors
Brockmeier, Kevin
Publisher
Vintage
ISBN
9780307429728
Date
2002-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.34 MB
Lang
en
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Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined **Things That Fall from the Sky** views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens.

In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his inconsolable sense of loss after she is wrenched away. In “Apples,” a boy comes to terms with the complex world of adults, his first pangs of love, and the bizarre death of his Bible coach. “The Jesus Stories” examines a people trying to accelerate the Second Coming by telling the story of Christ in every possible way. And in the O. Henry Award winning “The Ceiling,” a man’s marriage begins to disintegrate after the sky starts slowly descending.

Achingly beautiful and deceptively simple, **Things That Fall from the Sky** defies gravity as one of the most original story collections seen in recent years.

*From the Trade Paperback edition.*