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3.7/5 Barnes & Noble Language English Pages 288 pp. Originally published 18 March 2008 Genre Short story | 4/5 Goodreads Country United States Publication date March 18, 2008 ISBN 978-0375425301 Publisher Pantheon Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The View from the Seventh Layer is a collection of thirteen short stories by American author Kevin Brockmeier. The stories' genres include fables, science fiction, fairy tales, and a choose-your-own-adventure story. Each of the stories ties to the theme of considering big life questions through ordinary characters and ordinary problems.
Stories
- A Fable Ending in the Sound of a Thousand Parakeets
- The View from the Seventh Layer
- The Lives of the Philosophers
- The Year of Silence
- A Fable with a Photograph of a Glass Mobile on the Wall
- Father John Melby and the Ghost of Amy Elizabeth
- The Human Soul as a Rube Goldberg Device: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story
- The Lady with the Pet Tribble
- A Fable Containing a Reflection the Size of a Match Head in Its Pupil
- Home Videos
- The Air Is Full of Little Holes
- Andrea Is Changing Her Name
- A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets
References
The View from the Seventh Layer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA