{"product_id":"a-few-seconds-of-radiant-filmstrip-paperback-by-kevin-brockmeier","title":"A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip Paperback by Kevin Brockmeier","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-03-03)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e208\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780804169899\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e189.95\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.21 x 1.27\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt age twelve, Kevin Brockmeier is ready to become a different person: not the boy he has always been—the one who cries too easily and laughs too easily, who lives in an otherland of sparkling daydreams and imaginary catastrophes—but someone else altogether.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOver the course of one school year—seventh grade—he sets out in search of himself. Along the way, he happens into his first kiss at a church party, struggles to understand why his old friends tease him at the lunch table, becomes the talk of the entire school thanks to his Halloween costume, and booby-traps his lunch to deter a thief.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith the same deep feeling and oddly dreamlike precision that are the hallmarks of his fiction, the acclaimed novelist now explores the dream of his own past and recovers the person he used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to\u003ci\u003e A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eKEVIN BROCKMEIER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Celia;\u003c\/i\u003e the story collections \u003ci\u003eThings That Fall from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe View from the Seventh Layer;\u003c\/i\u003e and the children’s novels \u003ci\u003eCity of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He has published his stories in such venues as\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeney’s, Zoetrope, Tin House, The Oxford American, The Best American Short Stories, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the South.\u003c\/i\u003e He has recieved the Borders Original Voices Award, three O. Henry Awards (one, a first prize), the PEN USA Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NEA Grant. In 2007, he was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s Best Young American Novelists. He teaches frequently at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and he lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was raised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554788987041,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780804169899","price":26.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780804169899.jpg?v=1781777163","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-few-seconds-of-radiant-filmstrip-paperback-by-kevin-brockmeier","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}