Description: "Kevin Brockmeier's writing has a light, magical quality that makes it a joy to read. Playful and uninhibited, imaginative and gentle, he's an American Italo Calvino." --Lydia Millet, author ofOh Pure and Radiant Heart "Brockmeier is one of my very favorite writers. What amazes me most about him isn't his daunting technical chops or his Millhauser-sized imagination, but that in his finest moments he combines these strengths with a deeper sense of the joys and sorrows of life. These stories are wise and touching, not merely full of delightful surprises but full of heart." --Stewart O'Nan, author ofLast Night at the Lobster "These are beautiful and ethereal stories by an unsettling writer. Brockmeier is a major talent." --Kevin Baker, author ofStrivers Row "Nobody has ever written stories like this. Who else could transpose Chekov into outer space, write a Choose Your Own Adventure story for the human soul, or tell the story of a man's life through the twittering chorus of his parakeets? Each of these stories contains a sentence that will blast open the walled-off regions of your heart like dynamite." --Karen Russell, author ofSt. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves "I love Kevin Brockmeier's work, not only for its daring innovation and its boundary-defying marriage of the real and the fantastic, but also because of the deep feeling and compassion he brings to the lives of his varies characters. He is one of the best short story writers in America." --Dan Chaon, author ofAmong the MissingandYou Remind Me of Me "I am totally enthralled, mesmerized, and jealous ofThe View from the Seventh Layer.These curious, fragile worlds drew me in like few stories published today. This collection's an instant classic." --George Singleton, author ofNovelandDrowning in Gruel

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