Thomas Pierce’s quiet and reflective writing allows for complete honesty from Jim’s narration throughout the novel. It’s blunt, but without the harsh sting of cynicism. The Afterlives calls to those who wonder about the boundaries between life and death and how the exploration of that liminal space has an impact on a lived life. It’s a relatively quick read, as the characters in Jim’s life are fascinating, each with . · Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) The following is from Thomas Pierces’s novel, The Afterlives. After being announced dead—just for a few minutes, due to a heart attack—Jim Byrd is confronted with a possible ghost, psychic, and other supernatural bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. · It is a romance and a speculative fiction and a philosophical inquiry. It’s also a delight to inhabit, a literary structure so cleverly wrought you search in vain for signs of the epic labor that had to have gone into its sills and stairs. The Afterlives. Hardcover $ Add to bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins.
These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. Show details. Buy the selected items together. This item: The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce Paperback $ Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by halcyonbooksgreenwich. Hall of Small Mammals: Stories by Thomas Pierce Paperback $ The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. The Afterlives in general is not the action-packed read I expected, though it did make me think a lot, which is why I kept going. It gets more and more bizarre as you go, and there is a lot of masterful character development over the years in which this one takes place, and that is what really gives this novel its power.
Set in the near future, The Afterlives is a mordantly funny and deeply human look at one man's quest to find out what happens after we die [Pierce] displays a nimble sense of humor and wild creativity in The Afterlives Maybe knowledge of life after death is a futile quest, but Pierce's intelligent debut proves there's still something to gain from pursuing it.". Thomas Pierce approaches the interplay of technology and immortality with considerable subtlety in his debut novel, "The Afterlives." The story opens as year-old Jim Byrd is revived from sudden cardiac arrest. He is happy to be back but dismayed that during the minutes he was technically dead he “saw nothing. No light, no tunnels, no angels.”. Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) The following is from Thomas Pierces’s novel, The Afterlives. After being announced dead—just for a few minutes, due to a heart attack—Jim Byrd is confronted with a possible ghost, psychic, and other supernatural forces.
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