![]() ![]() It was only at that moment, he said, with a million arrow points of sand striking his skin, that he truly realized he was dead. The sound was as clear as any he had ever heard. Then everything went still and began to beat like a heart. He had walked for days and days, until the dunes broke apart beneath his feet, surging up around him to lash at his face. He said that the desert was bare and lonesome and that it had hissed at him like a snake. He told the story to everyone who would listen, bobbing his head to follow the sound of their footsteps. First he had died, he said, and then–snap!–the desert. When the blind man arrived in the city, he claimed that he had traveled across a desert of living sand. ![]() ![]() "The writing is masterful, the ideas are provocative, and all in all this is a stunning achievement." "This is the kind of book you'll find yourself thinking about long after you've gone on to other novels," says librarian Nancy Pearl about this novel by Kevin Brockmeier. Nancy Pearl: Books Worth Calling In Sick For ![]()
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