The Empire of the Dead

by Tracy Daugherty

Searching for renewal in the face of unforeseeable tragedy and the daily changes wrought by time.

In the spare and deliberate stories in The Empire of the Dead, through situations both comic and bluntly melancholy, the future remains open for people--but at an indeterminate cost. Daily, characters weigh their indecision against the consequences of choice.

Through a series of five linked stories, we meet Bern, a New York...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421415801
• ISBN13: 9781421415802
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher