Jerusalem, three days after the Crucifixion.
The stone is smooth. The light has no direction. The market sounds like a market, but the argument between the grain-sellers has stopped. A woman who has lived in this city for eleven years notices the world losing something she has no language for — something in the stone under her feet, the way water used to find its own path.
Above the city, a line of angels holds the last rough ground. They are losing. Not to force — to kindness. Lucifer is not conquering the world. He is improving it. Children who should have died are alive. The flood will not come. The fever is gone. And something that required the world to mean something is going with it.
The resurrection will not fail. It will simply become unnecessary.
A novel about what is lost when nothing hurts anymore — for readers of Piranesi, Annihilation, and The Road.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Jerusalem, three days after the Crucifixion.The stone is smooth. The light has no direction. The market sounds like a market, but the argument between the grain-sellers has stopped. A woman who has lived in this city for eleven years notices the world losing something she has no language for - something in the stone under her feet, the way water used to find its own path.Above the city, a line of angels holds the last rough ground. They are losing. Not to force - to kindness. Lucifer is not conquering the world. He is improving it. Children who should have died are alive. The flood will not come. The fever is gone. And something that required the world to mean something is going with it.The resurrection will not fail. It will simply become unnecessary.A novel about what is lost when nothing hurts anymore - for readers of Piranesi, Annihilation, and The Road. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798195358693
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Jerusalem, three days after the Crucifixion.The stone is smooth. The light has no direction. The market sounds like a market, but the argument between the grain-sellers has stopped. A woman who has lived in this city for eleven years notices the world losing something she has no language for - something in the stone under her feet, the way water used to find its own path.Above the city, a line of angels holds the last rough ground. They are losing. Not to force - to kindness. Lucifer is not conquering the world. He is improving it. Children who should have died are alive. The flood will not come. The fever is gone. And something that required the world to mean something is going with it.The resurrection will not fail. It will simply become unnecessary.A novel about what is lost when nothing hurts anymore - for readers of Piranesi, Annihilation, and The Road. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798195358693
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