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An existential, life-changing novella of one man's journey to escape a Hell like no other—an endless, labyrinthian library, for fans of I Who Have Never Known Men, Piranesi and Katabasis. Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an...
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An existential, life-changing novella of one man's journey to escape a Hell like no other—an endless, labyrinthian library, for fans of I Who Have Never Known Men, Piranesi and Katabasis.
Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies.
An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp—a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. As his attempt to leave begins, he comes face to face with the absurdity of existence.
A haunting existential novella, A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck, explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.
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ISBN: 9781807840594
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 76g
Pages: 112
About the Author
Steven L. Peck is a Professor of Biology and is widely published in evolutionary ecology and the philosophy of biology. Currently, he is studying the soundscape ecology of birds and insects. Peck is also an award-winning novelist, essayist, and poet - the author of six novels and two books of poetry. He grew up playing in the red-rock country around Moab, Utah, where he learned to love nature and imaginative literature.
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