A Brief Stay in Hell

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A shocking meditation on faith, human nature and the inexorability of the eternal

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Synopsis

Soren Johansson, geologist and ordinary man, has always believed that after life awaits an eternal afterlife to spend with loved ones. Then he really dies, and wakes up projected by a God he had never heard of in a hell of incomprehensible dimensions: an endless library, from which he can only leave by finding the book that contains the story of his life.

In this existential horror, published for the first time in Italy but for years a cult classic among readers around the world, writer, philosopher and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity: poignant, unsettling and ironic at the same time. Damnation thus becomes a reflection on time, knowledge, faith and the very meaning of existence.

Details

Publication year: June 2026
Number of pages: 166 pages
Size: 14 x 21 cm
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9791281631755

Author

Steven L. Peck
(Moab, Utah, July 25, 1957) is an American
writer, evolutionary biologist, and philosopher, known
for his ability to combine science, philosophy, and fiction in original and thought-provoking works. After an unconventional
educational path, he earned a PhD in Biomathematics and is now a professor of evolutionary biology
at Brigham Young University (BYU), where
he focuses on Mathematical Ecology and Philosophy of Biology. A member of the Mormon faith, Peck is a leading voice
in contemporary speculative literature.

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