“To Breathe the Air”

Title“To Breathe the Air”
Year for Search2019
AuthorsEvenson, Brian [Keith](b. 1966)
Secondary TitleCliffhangers (Part I of II). McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern
Volume / Edition57, 50
Pagination39-70; 299-318
Date PublishedFall 2019, Spring 2020
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

The story, which is in two parts with a cliffhanger ending to the first part, is set in a future divided between citizens who live in the high city, which is actually a spaceship, and the descendants of the people who came from the ship and live in the low city. The citizens want to learn how to run the ship so that they can spread their domination to other planets.

Info Notes

Cliffhangers is a booklet that is part of the Twenty-First Anniversary Issue and then continued as a section with issue 59.

Holding Institutions

PU

Author Note

(b. 1966)

Full Text

2019-2020 Evenson, Brian [Keith] (b. 1966). “To Breathe the Air.” Cliffhangers (Part I of II). McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern 57, 59 (Fall 2019, Spring 2020): 39-70; 299-318. Cliffhangers is a booklet that is part of the Twenty-First Anniversary Issue and then continued as a section with issue 59. PU

The story, which is in two parts with a cliffhanger ending to the first part, is set in a future divided between citizens who live in the high city, which is actually a spaceship, and the descendants of the people who came from the ship and live in the low city. The citizens want to learn how to run the ship so that they can spread their domination to other planets.