# The Illumination

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/kevin-brockmeier/the-illumination/9780307387776

JSON version (same data): https://www.bookquiver.com/kevin-brockmeier/the-illumination/9780307387776.json

![The Illumination](https://quivercdn.com/covers/vintage/kevin-brockmeier/the-illumination_978-03-0738-777-6.jpg?v=2026-06-15%2005%3A04%3A09)

- Book: [The Illumination](https://www.bookquiver.com/kevin-brockmeier/the-illumination) ([The Illumination.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kevin-brockmeier/the-illumination.md))
- Authors: [Kevin Brockmeier](https://www.bookquiver.com/kevin-brockmeier)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0738-777-6
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2012-02-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Seattle Times, The Kansas City Star, and Philadelphia City Paper What if our pain was the most beautiful thing about us? At 8:17 on a...