The Pinnacle

Benjamin Kessler

ISBN 13: 9798990017467

Published by Buckman Publishing LLC, 2025

About this Item

The Pinnacle | Benjamin Kessler | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Buckman Publishing LLC | EAN 9798990017467 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pinnacle
• Publisher: Buckman Publishing LLC
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798990017467
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Illustrator: Kell, Forest Wolf
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 127H x 7D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 127 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 136 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

The Pinnacle is a slim but telling volume. An unnamed narrator who works in the tallest building in the world, the eponymous Pinnacle, finds himself delving deeper into the building's nexus and reckoning with his own in the process. A damning but highly entertaining tale of extreme capitalism, The Pinnacle presents a version of a future we're easily hurtling towards-a future in which self-surveillance and superstructures flourish: the Hawaiian islands are linked by record-breaking bridges, healthcare is discounted for using your employer's branded social media app, and The Pinnacle towers at 324 floors and counting. Proprietary technology in the form of a massive rod rammed into the planet's core allows The Pinnacle to keep growing indefinitely, and along with it, the secrecy that surrounds its Manhattan address. Equal parts prophetic and psychedelic, funny and foreboding, this story about labor and how our jobs define us (or don't) ultimately becomes one about honesty, family, and self-actualization.

About the Authors

Benjamin Kessler is the author of the story collection Of This World (Game Over Books, 2023). His writing has appeared in DIAGRAM, Bellevue Literary Review, and Pithead Chapel, among others. He occasionally teaches, frequently thrifts, and lives happily with his family in Portland, OR.

Forest Wolf Kell is a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Portland, Oregon. Primarily his works are collections of objects, images, and icons arranged in ways meant to provoke thought.