--- product_id: 304052731 title: "A Short Stay in Hell" price: "AED 67" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/304052731-a-short-stay-in-hell store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # A Short Stay in Hell **Price:** AED 67 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Short Stay in Hell - **How much does it cost?** AED 67 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/304052731-a-short-stay-in-hell) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy A Short Stay in Hell by Peck, Steven L. from desertcart's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Review: Amazing - This slim novel packs an existential punch. While it’s deeply philosophical, it still has a surprising amount of heart. I felt emotionally engaged from the start, even though the narrative often leans into abstract ideas rather than character driven drama. The depiction of Hell is what really stayed with me. How something so expansive could feel so suffocating. Peck’s take on the library was completely new to me (I hadn’t encountered Borges before), it felt original and disturbing. Soren, our narrator, isn’t someone to root for in the traditional sense but he works perfectly as a vessel for exploring the book’s weighty ideas. The pacing was spot on. It’s short but doesn’t feel lacking, and while I could have read more, everything was so well crafted that it didn’t need extra pages. The atmosphere is relentlessly oppressive and claustrophobic. Certainly not hopeful but powerful in its bleakness. I completely agree with others who say it’s quietly terrifying. The scale of it all, the impossibility of ever finding meaning or escape, really got under my skin. I’ve only just finished it so it’s hard to say which parts will linger most, but I suspect it’ll stay with me for a long time and the more I think about it the more I realise I can’t fault it, so I’m giving it the full five stars. Review: Good way to spend a few hours - First time reading this type of genre. Ut wasnt what i was expecting, but I found it interesting. I wish the ending was more final but, that's the point I guess. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 183 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 5 in Metaphysical & Visionary Fiction (Books) 206 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) | | Customer reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (11,432) | | Dimensions | 15.24 x 0.69 x 22.86 cm | | Edition | Firsttion ed. | | ISBN-10 | 098374842X | | ISBN-13 | 978-0983748427 | | Item weight | 172 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 108 pages | | Publication date | 20 Mar. 2012 | | Publisher | Strange Violin Editions | ## Images ![A Short Stay in Hell - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/810blf0+Y0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing *by S***Y on 10 August 2025* This slim novel packs an existential punch. While it’s deeply philosophical, it still has a surprising amount of heart. I felt emotionally engaged from the start, even though the narrative often leans into abstract ideas rather than character driven drama. The depiction of Hell is what really stayed with me. How something so expansive could feel so suffocating. Peck’s take on the library was completely new to me (I hadn’t encountered Borges before), it felt original and disturbing. Soren, our narrator, isn’t someone to root for in the traditional sense but he works perfectly as a vessel for exploring the book’s weighty ideas. The pacing was spot on. It’s short but doesn’t feel lacking, and while I could have read more, everything was so well crafted that it didn’t need extra pages. The atmosphere is relentlessly oppressive and claustrophobic. Certainly not hopeful but powerful in its bleakness. I completely agree with others who say it’s quietly terrifying. The scale of it all, the impossibility of ever finding meaning or escape, really got under my skin. I’ve only just finished it so it’s hard to say which parts will linger most, but I suspect it’ll stay with me for a long time and the more I think about it the more I realise I can’t fault it, so I’m giving it the full five stars. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good way to spend a few hours *by J***N on 3 April 2026* First time reading this type of genre. Ut wasnt what i was expecting, but I found it interesting. I wish the ending was more final but, that's the point I guess. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is possibly the book that everyone should read. *by M***Y on 19 December 2024* The philosophical and theological debate engineered by this story far outweigh the knowledge of physics and of quantum existence and time itself. It gives an idea of what it is to exist forever yet not exist in any sense that we understand. It goes beyond the need for knowledge and disturbingly creates a view of humanity subsumed in grief and loss and finally madness and barbarity. It considers the vast ecological smorgasbord that we coexist with on our tiny crammed planet and the vastness of the universe and then how meaningless life can become without it. In the end as humans we always have hope but what do we become when there is no hope just the certainty that the only search left is the one for meaning and the knowledge that the answer can be found just not knowing when time itself loses its meaning. Just a wild view of what @booksnpunks calls a Borgesian nightmare of hell. Yet the question remains what is hell? What are we ourselves? A Cartesian entity or a god who doesn’t know they are a god? ## Frequently Bought Together - A Short Stay in Hell - I Who Have Never Known Men: Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic tale - This Thing Between Us --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/304052731-a-short-stay-in-hell](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/304052731-a-short-stay-in-hell) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*