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Afterlife by Alvarez, Julia
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 1643750259
- Book Title
- Afterlife
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Item Length
- 7.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Hispanic & Latino, Family Life, Literary
- Item Weight
- 9.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-10
1643750259
ISBN-13
9781643750255
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038610906
Product Key Features
Book Title
Afterlife
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Hispanic & Latino, Family Life, Literary
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Item Length
7.3 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-042436
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"The queen is back with the exact novel we need in this fraught era. A powerful testament of witness and humanity written with audacity and authority." --Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels, "A gorgeously intimate portrait of an immigrant writer and recent widow carving out hope in the face of personal and political grief." -- O, The Oprah Magazine "A funny, moving novel of loss and love . . . Alvarez writes with knowing warmth about how well sisters know how to push on each other's bruises and how powerfully they can lift each other up. In this bighearted novel, family bonds heal a woman's grief." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "A charming novel of immigration, loss, and love." -- Booklist , starred review "A stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own." --Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Poet X "The queen is back with the exact novel we need in this fraught era. A powerful testament of witness and humanity written with audacity and authority." --Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels "Ravishing and heartfelt, Afterlife explores the complexities of familial devotion and tragedy against a backdrop of a world in crisis, and the ways in which we struggle to maintain hope, faith, compassion and love. This is Julia Alvarez at her best and most personal." -- Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Widower's Notebook "From the very beginning, Julia Alvarez has proven herself a wise and funny writer with a sharp eye and ear for the joys and obligations of love and family. Now, in Afterlife , she applies her gifts to last things, as her Antonia struggles to move beyond the consolations of poetry and embrace the buzzing, blooming confusion of the world again." -- Stewart O'Nan, author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself, "Ravishing and heartfelt, Afterlife, explores the complexities of familial devotion and tragedy against a backdrop of a world in crisis, and the ways in which we struggle to maintain hope, faith, compassion and love. This is Julia Alvarez at her best and most personal." -- Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Widower's Notebook "From the very beginning, Julia Alvarez has proven herself a wise and funny writer with a sharp eye and ear for the joys and obligations of love and family. Now, in Afterlife , she applies her gifts to last things, as her Antonia struggles to move beyond the consolations of poetry and embrace the buzzing, blooming confusion of the world again." -- Stewart O'Nan, author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself "The queen is back with the exact novel we need in this fraught era. A powerful testament of witness and humanity written with audacity and authority." --Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
The first adult novel in almost fifteen years by the internationally bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the Garc a Girls Lost Their Accents "A stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own." --Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Poet X Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife , has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including--maybe especially--members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost?, A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020 A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine * The New York Times * The Washington Post * Vogue * Bustle * BuzzFeed * Ms. m agazine * The Millions * Huffington Post * PopSugar * The Lily * Goodreads * Library Journal * LitHub * Electric Literature "The In the Time of the Butterflies icon makes a satisfying and long-awaited return to adult fiction with this kind tale of grief and sisterhood. ...deeply poignant." -- Entertainment Weekly "A gorgeously intimate portrait of an immigrant writer and recent widow carving out hope in the face of personal and political grief." -- O, The Oprah Magazine "A stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own." --Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Poet X Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife , has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including--maybe especially--members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost?
LC Classification Number
PS3551.L845A69 2020
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