The title of Atticus Lish’s Preparation for the Next Life was a question that stayed in my head the entire time I was reading his novel. The novel follows three characters. One is an illegal immigrant. The second is a returned veteran suffering from PTSD and shrapnel wounds. The third, introduced la...
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/58503280050/life-is-with-people-by-atticus-lishThere is a lengthy introduction to this interesting and unsettling book. Atticus Lish wrote it, I think. At least it is assumed by the layout, the fact that I personally have a copy, and the initials AL are written in cursi...