Preparation for the Next Life

De: Atticus Lish

Narrado por: Robertson Dean

Zou Lei, orphan of the desert, migrates to work in America and finds herself slaving in New York's kitchens. She falls in love with a young man whose heart has been broken in another desert. A new life may be possible if together they can survive homelessness, lockup, and the young man's nightmares, which may be more prophecy than madness.

©2014 Atticus Lish (P)2015 Audible Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

• Winner of the 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award

“Dizzying in its ambition and exhilarating in its triumph." (The New York Times Book Review)

"Preparation for the Next Life isn’t just the best novel I’ve read this year, it may be the best novel I’ve read, ever. I’ve seen the book appearing on quite a few 'best of' lists recently—well deserved. And I am now a believer: this book should be in the conversation for a national prize." (Publishers Weekly, Best of 2014)

"Perhaps the finest and most unsentimental love story of the new decade." (The New York Times)

Wish I could be more positive

I so wanted to be uplifted, and was left depressed. Sad.

I always look for redeeming value...could not find it.

powerful

a nightmare view of the. lower world condemned to misery violence and squalor in the empires and metropolis. List makes you feel the terror and hopelessness A modern Les Miserables

Compelling love story

This book has all of the elements of a good story, plus an incredibly complex cast of characters. I listened to the whole thing almost straight through. One of the best books I've come across in a long time.

Buzzing with raw life, the hope and the hardship!

The writing style and narration transport you into a brutal reality and a beautiful bond. This has become one of my favorite books. I own the paperback, but I am so glad I switched to the audiobook to listen to while I worked, because the narrator did such a good job of making even a fleeting encounter with a background character feel totally unique, just like when you do walk past random people in the street and only catch a snippet of their conversation, and you catch yourself imagining their whole life up until that point. Combined with the author's no frills, true to life writing style, I felt 100% present in these difficult lives with their unfairly dealt cards. Just how the real world is.

An Incredible Work

Excellent writing; a riveting story that is visual, emotional and instructive. Lish brings the reader inside every characters head in a masterful way. Deserves every bit of praise he and the book have received.