The Afterlife: A Memoir
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| Author | Donald Antrim |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 193 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0312426354 |
The Afterlife is an American memoir written by Donald Antrim. The book became a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award in 2007.[1]
The memoir's primary theme is Antrim's torturous relationship with his alcoholic, manipulative, and mentally ill mother, Louanne Antrim (née Self).[2][3] Relationships with other members of the author's family are explored, but all of these relationships are presented as essentially subordinate to Antrim's relationship with his mother.[4][5][6][7]