Preparation for the Next Life
By: Atticus Lish
Publisher: Tyrant Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780988518339
Subjects: Illegal aliens; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Man-woman relationships; Veterans; Fiction
Description: Zou Lei, a Chinese Muslim of the Uighur tribe, enters the U.S. via Mexico, and makes her way to New York City. Keeping a low profile and employed in a restaurant, she meets Skinner, a veteran of the Iraqi war, who's afflicted with PTSD.