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What is Aftermirth about?

“I stopped being funny the day my wife was electrocuted by her underwire bra.” So begins “Aftermirth,” a dark comedy that explores the absurdity of death through the eyes of 31-year-old comedian, writer, & actor, Michael Larssen. What is horribly funny to the rest of the world is devastating to Michael, who loves his wife deeply, especially her bright, rippling, abandoned laughter, which captivated him from the first time he ever heard it. In the aftermath of her death, he loses his sense of humor, & his career along with it.Then, after two years of mourning her, he sees an article in the paper about a factory worker named Julio Santiago who fell into a giant vat of dough & was kneaded to death. For reasons Michael doesn’t understand, he decides to go to the man’s wake. There he meets & bonds with Julio’s 29-year-old daughter Elena, a law student who is reeling from her father’s unexpected & preposterous death.Three months later, she calls him out of the blue & suggests that the two of them drive to North Carolina to speak with another survivor like themselves Elena has found on the Internet. Their road trip is a darkly funny journey of healing that takes them deep into the heart o

Who reads Aftermirth?

Author

Jordan, Hillary

Publisher

Algonquin Books, Workman Publishing, Hachette Book Group

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616203030

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.61 / 5 (148 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14