Description
In a stark, surreal America, a man survives a catastrophic accident only to awaken to a grotesque second chance—his body stitched back together by an undertaker with unsettling care. As he returns to the world that tried to end him, the story unfolds through darkly comic and sharply observant turns, probing what it means to be restored, recognized, and judged. With its blend of absurdity and dread, the novel explores themes of identity, mortality, violence, and the strange rituals society performs around death. Percival Everett’s distinctive style—wry, inventive, and unafraid to unsettle—turns a shocking premise into a meditation on the stories people tell to make suffering legible.
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paperback
Hyperion
Published May 5, 2004
312 pages
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Details
First Published
2004
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for American Desert by Percival Everett.