After Elias
Eddy Boudel Tan
(Author)
Description
When the airplane Elias is flying crashes into the sea one week before their wedding day, Coen is left with nothing but a cryptic message. As fragments of the past come to the surface in the aftermath, Coen is forced to question everything he thought he knew about Elias and their life together.
Product Details
Price
$17.99
$16.73
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Publish Date
October 06, 2020
Pages
296
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 0.65 inches | 0.82 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781459746428
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About the Author
Eddy Boudel Tan writes stories that uncover how strange and extraordinary life can be. He thrives while exploring the world, drawing inspiration for his work along the way. He lives in Vancouver.
Reviews
Arresting... [a] deftly crafted novel.-- "Foreword Reviews"
A truly rare and wonderful book, utterly engrossing throughout. Coen is a hero for our era, darkly struggling amid the aftershocks of loss, but doing so with dignity, humanity, and passion. Tracking Coen's progress towards answers is a riveting and emotional journey. Watching him in his relationships is a richly rewarding meditation on love, friendship, betrayal and the undying hope for reconciliation.-- "Timothy Taylor, author of The Rule of Stephens"
Eddy Boudel Tan has crafted a page turner from a set of unlikely ingredients -- tragedy, grief, pain and the darker shadows of the human mind. But most of all he has written tenderly, resplendently, about love.-- "Christopher J. Yates, author of Grist Mill Road"
In his heartfelt and highly engaging debut, Eddy Boudel Tan asks us to stare into the dark waters of one man's personal tragedy and help make sense of the pieces that wash up onto the shore. At times mysterious and surprising, [After Elias] is a compelling and tightly bound examination of grief, shame, doubt and the darkness that conspires to dissolve our most beloved relationships. A joy to read.-- "Christopher DiRaddo, author of The Geography of Pluto"
Eddy Boudel Tan has written an immersive, unpredictable, engaging first novel propelled by mystery, softened by tenderness, and enriched with little wisdoms.-- "Patrick Nathan, author of Some Hell"
Intriguing... The novel has plenty of rewards-- "Publishers Weekly"
It's rare to find a book that works well as a deeply emotional exploration of grief and as a suspenseful thriller, but After Elias manages this feat.-- "Booklist"
One of the most anticipated LGBTQ books of October 2020-- "Lambda Literary"
After Elias promises from the start to be a puzzle. This is no simple mystery, and the layered psychological struggles and revelations kept me furiously turning pages until the very end. With chapters that shift through time along with the narrator's emotions, a cast of very real but relatable secondary characters, and a haunting sense of the past, After Elias gifts the reader with gorgeous, economic prose and the pace of a thriller. I couldn't put it down.-- "Natalie Jenner, author of The Jane Austen Society"
The novel is sad, beautiful, and haunting.-- "Midwest Book Review"
In After Elias, [Eddy Boudel Tan] challenges normative perceptions of grief and healing, he reiterates the harm of keeping secrets, and he advocates the importance of mental health...I would recommend this novel to anyone interested in a psychological rollercoaster.-- "The British Columbia Review"
Arresting... [a] deftly crafted novel.
A truly rare and wonderful book, utterly engrossing throughout. Coen is a hero for our era, darkly struggling amid the aftershocks of loss, but doing so with dignity, humanity, and passion. Tracking Coen's progress towards answers is a riveting and emotional journey. Watching him in his relationships is a richly rewarding meditation on love, friendship, betrayal and the undying hope for reconciliation.
Eddy Boudel Tan has crafted a page turner from a set of unlikely ingredients - tragedy, grief, pain and the darker shadows of the human mind. But most of all he has written tenderly, resplendently, about love.
In his heartfelt and highly engaging debut, Eddy Boudel Tan asks us to stare into the dark waters of one man's personal tragedy and help make sense of the pieces that wash up onto the shore. At times mysterious and surprising, [After Elias] is a compelling and tightly bound examination of grief, shame, doubt and the darkness that conspires to dissolve our most beloved relationships. A joy to read.
Eddy Boudel Tan has written an immersive, unpredictable, engaging first novel propelled by mystery, softened by tenderness, and enriched with little wisdoms.
Intriguing... The novel has plenty of rewards
It's rare to find a book that works well as a deeply emotional exploration of grief and as a suspenseful thriller, but After Elias manages this feat.
One of the most anticipated LGBTQ books of October 2020
After Elias promises from the start to be a puzzle. This is no simple mystery, and the layered psychological struggles and revelations kept me furiously turning pages until the very end. With chapters that shift through time along with the narrator's emotions, a cast of very real but relatable secondary characters, and a haunting sense of the past, After Elias gifts the reader with gorgeous, economic prose and the pace of a thriller. I couldn't put it down.
The novel is sad, beautiful, and haunting.
In After Elias, [Eddy Boudel Tan] challenges normative perceptions of grief and healing, he reiterates the harm of keeping secrets, and he advocates the importance of mental health...I would recommend this novel to anyone interested in a psychological rollercoaster.
A truly rare and wonderful book, utterly engrossing throughout. Coen is a hero for our era, darkly struggling amid the aftershocks of loss, but doing so with dignity, humanity, and passion. Tracking Coen's progress towards answers is a riveting and emotional journey. Watching him in his relationships is a richly rewarding meditation on love, friendship, betrayal and the undying hope for reconciliation.-- "Timothy Taylor, author of The Rule of Stephens"
Eddy Boudel Tan has crafted a page turner from a set of unlikely ingredients -- tragedy, grief, pain and the darker shadows of the human mind. But most of all he has written tenderly, resplendently, about love.-- "Christopher J. Yates, author of Grist Mill Road"
In his heartfelt and highly engaging debut, Eddy Boudel Tan asks us to stare into the dark waters of one man's personal tragedy and help make sense of the pieces that wash up onto the shore. At times mysterious and surprising, [After Elias] is a compelling and tightly bound examination of grief, shame, doubt and the darkness that conspires to dissolve our most beloved relationships. A joy to read.-- "Christopher DiRaddo, author of The Geography of Pluto"
Eddy Boudel Tan has written an immersive, unpredictable, engaging first novel propelled by mystery, softened by tenderness, and enriched with little wisdoms.-- "Patrick Nathan, author of Some Hell"
Intriguing... The novel has plenty of rewards-- "Publishers Weekly"
It's rare to find a book that works well as a deeply emotional exploration of grief and as a suspenseful thriller, but After Elias manages this feat.-- "Booklist"
One of the most anticipated LGBTQ books of October 2020-- "Lambda Literary"
After Elias promises from the start to be a puzzle. This is no simple mystery, and the layered psychological struggles and revelations kept me furiously turning pages until the very end. With chapters that shift through time along with the narrator's emotions, a cast of very real but relatable secondary characters, and a haunting sense of the past, After Elias gifts the reader with gorgeous, economic prose and the pace of a thriller. I couldn't put it down.-- "Natalie Jenner, author of The Jane Austen Society"
The novel is sad, beautiful, and haunting.-- "Midwest Book Review"
In After Elias, [Eddy Boudel Tan] challenges normative perceptions of grief and healing, he reiterates the harm of keeping secrets, and he advocates the importance of mental health...I would recommend this novel to anyone interested in a psychological rollercoaster.-- "The British Columbia Review"
Arresting... [a] deftly crafted novel.
A truly rare and wonderful book, utterly engrossing throughout. Coen is a hero for our era, darkly struggling amid the aftershocks of loss, but doing so with dignity, humanity, and passion. Tracking Coen's progress towards answers is a riveting and emotional journey. Watching him in his relationships is a richly rewarding meditation on love, friendship, betrayal and the undying hope for reconciliation.
Eddy Boudel Tan has crafted a page turner from a set of unlikely ingredients - tragedy, grief, pain and the darker shadows of the human mind. But most of all he has written tenderly, resplendently, about love.
In his heartfelt and highly engaging debut, Eddy Boudel Tan asks us to stare into the dark waters of one man's personal tragedy and help make sense of the pieces that wash up onto the shore. At times mysterious and surprising, [After Elias] is a compelling and tightly bound examination of grief, shame, doubt and the darkness that conspires to dissolve our most beloved relationships. A joy to read.
Eddy Boudel Tan has written an immersive, unpredictable, engaging first novel propelled by mystery, softened by tenderness, and enriched with little wisdoms.
Intriguing... The novel has plenty of rewards
It's rare to find a book that works well as a deeply emotional exploration of grief and as a suspenseful thriller, but After Elias manages this feat.
One of the most anticipated LGBTQ books of October 2020
After Elias promises from the start to be a puzzle. This is no simple mystery, and the layered psychological struggles and revelations kept me furiously turning pages until the very end. With chapters that shift through time along with the narrator's emotions, a cast of very real but relatable secondary characters, and a haunting sense of the past, After Elias gifts the reader with gorgeous, economic prose and the pace of a thriller. I couldn't put it down.
The novel is sad, beautiful, and haunting.
In After Elias, [Eddy Boudel Tan] challenges normative perceptions of grief and healing, he reiterates the harm of keeping secrets, and he advocates the importance of mental health...I would recommend this novel to anyone interested in a psychological rollercoaster.
