The Afterlife: A Memoir

The Afterlife:A Memoir

First edition cover
Author	Donald Antrim
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]}

Early versions and original publications

• Black Mountain, 1977 ^[8]
• I Bought A Bed ^[9]
• A.K.A. Sam ^[10]
• Ad Nauseam ^[11]
• Church ^[12]
• The Kimono ^[13]
• A Man in the Kitchen ^[14]

References

1. Sternberg, Sybil (September 2006). "NBCC Memoir Finalist: Donald Antrim's The Afterlife". The National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
2. "The Afterlife". Kirkus Reviews. June 24, 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
3. Metcalf, Stephen. "Elegies for Parenthood". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
4. Antrim, Donald. "In my mother's bed". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
5. McNair, Charles. "Donald Antrim: The Afterlife". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
6. Scott, A.O. (June 18, 2006). "Son and Survivor". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
7. Barrodale, Amie (May 30, 2012). "Bookforum talks to Donald Antrim". Bookforum. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
8. Antrim, Donald (Dec 25, 2000). "Black Mountain, 1977". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
9. Antrim, Donald (June 17, 2002). "I Bought A Bed". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
10. Antrim, Donald (Feb 17, 2003). "AKA Sam". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
11. Antrim, Donald (April 21, 2003). "Ad Nauseam". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
12. Antrim, Donald (Dec 22, 2003). "Church". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
13. Antrim, Donald (March 15, 2004). "The Kimono". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
14. Antrim, Donald (September 3, 2007). "A Man In The Kitchen". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2014.