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Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife

A Novel
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When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that’s what his father, a loving but devout Baptist minister, has raised him to believe. In Eli... Read More
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Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife

An accessible and big-hearted novel that explores belief and forgiveness as a boy grapples with his faith and sexuality on a rollicking family road trip to Bible World

An accessible and big-hearted novel that explores belief and forgiveness as a boy grapples with his faith and sexuality on a rollicking family road trip to Bible World

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When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that’s what his father, a loving but devout Baptist minister, has raised him to believe.

In Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife by Eric Schlich, explore the journey of Eli, a young boy who is navigating the complexities of his father's beliefs and the implications of his extraordinary childhood experience.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419769122

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 February 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 152.0mm

Weight: 253g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Eric Schlich is the author of the story collection Quantum Convention, which received the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Prize and the 2020 GLCA New Writers Award in Fiction. His work has appeared in numerous publications and has been selected for prizes by writers including Roxane Gay, Helen Oyeyemi, and Justin Torres. He holds a PhD in fiction from Florida State University and an MFA from Bowling Green State University. He lives in Tennessee, where he is an assistant professor at the University of Memphis.

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