After Elias, Eddy Boudel Tan
After Elias, Eddy Boudel Tan
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After Elias

Author: Eddy Boudel Tan

Narrator: Caleb Summers

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/19/2023


Synopsis

2021 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction—Finalist

A modern queer tragedy about a pilot's last words, an interrupted celebration, and the fear of losing everything.

"Utterly engrossing. Coen is a hero for our era, darkly struggling amid the aftershocks of loss, but doing so with dignity, humanity, and passion." —Timothy Taylor, author of The Rule of Stephens

When the airplane piloted by Elias Santos crashes one week before their wedding day, Coen Caraway loses the man he loves and the illusion of happiness he has worked so hard to create. The only thing Elias leaves behind is a recording of his final words, and even Coen is baffled by the cryptic message.

Numb with grief, he takes refuge on the Mexican island that was meant to host their wedding. But as fragments of the past come to the surface in the aftermath of the tragedy, Coen is forced to question everything he thought he knew about Elias and their life together. Beneath his flawed memory lies the truth about Elias—and himself.

From the damp concrete of Vancouver to the spoiled shores of Mexico, After Elias weaves the past with the present to tell a story of doubt, regret, and the fear of losing everything.

About Eddy Boudel Tan

Eddy Boudel Tan writes stories that uncover how strange and extraordinary life can be, some of which can be found in Joyland, yolk, Gertrude Press, and the G&LR. His debut novel, After Elias, was released in 2020. Eddy lives in Vancouver.


Reviews

Goodreads review by luce (cry bebè's back from hiatus) on August 27, 2021

| | blog | tumblr | ko-fi | | From its heartbreaking first pages, to its lump-in-your-throat epilogue, After Elias is an emotionally charged novel. “People can bring you pain, but nothing will hurt more than the pain you inflict on yourself.” Grief, guilt, regret, and fear dominate Tan’s narrative. C......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 16, 2021

Such a beautiful story that will have you wondering what’s really happened right until the very end (and beyond)......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on December 06, 2020

Wow, I still have tears in my eyes writing this review. This is an incredible debut, a well deserved 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, wonderfully written with beautiful descriptions. An underrated book, not in stars but in number of ratings and readings. I accidentally found it. I was searching on NetGalley to request......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on January 25, 2020

I read this book before it was published and it is amazing! I promise it will make you gasp, cry, long and I don't want to give anything away, but you will definitely have a moment of shock where you flip the pages back reread a few because you can't believe what happens. I strongly recommend it.......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on April 16, 2020

I was very lucky to read an advanced copy of After Elias. First of all stop what you’re doing and read this book. And let me grab some tissues. Wow. I honestly only chose to read this because of the cover (I love planes) but what a surprise. I read the whole thing in 2 days. After Elias tells the st......more