“In this exquisite novel, Karolina Waclawiak rightfully recasts the American West as the territory of wandering dreams and dreamers and the land where this life and the improbable afterlife most often collide. Life Events is a deeply moving meditation on death and the dying, the fierce weight of marriage and family, and the unrelenting absurdity of being alive.”

—Hannah Lillith Assadi, author of Sonora

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

KAROLINA WACLAWIAK

Life Events

Karolina Waclawiak is the author of the novels How to Get into the Twin Palms and The Invaders. Formerly the features editor of The Believer, she is now the executive editor of the culture desk at BuzzFeed News. She lives in Los Angeles. You can sign up for email updates here.

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