About the Author

Demian Vitanza is a playwright and novelist who has conducted numerous writing workshops, including one for the inmates of Halden Prison in Norway. He is the author of Sub Rosa and the award-winning novel Urak. This Life or the Next is Demian's third novel and his first to be translated into English.

Reviews

A Liz & Lisa Best Book of the Month "[T]his book effectively captures one young man's coming-of-age in a world where he always feels in-between; insightful and engaging." -Library Journal "A bildungsroman for our troubled times, set in a place where nothing is safe or certain." -New York Journal of Books "For a reader attempting to understand the vast world of the twenty-first century and to see life from a Muslim perspective, This Life or the Next is a captivating read." -Fresh Fiction