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Steven heighton is the author of six previous books, including the awardwinning story collections flight paths of the emperor and on earth as it is. Afterlands tells the haunting story of this small society of castaways a white and a black american, five germans, a dane, a swede, an englishman, and two inuit families and the harrowing six months they spend marooned in the arctic, struggling to survive both the harsh elements and one another. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy afterlands book online at best prices in india on. Afterlands by steven heighton penguin random house canada. But the expedition was a failure, and half of the party nineteen men, women and children of different nationalitieswere cast adrift on an ice floe off the coast of ellesmere island, where they endured six desperate months of starvation, bloodshed and other horrors. Nineteen men, women, and children, hailing from the united states, germany, denmark, england, and sweden, and including two inuit families, set out on arctic explorer uss polaris. He is the author of fourteen books, including three short story collections, four. He is the author of ten books, including two short story collections. Steven heighton s most recent books are the nightingale wont let you sleep, a novel published by hamish hamilton in march 2017, and the waking comes late, which received the 2016 governor generals award for poetry. The setting of afterlands opening chapter is an auditorium in hartford, connecticut, in september of 1876.