Richard Purdy : Atlas of the Afterlife

Written as a novel, this work of fiction leads the reader through hell, purgatory and paradise over a time period of a thousand years. These passages of Dante’s death are experienced by a man whose immune system allows him to live from year 992 to 1992, after which he dies in a Montreal retirement home. The entire novel, which includes illustrated pages literally enclosing certain chapters, is recounted from the protagonist’s autopsy. Text in French and English.