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Availability:In StockContributor:Daria LavellePublish date:5/19/2026Pages:400
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781668061602ISBN-10:1668061600UPC:9781668061602Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Fantasy, GhostBook Topic:HumorousSize:8.28 x 5.44 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SCJ6R3TZA9
"Dark and delicious, sincerely moving and at times laugh out loud funny, a heady, bittersweet, beautiful novel about life and death, grief and closure, passion and hunger. A must-read." --RACHEL HARRISON, USA TODAY bestselling author of So Thirsty and Black Sheep

What if you could have one last meal with someone you've loved, someone you've lost? Combining the magic of Under the Whispering Door with the high-stakes culinary world of Sweetbitter, Aftertaste is an epic love story, a dark comedy, and a synesthetic adventure through food and grief.

Some hungers never fade.

When Konstantin Duhovny cooks a dish tied to a memory of someone deceased, he can summon their ghost back for one final meal. But what begins as a thrilling gift quickly spins out of control when Kostya decides to open a restaurant that promises to reunite the Living and the Dead. (It turns out that messing with the afterlife comes at a steep cost.)

As the boundaries between worlds start to blur, and as Kostya falls in love with a woman with her own secret relationship with the afterlife, he must confront the limits of what can be reclaimed, and what we must let go, in order to move on.

Deliciously unique and deeply emotional, Aftertaste is an epic love story and a genre-blending adventure through eating, grieving, and the moments that make us feel alive.

Hungry? Come take your seat at New York City's most unforgettable culinary experience.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781668061602ISBN-10:1668061600UPC:9781668061602Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Fantasy, GhostBook Topic:HumorousSize:8.28 x 5.44 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SCJ6R3TZA9
Daria Lavelle is an American fiction writer. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and raised in the New York metro area, her work explores themes of identity and belonging through magic and the uncanny. Her short stories have appeared in The Deadlands, The Dread Machine, and elsewhere, and she holds degrees in writing from Princeton University and Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, children, and goldendoodle, all of whom love a great meal almost as much as she does. Learn more at DariaLavelle.com.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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