The Leftovers

Nice novel and interesting version of apocalyptic literature. In this case the apocalyptic event is an instantaneous disappearing that leaves nothing to battle against but the loss itself. The novel is the stories of how various people in a small town cope with the sudden disappearances of a whole set of people from their lives. Sudden, arbitrary and unexplainable loss of parts of a community force people to wrestle with how to go on with their lives and question whether the life they are living is what they really want.