Jonathan Evison - Adult Fiction
Jonathan Evison
was lauded as "a major new voice in American fiction" soon
after the publication of his first two novels,
All about Lulu (2008) and
West of Here (2011). More recognition followed.
The
Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (2013), Evison's third book, won
numerous awards and has been made into a movie. It was also chosen by KRL
as its 2015 Bainbridge Island Community Read. Evison's
Here's your
Life, Harriet Chance (2015) has been described by
The New York
Times Book Review as a book that "... resists every neat resolution, every unearned epiphany. …[Evison]
is not afraid to depict the dark side of aging as it is, and not as we wish it
were…. The result is a book that speaks to all of us, whether we’re young
enough to check Facebook 50 times a day, or old enough only to have a vague
idea what the Internet is. The themes Evison presents – disappointment,
delusion, redemption – are universal, and he deals with them beautifully in
this wonderful novel. This is your life, Harriet Chance, but it’s ours, too.”
Evison recently completed his fifth novel
Mike Munoz Saves the World!
The Great American Landscaping Novel (2016). When not writing or giving talks, he tends to
the pet rabbits in his Bainbridge Island backyard. For more information please
go to
http://www.jonathanevison.net/ or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Evison.
