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Evelyn Toynton's most recent book was Jackson Pollock, published by Yale University Press in 2012. Her novel Modern Art was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was translated into Russian; Other Press published her second novel, The Oriental Wife, which has been optioned for a film and published in a Greek translation. Her essays, articles and reviews have appeared in Harper's, The Atlantic, the American Scholar, the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, Salmagundi, and Prospect, among others, and have been reprinted in several anthologies, including Rereadings, Mentors, Muses & Monsters and Table Talk from the Threepenny Review.
Praise for The Oriental Wife: When [Toynton] describes love and lovemaking, the emotional high points of...life seem to leap from the page. --Alan Cheuse, NPR's All Things Considered [Toynton's] prose is masterful...a deeply moving exploration of the eternal themes of love, loss, and regret. --Free Lance-Star Tender and moving. --Entertainment Weekly Deeply emotional...A first-rate literary work and a character study of loss. --Kirkus Reviews Beautiful. --Publishers Weekly Intense and moving. --Booklist [An] intriguing novel...heartbreaking and poignant. --Foreword Reviews
