The Open Curtain

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Paperback
2016
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There is not a more intense, prolific, or apocalyptic writer of fiction in America than Brian Evenson. --George Saunders
A contemporary gothic tale about the apocalyptic connection between religion and violence. --Publishers Weekly
When Rudd, a troubled teenager, embarks on a school research project, he runs across the secret Mormon ritual of blood sacrifice, and its role in a 1902 murder committed by the grandson of Brigham Young. Along with his newly discovered half-brother, Rudd becomes swept up in the psychological and atavistic effects of this violent, antique ritual.

Synopsis

There is not a more intense, prolific, or apocalyptic writer of fiction in America than Brian Evenson. --George Saunders

A contemporary gothic tale about the apocalyptic connection between religion and violence. --Publishers Weekly

When Rudd, a troubled teenager, embarks on a school research project, he runs across the secret Mormon ritual of blood sacrifice, and its role in a 1902 murder committed by the grandson of Brigham Young. Along with his newly discovered half-brother, Rudd becomes swept up in the psychological and atavistic effects of this violent, antique ritual.

$18.53

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 264
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 09 Feb 2016
ISBN 10: 1566894174
ISBN 13: 9781566894173
Book Overview: Published in conjunction with two backlist re-releases and new work (Collapse of HorsesSampler BLAD with Father of Lies & Last Days to be sent in Collapse of Horses mailingsSubmitted as a slipcased set to Powell's IndiespensableNational print, radio, and online campaignTargeted bookseller mailingAdvertising: Bookforum, Shelf AwarenessPromotion at: BookExpo America, Winter Institute, ALA Annual, AWPPromotion on Coffee House Press e-newsletter, website, and social media channelsGiveaways on Twitter, GoodreadsSimultaneous print and e-book release, with e-book ISBN to be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listedTargeted publicity to promote author's speaking engagements

Media Reviews

No matter what book of Evenson's we're talking about, a reader might indeed feel like something had been inflicted upon him, after spending time inside Evenson's books, which are so frequently violent and disorienting, destablizing norms of behavior just as they destabilize identity, place, and memory. --Believer Logger

This is one of the bravest, most searching novels I know. --The Week

Author Bio

Brian Evenson: Praised by Peter Straub for going furthest out on the sheerest, least sheltered narrative precipice, Brian Evenson is the author of ten books of fiction. He has been a finalist for the Edgar Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the World Fantasy Award and the winner of the International Horror Guild Award, the American Library Association s award for Best Horror Novel, and one of Time Out New York s top books. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and three O. Henry Prizes, Evenson lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where he directs Brown University s Literary Arts Program.