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Evelyn Toynton

Biography

Evelyn Toynton

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, American Scholar, London Review of Books, 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.

Evelyn Toynton

Books by Evelyn Toynton

Inheritance
by Evelyn Toynton - Fiction, Women's Fiction

After the sudden death of her husband, Annie Devereaux flees to England, site of the nostalgic fantasies her father spun for her before he deserted the family. A chance encounter in London leads Annie to cancel her return to New York and move in with Julian, the disaffected, moody son of Helena Denby, a famous British geneticist. As their relationship progresses, Annie meets Julian's sisters, Isabel and Sasha, and becomes infatuated with visions of their idyllic childhood in England's West Country. But the more she uncovers about Julian's past, the more he explodes into rage and violence. Finally tearing herself away, Annie winds up adrift in London, rescued from her loneliness only when she and Isabel form an unexpected bond.

Modern Art: none
by Evelyn Toynton - Fiction