{"product_id":"9781616200824","title":"West of Here","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWest of Here\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jonathan Evison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAt the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan Thornburgh has just arrived in Port Bonita to reclaim the woman he loves and start a family. Ethan’s obsession with a brighter future impels the damming of the mighty Elwha to harness its power and put Port Bonita on the map.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a century later, his great-great grandson, a middle manager at a failing fish- packing plant, is destined to oversee the undoing of that vision, as the great Thornburgh dam is marked for demolition, having blocked the very lifeline that could have sustained the town. \u003ci\u003eWest of Here\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand and playful odyssey, a multilayered saga of destiny and greed, adventure and passion, that chronicles the life of one small town, turning America’s history into myth, and myth into a nation’s shared experience.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA \"booming, bighearted epic.\"\u003ci\u003e --Vanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A big novel about the discovery and rediscovery of nature, starting over, and the sometimes piercing reverberations of history, this is a damn fine book.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Evison switches easily between 19th-century vernacular and contemporary lingo, and the tenderly funny result is both pioneer story and social commentary. You'll want to reread it to catch cross-references between the parallel stories.\" --\u003ci\u003eAmerican Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Evison, author of this audacious historical novel, manages a near-impossible feat: first, he creates an almost absurdly complex narrative structure, bridging more than 100 years of life in Washington State and encompassing multiple points of view, and then he grounds the sublime architechtonic whole in the vividly realized daily lives of characters who exist completely in their individual moments but whose actions reverberate back and forth across time . . . [This] is a testament to the books' greatness.\" \u003ci\u003e--Booklist,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“An enjoyable, meaty read—a vision of a place told through the people who find themselves at the edge of America’s idea of itself.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“[A] booming, bighearted epic.” —\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“[A] booming, bighearted epic.” —\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Riotously funny . . . Wonderfully charming.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Riotously funny . . . Wonderfully charming.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“[A] big, booming ruckus of a novel . . . Evison [is] a tremendously gifted storyteller.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“[A] big, booming ruckus of a novel . . . Evison [is] a tremendously gifted storyteller.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Evison gives us a jaunty, rain-slicked quest story . . . Its ending is clever and satisfying, and its arrival could signal the breakout of a promising career.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781616200824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40876418433230,"sku":"9781616200824","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_26b097b2-ea36-4af8-bec8-726a72d84a26.jpg?v=1644399278","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781616200824","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}