Quotes from Kristeva and Artaud can be found in Altmann’s Tongue, and a quote from Gilles Deleuze appears on the back cover of Dark Property, Evenson’s most recent publication. In addition, he has a monograph on Robert Coover’s fiction. in critical theory, and was a major part of the Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish discussion. Moreover, he was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was even a part of the high priesthood. His fiction is characterised by violent and emotionless scenes with a mocking of human flesh. He is an out-of-the-ordinary person, even strange. In Utah, however, the works of Brian Evenson were taken seriously. The Los Angeles Times even commented that “there is a talent here,” albeit, “an eldritch one.” –Inspired by “The Polygamy of Language,” by Brian Evensonīack in 1994, Brian Evenson’s debut book, Altmann’s Tongue, didn’t receive much attention from the literary world.Ī small, cult-like following did form, but critics were left unsure of how to react to the bizarre 28 short stories and cerebral novella that used elements from the nouveau roman, as well as Hieronymus Bosch.Įvenson was usually either ignored or labelled as a strange curiosity. All around me, the night of language was filled with a darkness that seemed to consume my very being.
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