Eveningland: Stories

A New York Times Editors' Choice

"The spirit of Eudora Welty broods over these adroitly crafted stories set in and around coastal Alabama, evoking a world coiled tight as a conch shell." --O Magazine

"Impressive...Knight pays careful, writerly attention to the details of desperation."--New York Times Book Review
An instant regional bestseller, Eveningland is Alabama-born Michael Knight's powerful short story cycle whose seven stellar tales illuminate the everyday beauty and heartache of life along the shores of serene, history-haunted Mobile Bay, in the years preceding a devastating hurricane.

"A thought-provoking and deeply satisfying reading experience, Eveningland evokes the Old South without sentimentalizing its loss." --Washington Independent Review of Books

About the Author
Michael Knight is the author of the novels The Typist and Divining Rod, the short story collections, Goodnight Nobody and Dogfight and Other Stories, and the novella, The Holiday Season. He teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee and lives in Knoxville with his family.