Malaprop’s staff favorite Chris Bohjalian returns to Asheville with his latest novel, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands on July 24th.
He will perform a reading and will also be available for signings on July 24th at 7:00 pm. For additional details please visit Malaprops.com.
The author of Light in the Ruins, Trans Sister Radio, and many other bestsellers, “Bohjalian’s impressive 16th novel charts the life of a teenage girl after a nuclear disaster. . .[Emily’s] admiration for kindred spirit Emily Dickinson serves to humanize her plight, as does an epiphany in the book’s bittersweet conclusion,” according to Publishers Weekly.
In a review of The Light in the Ruins, the Miami Herald said, “One of the pleasures of Bohjalian, author of the bestselling Midwives and Oprah pick The Sandcastle Girls, is the deft way he reveals his characters.” Bohjalian has received numerous awards for his work, including the ANCA Freedom Award for his work educating Americans about the Armenian Genocide