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Evolution is a novel about truth and consequence. Seventeen-year-old Darwin was abused by his alcoholic mother growing up. He never knew love or affection, and he treats women as he had been treated — with hate and violence. When he meets Karyn, the sixteen-year-old half sister he never knew he had, he discovers he’s capable of caring. But he’s still filled with rage at the father who left him at his mother’s mercy. He wants love, but he also wants revenge. Which emotion is stronger?
Evolution confronts the darkness lurking in everyone, and tears down the barriers dividing “us” and “them.” We are all of the same descent.
Evolution won the 2004 New School Chapbook Award. Author Daniel Ehrenhaft, the judge, “Selene Castrovilla’s Evolution accomplishes the near With its dual protagonists, it introduces not only one, but two entirely original and compelling new voices. Imagine, if you can, how a collaboration between a modern-day teenage Langston Hughes and V.C. Andrews might read. And then stretch your mind further. Raw, lyrical, and darkly humorous – and uncompromisingly honest – Selene Castrovilla’s work is poetry and prose combined to the utmost. This is a writer to watch out for.”
Evolution confronts the darkness lurking in everyone, and tears down the barriers dividing “us” and “them.” We are all of the same descent.
Evolution won the 2004 New School Chapbook Award. Author Daniel Ehrenhaft, the judge, “Selene Castrovilla’s Evolution accomplishes the near With its dual protagonists, it introduces not only one, but two entirely original and compelling new voices. Imagine, if you can, how a collaboration between a modern-day teenage Langston Hughes and V.C. Andrews might read. And then stretch your mind further. Raw, lyrical, and darkly humorous – and uncompromisingly honest – Selene Castrovilla’s work is poetry and prose combined to the utmost. This is a writer to watch out for.”
199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 20, 2011
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About the author
Selene Castrovilla
25 books180 followersHi everyone! I'm a lifelong book lover, and when I was a kid, books saved my life. I was so lonely, but when I held a book and travelled to the place where those characters lived, I was somewhere else, where I had friends. I recently encountered a character like me, Abigail, in TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED by Chelsea Sedoti.
Isn't it exciting to find a piece of yourself in a book?
There's a piece of myself in all of my books, no matter the genre. Yes, I write in several genres, much to the dismay of my editors and, often, to myself. But I love literature, and my muse cannot be confined to one type of story. And no matter the "label", all books have humanity in common. I write about humanity. I want to understand the un-understandable. I want to explore dark thoughts and darker intentions. I want to know why people hurt each other.
And while the rational part of me knows this is impossible, the irrational writer part of me keeps trying, one manuscript at a time.
My goal is to connect with your hearts!
Please visit https://linktr.ee/selenecastrovilla.
Isn't it exciting to find a piece of yourself in a book?
There's a piece of myself in all of my books, no matter the genre. Yes, I write in several genres, much to the dismay of my editors and, often, to myself. But I love literature, and my muse cannot be confined to one type of story. And no matter the "label", all books have humanity in common. I write about humanity. I want to understand the un-understandable. I want to explore dark thoughts and darker intentions. I want to know why people hurt each other.
And while the rational part of me knows this is impossible, the irrational writer part of me keeps trying, one manuscript at a time.
My goal is to connect with your hearts!
Please visit https://linktr.ee/selenecastrovilla.
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