Evening Would Find Me

by Katie Estill

In Katie Estill's beautifully written and riveting first novel, the young American protagonist, Sylvia, grieving over the death of her mother, flees to Greece to begin a new life. In Athens, in a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865380988
• ISBN13: 9780865380981
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Ontario Review Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Sophisticated Sizzler

Evening Would Find Me--one hot kiss of a tale by Katie Estill--makes a perfect holiday stocking stuffer, or Valentine's Day gift. Estill's first novel brilliantly portrays a young American who settles in Greece, determined to make her own way. Sylvia Harris, a college grad, still has much to sort out from her Ohio childhood--memories of her mother's alcoholism, her parents' divorce, her mother's death from cancer. Bright, passionate, she stumbles into a love triangle with a Greek artist and his lovely, deranged wife. The sensuous tussle, gorgeously orchestrated by Estill, climaxes in a whirlwind of sex, death, guilt, and redemption. The story takes only a few hours to read, but casts a fine, luscious mood that, for me, lingered for weeks.

A modern Greek tragedy

I loved this book, maybe because it caused such an ache. A beautifully written, poetic jewel that uncovers so many of the pains that come with an ill-fated love.

EVENING WOULD FIND ME was delicious...

I savor good writing and EVENING WOULD FIND ME was delicious. It was spare, terse writing at it's best. I enjoyed the book on many levels.The delineation of Athens, the resorts, and campsites put me there. I haven't been to Greece but have been to Turkey and picked up the feel of the Mediterranean sun, sea and pace. In EVENING I could sense the air, warmth, reflections, smells and sounds.I have volunteered for many years at a residence for 6 men with chronic mental illness, both schizophrenia and bi-polar. Althea was portrayed accurately with the beauty and the horror of such a personality for herself and those who love and care for her. Schizophrenia usually shows up in the late teens. It was clear that Althea, as a child, was spoiled by her wealthy father and learned early how to manipulate people.Cultural differences between Greeks and Americans were always present: the slower pace of life, time to smell the flowers, patience with things for which we Americans have no patience. I also picked up the thread that Greeks consider themselves descended from the Gods on Olympus. I found that too in CORELLI'S MANDOLIN ( a gorgeous book by Louis de Bernieres).The eroticism, Ari's creativity when he's not care-taking, the tension and devotion when he is, Sylvia's inner struggle with morals about devotion, loyalty, and monogamy in a totally new situation and environment are all beautifully portrayed. The way Sylvia's thoughts about her family and early life weave through her mind while living a completely different life in Greece is so real.... so MRS. DALLOWAY.

Very capably written, total engaging debut novel.

In Evening Would Find Me, Sylvia is a young American who flees to Greece to begin a new life after the heartfelt death of her mother. In Athens she meets a the painter Ari, and his beautiful, schizophrenic young wife Althea. Sylvia and Ari become lovers, and for Sylvia the affair engenders one revelation after another as she is drawn into a relationship with her lover's wife, whom she alternatively resents, loves, and attempts to protect. The three of them become irrevocably bound together in death and in life. Evening Would Find Me is a very capably written, totally engaging, debut title that fully documents Katie Estill as a major literary talent, and leaves her readers looking eagerly forward to her next novel!

Intelligent, Adventurous, and True Love in Greece Today.

Greece as it is and as it was is rendered here in an almost ancient Greek dramatic form by Estill. It will make no difference to the reader that there are subtle and ancient structures supporting the adventure, and giving dignity to the human challenges of the three main characters. There is so much to admire in the writing, in the observations of what visitors find in Greece, and fling aside: vacation over. This story goes deeper than anything I've read, because the fine intelligence of the author, her almost hyper-vigilence and great courage to tell it like it is. Estill does a fine job in making the English reader feel the power of the Greek language on their outlook. Romantic, intelligent and adventurous, most of all excellently written, Evening Will Find Me takes you there, Greek and all.