![]() What then is the commonality these two profound and quintessentially American artists share? I would suggest that it is their rich, deep under-standing of the complexity of the human condition, that Janus turn of the head which encompasses both the best and the worst of us-our partaking of the good and beautiful while also recognizing and accepting the evil and the ugly as part of the human condition. Adam Johnson’s award winning novels, such as his Pulitzer Prize winning Orphan Master’s Son, Parasites Like Us, and his short stories, are well-known for their darkness, for the sharpness and twist of a dull and bitter blade, yet with a redemptive quality usually also present. However, in truth they share a similar emotionally ominous vision. “George Tice’s Treescapes and Adam Johnson’s novels and short stories unite the work of two American masters one might think were radically dissimilar. ![]()
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