白猫黑狗 Kelly Link 英文原版 White Cat, Black Dog 现代童话 外国文学小说

基本信息

Format: 288 pages

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:Head of Zeus 

ISBN:9781804548424

Published:9 Nov 2023

Weight:204g

Dimensions:129 x 198 x 24 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

凯利·林克从格林兄弟的故事、十七世纪的法国传说和苏格兰歌谣中寻找灵感的种子，将经典童话故事改编成完全原创的探索者故事——人物在寻找爱情、联系、复仇或自己的感觉 出于目的。

在《白猫的离婚》中，一位年迈的亿万富翁让他的三个儿子进行一系列荒谬的徒劳追逐，以决定哪个孩子将成为他的继承人。 在《不知道恐惧的女孩》中，一位健康状况不佳的教授在会议结束后在机场酒店滞留了数天，迫切地想回家与妻子和年幼的女儿团聚，并面临着上班迟到的严重危险。 不容错过的约会。 在《斯金德的面纱》中，一名年轻人同意为朋友接手一份远程看家工作。 但本该是一次专注于他长期回避的论文的机会却变成了一次出乎意料的旅程，因为这座房子似乎是非凡脱俗的旅行者的门户，或者可能是进入他自己神秘心灵的一扇门。

这些故事以惊人的方式曲折转折，巧妙地将现实主义与思辨融为一体，诙谐、富有同情心，而且永远不可预测——这些故事再次提醒我们为什么凯利·林克在短篇小说领域是无可比拟的。

Finding seeds of inspiration in the stories of the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers—characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose.

In “The White Cat’s Divorce,” an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which child will become his heir. In “The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear,” a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In “Skinder’s Veil,” a young man agrees to take over a remote house-sitting gig for a friend. But what should be a chance to focus on his long-avoided dissertation instead becomes a wildly unexpected journey, as the house seems to be a portal for otherworldly travelers—or perhaps a door into his own mysterious psyche.

Twisting and turning in astonishing ways, expertly blending realism and the speculative, witty, empathetic, and never predictable—these stories remind us once again of why Kelly Link is incomparable in the realm of short fiction.

作者简介

凯莉·林克是《惹上麻烦》的作者，入围普利策小说奖、《初学者的魔法》、《怪奇物语》和《漂亮的怪物》。 她的短篇小说曾发表在《美国至佳短篇小说》和《获奖故事：欧·亨利奖》中。 她是麦克阿瑟“天才奖”研究员，并获得了国家艺术基金会的资助。

Kelly Link is the author of Get in Trouble, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, Magic for Beginners, Stranger Things Happen, and Pretty Monsters. Her short stories have been published in The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.