在远方（Trust作者新书） In the Distance

基本信息

by Hernan Diaz (Author)

Format:Paperback / softback 344 pages

Publisher:Daunt Books

Imprint:Daunt Books

ISBN:9781911547235

Published:21 Jun 2018

Weight:384g

Dimensions:197 x 151 x 26 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

2018年普利策小说奖入围

“就像科马克·麦卡锡笔下的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》。”——《星期日泰晤士报》

霍坎·索德斯特伦是一位传奇人物。他身材高大，传闻嗜血无畏，人们简称他为“鹰”。

但在这个神话背后，是一个关于失去与生存的故事。年轻时的霍坎和弟弟莱纳斯从哥德堡被派往纽约寻求发展。在港口的混乱中，他与莱纳斯失散，发现自己身处一艘开往加利福尼亚的船上。他不会说英语，身无分文，但决心要找到弟弟，于是他踏上了东方之旅。他徒步跋涉，逆历史潮流而行，经历了淘金热及其影响，邂逅了资本家和殖民者、探险家和早期科学家，见证了美国的形成及其梦想的背叛。

《在远方》是一部关于彻底的异乡的小说——关于迷失在一个尚不存在的国度。当哈坎面对沙漠和群山时，他被夹在暴力的威胁和毁灭性的孤独之间，同时始终将哥哥的形象和陪伴的希望留在远方。

“独特而感人至深……《在远方》是一个残酷、悲伤、温柔的成长故事，故事背景设定在一个熟悉的历史时期。” ——《卫报》

“画面丰富，有点像科马克·麦卡锡的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》：既是冒险故事，也是对家的意义的沉思。”——《星期日泰晤士报》

“一部非凡的史诗，讲述了一个孤独男子深入美国边疆腹地的旅程……推动这部小说发展的并非他与兄弟重聚的追求：而是对人类精神的一种美好的老式渴望，以及对其不可知性的一次优美而宽广的沉思。”——《金融时报》

“精致：自信、感人、技艺精湛，对孤独的描绘比我读过的任何一本书都深刻而精准。”——《命运与愤怒》作者劳伦·格罗夫

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

'Like Huckleberry Finn written by Cormac McCarthy.' -- Sunday Times

Håkan Söderström is a man who has become a legend. Giant in size, rumoured to be bloodthirsty and fearless, he is known simply as 'the Hawk'.

But behind this myth is a tale of loss and survival. As a young man Håkan is sent from Gothenburg with his brother Linus to seek their fortunes in New York. In the chaos of the port, he is separated from Linus and finds himself instead on a ship bound for California. He speaks no English and has no money but determined to find his brother, Håkan sets out on a journey east. As he travels on foot he moves against the tide of history, experiencing the Gold Rush and its effects, encountering capitalists and colonialists, explorers and early scientists, and witnessing the formation of America and the betrayal of its dream.

In the Distance is a novel about radical foreignness – about being lost in a country that does not yet exist. As Håkan confronts desert and mountains, he is thrown between the threat of violence and devastating loneliness, all the while keeping the image of his brother, and the hope of companionship, in the distance.

'Singular and deeply affecting… In the Distance is a brutal, sad, tender coming-of-age story, set in a historical past that feels both familiar and at the same time like nothing we've ever encountered before.' -- Guardian

'Richly drawn and something like Huckleberry Finn written by Cormac McCarthy: an adventure story as well as a meditation on the meaning of home.'-- Sunday Times

'An extraordinary epic tale of a lone man's journey into the heart of the American frontier… Ultimately it is not his quest to be reunited with his brother that impels the novel: it is a good old-fashioned yearning of the human spirit, and a beautifully commodious meditation on its absolute unknowability.' -- Financial Times

'Exquisite: assured, moving and masterful, as profound and precise an evocation of loneliness as any book I've ever read.' -- Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies

作者简介

埃尔南·迪亚兹出生于阿根廷，在阿根廷和瑞典长大。他现居纽约，担任哥伦比亚大学西班牙裔研究所副主任。他的第二部小说《信任》入围了布克奖长名单。

Hernan Diaz was born in Argentina and grew up in Argentina and Sweden. He lives in New York, where he is associate director of the Hispanic Institute at Columbia University. This is his first novel. His second novel Trust was longlisted for the Booker Prize