Chances Are

机遇（普利策文学奖作者2020新书）

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 320 pages

Publisher:Atlantic Books

Imprint:Allen & Unwin

Edition:Main

ISBN:9781911630388

Published:6 Aug 2020

Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Weight:280g

Dimensions:130 x 196 x 28 (mm)

Pub. Country:United Kingdom

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year-old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the 1960s. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today - Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher and Mickey an ageing musician. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since 1971: the disappearance of their friend Jacy.

Now, decades later, the distant past interrupts the present as the truth about what happened to Jacy finally emerges, forcing the men to reconsider everything they thought they knew about each other. Shot through with Russo's trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are also introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader's heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga of how friendship's bonds are every bit as constricting and rewarding as those of family. For both longtime fans and lucky newcomers, Chances Are is a stunning demonstration of a highly-acclaimed author deepening and expanding his remarkable body of work.

在一个美丽的九月里，三个六十六岁的男人聚集在玛莎葡萄园岛，他们是上世纪六十年代在大学里认识的朋友。无论是在当时还是在今天，他们之间都有着很大的差异——林肯是一名商业房地产经纪人，泰迪是一名小型出版社出版商，米奇是一名上了年纪的音乐家。每个人都有自己的秘密，除了一个自1971年以来一直困扰他们的巨大谜团:他们的朋友杰西的失踪。

几十年后，随着关于杰茜遭遇的真相最终浮出水面，男人们重新考虑他们对彼此的了解。通过罗素标志性的喜剧和人性，《机遇》也引入了一种新的悬念，故事讲述了友谊的纽带是如何像家庭的纽带一样紧密和有意义，让读者在这部引人入胜的长篇小说中心跳加速。无论是长期的书迷还是幸运的新读者，《机遇》都是一位备受赞誉的作家深化和拓展其卓越作品的极佳展示。

评论

Russo's hallmark themes - the intricacy of male friendships, one-sided love, the collision of the past with the present - are on full display * New York Times *

...a brisk story with memorable characters and smart things to say about loss and missed opportunities. * Minneapolis Star Tribune *

...there's heart and beauty on every page. * USA Today *

Richard Russo can write like Edith Wharton leavened with a touch of David Lodge. * The Economist *

A writer of great comedy and warmth, Russo's living proof that a book can be profound and wise without aiming straight into darkness. * USA Today *

Perhaps if it was pointed out that here was a US writer who stood somewhere between Anne Tyler at her darkest and Russell Banks, with an occasional hint of Richard Ford at his least bleak, perhaps Russo would become as widely read as he deserves to be. * Irish Times *

罗素的标志性主题——男性友情的错综复杂、单相思、过去与现在的碰撞——得到了充分展示。——纽约时报

…这是一个轻快的故事，有令人难忘的角色和关于失去和错过的机会的聪明之处。——明尼阿波利斯明星论坛报

…每一页都有爱心和美丽。——今日美国

理查德·罗素的写作就像伊迪丝·华顿(Edith Wharton)在大卫·洛奇(David Lodge)的熏染下一样流畅。——经济学人

罗素是一位伟大的喜剧作家，充满温情，他的作品生动地证明，即使不直指黑暗，一本书也可以深邃而睿智。——今日美国

如果有人指出这里有一位介于安妮·泰勒(Anne Tyler)最黑暗时期和罗素·班克斯(Russell Banks)之间的美国作家，偶尔暗示理查德·福特(Richard Ford)至少有点阴郁，或许罗素会像他应得的那样获得广泛的读者。——爱尔兰时报

作者简介

Richard Russo is the author of eight previous novels, two collections of stories, a collection of essays and the memoir On Helwig Street. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which like Nobody's Fool was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries; and in 2017 he received France's Grand Prix de Litterature Americaine. He lives in Portland, Maine.

理查德·鲁索曾著有八部小说、两本故事集、一本散文集和《海威格街的回忆录》。2002年，他凭借《帝国瀑布》获得普利策奖，这部剧被改编成电影，并在HBO的迷你剧中多次获奖;2017年，他获得了法国文学大奖赛。他住在缅因州的波特兰。