小地之兽 Beasts of a Little Land

基本信息

Format:Paperback 416 pages

Publisher:HarperCollins

Imprint:Ecco

ISBN:9780063093584

Published:6 Dec 2022

Weight:331g

Dimensions:203 x 135 (mm)

书籍简介

“一部充满伟大人物和真情实感的精彩处女作。《雪花与秘密扇子》的作者 Lisa See

2022 年代顿文学和平奖入围者、巴尔科内斯小说奖入围者、 HWA 处女作皇冠奖入围者

一部以朝鲜独立运动为背景的关于爱情、战争和救赎的史诗故事，讲述了一个被卖到妓院的年轻女孩和一个身无分文的猎人儿子交织在一起的命运

1917 年，在被占领的朝鲜的雪山深处，一位濒临饥饿的贫困当地猎人从一只攻击的老虎手中救下了一名年轻的日本军官。一瞬间，他们的命运联系在一起，从这次相遇展开了一段跨越半个世纪的传奇故事。

事后，一个名叫 Jade 的年轻女孩被家人卖给了西尔弗小姐的妓院，这一绝望之举将巩固她处于社会地位很低的境地。

当她与一个名叫正浩的孤儿成为朋友时，他们结下了深厚的友谊。正浩在街头乞讨，勉强维持生计。成年后，正浩被卷入了争取独立的革命斗争中，而 Jade 则成为一名备受追捧的演员，并有了贵族出身的新浪漫前景。很快，Jade 要决定她是否愿意为那个愿意为她做同样事情的人冒一切风险。

从平壤妓院芳香四溢的房间，到现代化迷人的咖啡馆，再到满洲的北方森林，战斗激烈，金珠熙笔下令人难忘的角色在为国家下注时创造了自己的命运。

身临其境、优雅的《小地之兽》揭开了一个朋友变成敌人、敌人变成救世主、英雄受到迫害、野兽千姿百态的世界。

"A spectacular debut filled with great characters and heart. Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

FINALIST FOR THE 2022 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE * FINALIST FOR THE BALCONES FICTION PRIZE * LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARD

An epic story of love, war, and redemption set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movement, following the intertwined fates of a young girl sold to a courtesan school and the penniless son of a hunter

In 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink of starvation saves a young Japanese officer from an attacking tiger. In an instant, their fates are connectedand from this encounter unfolds a saga that spans half a century.

In the aftermath, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silvers courtesan school, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social status.

When she befriends an orphan boy named JungHo, who scrapes together a living begging on the streets of Seoul, they form a deep friendship. As they come of age, JungHo is swept up in the revolutionary fight for independence, and Jade becomes a sought-after performer with a new romantic prospect of noble birth. Soon Jade must decide whether she will risk everything for the one who would do the same for her.

From the perfumed chambers of a courtesan school in Pyongyang to the glamorous cafes of a modernizing Seoul and the boreal forests of Manchuria, where battles rage, Juhea Kims unforgettable characters forge their own destinies as they wager their nations.

Immersive and elegant,Beasts of a Little Landunveils a world where friends become enemies, enemies become saviors, heroes are persecuted, and beasts take many shapes.

作者简介

Juhea Kim 是小说《小地之兽》（Ecco 2021）的作者，该小说入围了代顿文学和平奖决赛，并入围了 Yasyana Polyana 奖。她毕业于普林斯顿大学，作品发表在《格兰塔》、《泰晤士报文学增刊》、《独立报》、《Zyzzyva》、《格尔尼卡》等杂志上。Kim 出生于韩国，在俄勒冈州波特兰长大，现居住在伦敦。

Juhea Kim is the author of the novel Beasts of a Little Land (Ecco 2021), a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and shortlisted for the Yasyana Polyana Prize. A graduate of Princeton University, her writing has been published in Granta, Times Literary Supplement, The Independent, Zyzzyva, Guernica and elsewhere. Born in Korea and raised in Portland, Oregon, Kim now lives in London.