离开的人（美国国家图书奖） The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist)

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 368 pages

Publisher:Algonquin Books

Imprint:Algonquin Books

ISBN:9781616208042

Published:24 Apr 2018

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:295g

Dimensions:208 x 137 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“曾经有一段时间，我会说 Lisa Ko 的小说文笔优美、雄心勃勃、感人肺腑，这些都是事实，但现在它的意义远不止于此：如果你想了解我们生活的世界中被遗忘的、不可或缺的一部分，《离开者》是不容错过之作”——《Commonwealth》的作者 Ann Patchett

2017 年美国国家图书奖小说类入围作品

2017 年 PEN/HEMINGWAY 处女作小说奖入围作品

2016 年 PEN/BELLWETHER 小说奖得主

被 OPRAH、NPR、BUZZFEED 和 Huffington Post 评为 2017 年ZUI佳图书之一

一天早上，郭德明的母亲 Polly去美甲沙龙上班，从此再也没有回家。没有人能找到她的踪迹。

母亲去世后，十一岁的德明感到迷茫和失落。后来，德明被一对好心的白人教授收养，他从布朗克斯搬到了纽约州北部的一个小镇，改名为丹尼尔·威尔金森。

但丹尼尔与他所知道的一切相去甚远，他努力调和养父母希望他融入的愿望与他对母亲和他离开的社区的记忆。

《离开者》以纽约和中国为背景，生动地探讨了边界和归属感。这是一个感人的故事，讲述了一个男孩在他所爱的一切被夺走后如何成长，以及一位母亲如何学会接受过去的错误。

'There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko's novel beautifully written, ambitious, and moving, and all of that is true, but it's more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading' - Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth

FINALIST, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2017

FINALIST, PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2017

WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN/BELLWETHER PRIZE FOR FICTION

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2017 BY OPRAH, NPR, BUZZFEED AND HUFFINGTON POST

One morning, Deming Guo's mother, Polly, goes to her job at a nail salon - and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her.

With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well-meaning white professors, Deming is moved from the Bronx to a small town upstate and renamed Daniel Wilkinson.

But far from all he's ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his adoptive parents' desire that he assimilate with his memories of his mother and the community he left behind.

Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It's a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past.

作者简介

Lisa Ko 的小说曾出现在《2016 年ZUI佳美国短篇小说》、《Apogee Journal》、《Narrative》、《Copper Nickel》、《Asian Pacific American Journal》等杂志上。她曾获得纽约艺术基金会、麦克道威尔文艺营、曼哈顿下城文化委员会、莱迪格之家作家 OMI、杰罗姆基金会和蓝山中心等机构的奖学金和驻留权。她出生于纽约市，现居住于此。

Lisa Ko's fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2016, Apogee Journal, Narrative, Copper Nickel, the Asian Pacific American Journal, and elsewhere. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Writers OMI at Ledig House, the Jerome Foundation, and Blue Mountain Center, among others. She was born in New York City, where she now lives.