芭芭拉·金索沃新作：恶魔铜斑鱼

Demon Copperhead

金索沃这部非常有力的新小说以当代阿巴拉契亚为背景，重新讲述了查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫·科波菲尔德》，描绘了童年贫困、药物成瘾和农村剥夺等问题，不过它更大的焦点依然是艺术家的意识如何形成的问题。像狄更斯一样，金索沃毫不掩饰政治色彩，而且视野宏大，丰富的魅力和渊博的知识令她的书生动无比。

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 560 pages

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Imprint:Faber & Faber

Edition:Main

ISBN:9780571376483

Published:4 May 2023

Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:446g

Dimensions:130 x 199 x 40 (mm)

书籍信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

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A New York Times "Ten Best Books of 2022 • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller

恶魔的故事从他的创伤性出生开始，他的母亲是一位单人拖车的单身母亲，看起来 "像一个蓝色的小拳击手"。对于他未来的生活，他需要所有的战斗精神，以及一桶的魅力、敏捷的机智和一些意想不到的天赋，无论是法律还是其他方面。

在弗吉尼亚州南部的阿巴拉契亚山脉，贫穷不是一个概念，它像草一样自然生长。对于在这个世界上成长起来的一代人来说，在现代药物危机的中心，成瘾不是一个抽象的概念，它是邻居、父母和朋友。家庭 "可能意味着爱，或不情愿的寄养。对于生不逢时的恶魔来说，他所渴望的亲情和安全就像他梦想着有一天能看到的海洋一样遥远。奇妙之处在于他愿意走多远来尝试到达那里。

《恶魔铜斑鱼》充满了真实、愤怒和怜悯，是一个关于爱、失去和一切之间的史诗故事。

Demon's story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking 'like a little blue prizefighter.' For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise.

In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn't an idea, it's as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn't an abstraction, it's neighbours, parents, and friends. 'Family' could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he's willing to travel to try and get there.

Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between.

作者简介

芭芭拉·金索沃的小说、诗歌和创造性非虚构作品被广泛翻译，并赢得了许多文学奖项，包括授予《拉库纳》的妇女小说奖；《飞行行为》也入围。她是美国笔会/贝尔维特奖的创始人，2000年她被授予国家人文奖章，这是该国通过艺术服务的极高荣誉。在从事写作之前，她曾作为一名生物学家学习和工作。她与丈夫住在阿巴拉契亚南部的一个农场。

Barbara Kingsolver's books of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction are widely translated and have won numerous literary awards, including the Women's Prize for Fiction, awarded to The Lacuna; Flight Behaviour was also shortlisted. She is the founder of the PEN/Bellwether Prize, and in 2000 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal, her country's highest honour for service through the arts. Prior to her writing career, she studied and worked as a biologist. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.