伊丽莎白·斯特劳特,美国当代著名作家。1956年生于美国缅因州的波特兰市,大学毕业后开始文学创作,作品散见于《纽约客》等重要文学杂志。1998年,出版长篇处女作《十六岁的夏天》(Amy and Isabelle), 先后荣获《洛杉矶时报》首作奖及《芝加哥论坛报》中心文学奖,并入选橘子奖决选名单和美国笔会/福克纳奖提名。2006年出版《与我同在》(Abide with Me),登上全美畅销榜,入选美国独立书商协会选书。2008年出版第三部作品《奥丽芙·基特里奇》(Olive Kitteridge),次年获得普利策小说奖。其新作品为2013年出版的《伯吉斯家的男孩们》(The Burgess Boys)。
发表于2024-12-24
Amy and Isabelle 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: 英文原版 Strout Elizabeth
National Bestseller
In her stunning first novel, Amy and Isabelle , Elizabeth Strout evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother—and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets. In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her 16-year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and loathing exchanged in their every glance. And eating, sleeping, and working side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls doesn't help matters. But when Amy is discovered behind the steamed-up windows of a car with her math teacher, the vast and icy distance between mother and daughter becomes unbridgeable.
As news of the scandal reaches every ear, it is Isabelle who suffers from the harsh judgment of Shirley Falls, intensifying her shame about her own secret past. And as Amy seeks comfort elsewhere, she discovers the fragility of human happiness through other dramas, from the horror of a missing child to the trials of Fat Bev, the community peacemaker. Witty and often profound, Amy and Isabelle confirms Elizabeth Strout as a powerful new talent.
Isabelle is lonely and alone. 她无亲无故,没有丈夫,凭一己之力抚养女儿,无法融入教堂,无法融入工作环境。在一个工业小镇的鞋厂里做秘书,痴恋自己的上司。她总是在等待着什么事情发生,可是什么都没有。Amy is lonely. 她讨厌自己的母亲,讨厌自己的生活,讨厌学校。直到代课的数学老师see her。她像鱼渴望水一样扑向那个她以为懂她的人。母女二人的渴望,desperate longing,让我想到了我自己的过往,近乎忘却的过往。很长一段时间,我以为发生在生活里的事故,才叫故事,少男少女忧伤的恋情,父母破裂的婚姻,年纪轻轻经历生老病死,甚至更悲惨更黑暗的事故。学多作家,包括本书作者在内,使我明白了看似温吞如水的人生,也是有故事的人生。凡或不凡,都不重要,历遍人生
评分伊丽莎白的作品自成风格,读者很难忽略这一点。细腻的笔触、娓娓道来的从容、看似置身事外的冷眼旁观实际怀着巨大的悲悯的情怀。它的小说是夏日的一缕凉风、秋天的一片落叶、冬日的一口热茶,让人觉得即使偶尔生活让人筋疲力尽,也还是感到,活着,真好。
评分写得太好了。她写长篇比写短篇还要妙。长度和时间上都更富余,能真容她和缓地、一毫米一毫米地往角色内心最底推进。(读到我实在意犹未尽。上次这样感慨还是托宾的大师。
评分形太散了,又看的是英文版,就真的好难看下去...
评分Alice munro评价“A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life”
Amy and Isabelle 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书