Fever
- 作者
- 出版社 ScribnerBookCompany
- 出版时间 2013年3月
- ISBN 9781451693416
- 定价 239.20
内容简介
MaryBethKeane，namedoneofthe5Under35bytheNationalBookFoundation，haswrittenaspectacularlyboldandintriguingnovelaboutthewomanknownas“TyphoidMary，”thefirstpersoninAmericaidentifiedasahealthycarrierofTyphoidFever.
Ontheeveofthetwentiethcentury，MaryMallonemigratedfromIrelandatagefifteentomakeherwayinNewYorkCity.Brave，headstrong，anddreamingofbeingacook，shefoughttoclimbupfromthelowestrungofthedomestic-serviceladder.Cannyandenterprising，sheworkedherwaytothekitchen，anddiscoveredinherselfthetruetalentofachef.SoughtafterbyNewYorkaristocracy，andwithanindependencerareforawomanofthetime，sheseemedtohaveachievedthelifeshe’daimedforwhenshearrivedinCastleGarden.Thenonedetermined“medicalengineer”noticedthatsheleftatrailofdiseasewherevershecooked，andidentifiedherasan“asymptomaticcarrier”ofTyphoidFever.Withthisseeminglypreposteroustheory，hemadeMallonahuntedwoman.
TheDepartmentofHealthsentMallontoNorthBrotherIsland，whereshewaskeptinisolationfrom1907to1910，thenreleasedundertheconditionthatsheneverworkasacookagain.YetforMary—proudofherformerstatusandpassionateaboutcooking—thealternativeswereabhorrent.Shedefiedtheedict.
Bringingearly-twentieth-centuryNewYorkalive—theneighborhoods，thebars，theparkcarvedoutofupperManhattan，theboattraffic，themansionsandsweatshopsandemergingskyscrapers—Feverisanambitiousretellingofaforgottenlife.IntheimaginationofMaryBethKeane，MaryMallonbecomesafiercelycompelling，dramatic，vexing，sympathetic，uncompromising，andunforgettableheroine.，
Ontheeveofthetwentiethcentury，MaryMallonemigratedfromIrelandatagefifteentomakeherwayinNewYorkCity.Brave，headstrong，anddreamingofbeingacook，shefoughttoclimbupfromthelowestrungofthedomestic-serviceladder.Cannyandenterprising，sheworkedherwaytothekitchen，anddiscoveredinherselfthetruetalentofachef.SoughtafterbyNewYorkaristocracy，andwithanindependencerareforawomanofthetime，sheseemedtohaveachievedthelifeshe’daimedforwhenshearrivedinCastleGarden.Thenonedetermined“medicalengineer”noticedthatsheleftatrailofdiseasewherevershecooked，andidentifiedherasan“asymptomaticcarrier”ofTyphoidFever.Withthisseeminglypreposteroustheory，hemadeMallonahuntedwoman.
TheDepartmentofHealthsentMallontoNorthBrotherIsland，whereshewaskeptinisolationfrom1907to1910，thenreleasedundertheconditionthatsheneverworkasacookagain.YetforMary—proudofherformerstatusandpassionateaboutcooking—thealternativeswereabhorrent.Shedefiedtheedict.
Bringingearly-twentieth-centuryNewYorkalive—theneighborhoods，thebars，theparkcarvedoutofupperManhattan，theboattraffic，themansionsandsweatshopsandemergingskyscrapers—Feverisanambitiousretellingofaforgottenlife.IntheimaginationofMaryBethKeane，MaryMallonbecomesafiercelycompelling，dramatic，vexing，sympathetic，uncompromising，andunforgettableheroine.，
— END —