内容简介
Theyearisl854.InParis,FranciscoSolano--thefuturedictatorofParaguay--beginshiscourtshipoftheyoung,beautifulIrishcourtesanEllaLynchwithaponcho,aParaguayanband,andahorsenamedMathilde.EllafollowsFrancotoAsuncionandreignsthereashismistress.Isolatedandestrangedinthisnewworld,sheembracesherlover'sill-fatedimperialdream--onefueledbyaheedlessarrogancethatwilldevastateallofParaguay.Withtheurgencyofthenarrative,richandintimatedetail,andawealthofskillfullylayeredcharacters,TheNewsfromParaguayrecallstheepicnovelsofGabrielGarciaMarquezandMarioVargasLlosa.
作者简介
LilyTuckLilyTuck'slatestnovel,TheNewsfromParaguay,wasgivenanewlife,thankstoa2004NationalBookAwardnominationandsubsequentwin."Thebookwasabouttodisappearcompletely,"sherevealsinaninterviewwithBeatrice.com."There'sastickeronmybooknow,sowhateverhappens,IfeelthatI'mmoreonthemap,andthat'senjoyable."BiographyBorninParis,LilyTuckistheauthorofthreepreviousnovels:InterviewingMatisseortheWomanWhoDiedStandingUp,TheWomanWhoWalkedonWater,andSiam,ortheWomanWhoShotaMan,whichwasnominatedforthe2000PEN/FaulknerAwardforFiction.HershortstorieshaveappearedinTheNewYorker,andarecollectedinLimbo,orOtherPlacesIHaveLived.ShedivideshertimebetweenMaineandNewYorkCity.AuthorbiographycourtesyofHarperCollins.GoodToKnowSomeouttakesfromourinterviewwithTuck:"Englishisactuallymythirdlanguage.IwasborninFranceandthusfirstspokeFrench,nextIlivedinSouthAmericaandlearnedSpanish.IcametotheUnitedStateswhenIwastenyearsoldandIclaim(probablynotquitetrue)thatIdidnotopenmymouthonceinschoolforthewholeofthefirstyear--oruntilIcouldspeakEnglishwithoutanaccent--asIdidnotwantmyclassmatestoteaseormakefunofme.""IspendmostsummersinahouseonabeautifullittleislandinMainewhereIhavetogoeverywherebyboat,tothestoreortothepostoffice,andalthoughsomedayscanbeverysolitary,Ilikethechallengeandtheself-sufficiencyislandliferequires."Hometown:NewYork,NewYorkDateofBirth:十月10,1939PlaceofBirth:Paris,FranceEducation:B.A.,Radcliffe(Harvard);M.A.,Sorbonne,Paris
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