Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel
- 作者
- 出版社 Scribner
- 出版时间 2018年5月
- ISBN 1501126075 或 9781501126079
- 定价 77.30
内容简介
WINNERoftheNATIONALBOOKAWARDandANEWYORKTIMESTOP10BESTBOOKOFTHEYEAR
AfinalistfortheKirkusPrizeandAndrewCarnegieMedal,andaNewYorkTimesbestseller,thismajestic,stirring,andwidelypraisednovelfromtwo-timeNationalBookAwardwinnerJesmynWard,thestoryofafamilyonajourneythroughruralMississippi,isa“tourdeforce”(O,theOprahMagazine)andatimelessworkoffictionthatisdestinedtobecomeaclassic.
JesmynWard’shistoricsecondNationalBookAward–winneris“perfectlypoisedforthemoment”(TheNewYorkTimes),anintimateportraitofthreegenerationsofafamilyandanepictaleofhopeandstruggle.“Ward’swritingthrobswithlife,grief,andlove…thisbookisthekindthatmakesyouachetoreturntoit”(Buzzfeed).
Jojoisthirteenyearsoldandtryingtounderstandwhatitmeanstobeaman.Hedoesn’tlackinfatherstostudy,chiefamongthemhisBlackgrandfather,Pop.Butthereareothermenwhocomplicatehisunderstanding:hisabsentWhitefather,Michael,whoisbeingreleasedfromprison;hisabsentWhitegrandfather,BigJoseph,whowon’tacknowledgehisexistence;andthememoriesofhisdeaduncle,Given,whodiedasateenager.
Hismother,Leonie,isaninconsistentpresenceinhisandhistoddlersister’slives.Sheisanimperfectmotherinconstantconflictwithherselfandthosearoundher.SheisBlackandherchildren’sfatherisWhite.Shewantstobeabettermotherbutcan’tputherchildrenaboveherownneeds,especiallyherdruguse.Simultaneouslytormentedandcomfortedbyvisionsofherdeadbrother,whichonlycometoherwhenshe’shigh,Leonieisembattledinwaysthatreflectthebrutalrealityofhercircumstances.
Whenthechildren’sfatherisreleasedfromprison,LeoniepacksherkidsandafriendintohercaranddrivesnorthtotheheartofMississippiandParchmanFarm,theStatePenitentiary.AtParchman,thereisanotherthirteen-year-oldboy,theghostofadeadinmatewhocarriesalloftheuglyhistoryoftheSouthwithhiminhiswandering.HetoohassomethingtoteachJojoaboutfathersandsons,aboutlegacies,aboutviolence,aboutlove.
RichwithWard’sdistinctive,lyricallanguage,Sing,Unburied,Singisamajesticandunforgettablefamilystoryand“anodysseythroughruralMississippi’spastandpresent”(ThePhiladelphiaInquirer).
AfinalistfortheKirkusPrizeandAndrewCarnegieMedal,andaNewYorkTimesbestseller,thismajestic,stirring,andwidelypraisednovelfromtwo-timeNationalBookAwardwinnerJesmynWard,thestoryofafamilyonajourneythroughruralMississippi,isa“tourdeforce”(O,theOprahMagazine)andatimelessworkoffictionthatisdestinedtobecomeaclassic.
JesmynWard’shistoricsecondNationalBookAward–winneris“perfectlypoisedforthemoment”(TheNewYorkTimes),anintimateportraitofthreegenerationsofafamilyandanepictaleofhopeandstruggle.“Ward’swritingthrobswithlife,grief,andlove…thisbookisthekindthatmakesyouachetoreturntoit”(Buzzfeed).
Jojoisthirteenyearsoldandtryingtounderstandwhatitmeanstobeaman.Hedoesn’tlackinfatherstostudy,chiefamongthemhisBlackgrandfather,Pop.Butthereareothermenwhocomplicatehisunderstanding:hisabsentWhitefather,Michael,whoisbeingreleasedfromprison;hisabsentWhitegrandfather,BigJoseph,whowon’tacknowledgehisexistence;andthememoriesofhisdeaduncle,Given,whodiedasateenager.
Hismother,Leonie,isaninconsistentpresenceinhisandhistoddlersister’slives.Sheisanimperfectmotherinconstantconflictwithherselfandthosearoundher.SheisBlackandherchildren’sfatherisWhite.Shewantstobeabettermotherbutcan’tputherchildrenaboveherownneeds,especiallyherdruguse.Simultaneouslytormentedandcomfortedbyvisionsofherdeadbrother,whichonlycometoherwhenshe’shigh,Leonieisembattledinwaysthatreflectthebrutalrealityofhercircumstances.
Whenthechildren’sfatherisreleasedfromprison,LeoniepacksherkidsandafriendintohercaranddrivesnorthtotheheartofMississippiandParchmanFarm,theStatePenitentiary.AtParchman,thereisanotherthirteen-year-oldboy,theghostofadeadinmatewhocarriesalloftheuglyhistoryoftheSouthwithhiminhiswandering.HetoohassomethingtoteachJojoaboutfathersandsons,aboutlegacies,aboutviolence,aboutlove.
RichwithWard’sdistinctive,lyricallanguage,Sing,Unburied,Singisamajesticandunforgettablefamilystoryand“anodysseythroughruralMississippi’spastandpresent”(ThePhiladelphiaInquirer).
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