书目

We Were the Mulvaneys

内容简介

Theunforgettablestoryoftherise,fallandultimateredemptionofanAmericanfamily.TheMulvaneysareseeminglyblessedbyeverythingthatmakeslifesweet.Theylivetogetherinthepicture-perfectHighPointFarm,justoutsidethecommunityofMtEphraim,NewYork,wheretheyarerespectedandlikedbyeverybody.YetsomethinghappensonValentine'sDay1976.AnincidentinvolvingMarianneMulvaney,theprettysixteen-year-olddaughter,ishushedupinthetownandneverdiscussedwithinthefamily.Theimpactofthiseventreverberatesthroughoutthelivesofthecharacters.AstoldbyJudd,yearslater,inanattempttomakesenseofhisownpastrevealstheunspokentruthsofthatnightthatrendsthefabricofthefamilylifewithtragicconsequences.In‘WeWeretheMulvaneys’,JoyceCarolOates,thehighlyacclaimedauthorof‘Blonde’,masterfullyweavesanunforgettablestoryoftherise,fallandultimateredemptionofanAmericanfamily.

作者简介

JoyceCarolOatesisanovelist,critic,playwright,poetandauthorofshortstoriesandisoneofAmerica’smosthighlyrespectedliteraryfigures.SheistheRogerS.BerlindDistinguishedProfessorofHumanitiesatPrincetonUniversity.Hermostrecentnovel,‘TheGravedigger’sDaughter’,waspublishedin2007.

—  END  —