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JennaAbbottseparatesherlifeintotwocategories:"beforethewreck"and"afterthewreck."Beforethewreck,shewasleadinganormallifewithhermominsuburbanNewYork.Afterthewreck,sheisalone,desperatetoforgetwhathappenedthatdayonthebridge.ThenJennameetsCrow,andherlifeisonceagainturnedupsidedown.HebeginstobreakdownthewallthatJennahasbuiltaroundheremotions.Butcanshebringherselftofacethememoriesshe'striedsohardtoerase?
作者简介
JoyceCarolOateswasbornin1938inUpstate,NewYork.SheattendedSyracuseUniversityandgraduatedasValedictorian.ShethenattendedUniversityofWisconsinwheresheearnedanM.A.Bythetimeshewas47yearsold,shehadpublishedatleastthatmanyseparatebooks,including16full-lengthnovelsandmorethanadozencollectionsofshortstories.SomeofherworksweredoneunderthepseudonymRosamundSmith.Shehasalsowrittennumerouspoemscollectedinseveralvolumes,atleastthreeplays,manycriticalessays,andarticlesandreviewsonvarioussubjectswhilefulfillingherobligationsasaprofessorofEnglishattheUniversityofWindsor,wherewithherhusbandRaymondSmithsheeditedtheOntarioReview,whichthecouplehascontinuedsincemovingtoPrincetonin1978.Shehasearnedareputationasindubitablyoneofourmostprolificwritersandverylikelyoneofourbest.Herfictionalonedemonstratesconsiderablevariety,rangingfromdirectnaturalismtocomplexexperimentsinform.However,whatchieflymakesherworkherownisaqualityofpsychologicalrealism,anuncannyabilitytobringtothesurfaceanunderlyingsenseofforebodingorathreatofviolencethatseemstolurkjustaroundthecornerfromtheeverydaydomesticlivesshedepictssorealistically.Herfirstsixnovels,includingThem(1969),whichwontheNationalBookAward,expressthesequalitiesinvaryingways.sheisalsotherecipientofanNEAgrant,aGuggenheimfellowship,thePEN/MalamudLifetimeAchievementAward,andtheF.ScottFitzgeraldAwardforLifetimeAchievementinAmericanLiterature.HertitleGiveMeYourHeartmadetheNewYorkTimesBestsellerlistfor2011.
