书目

TheOrientalWife

内容简介

TheOrientalWifeisthestoryoftwoassimilatedJewishchildrenfromNurembergwhofleeHitler’sGermanyandstruggletoputdownrootselsewhere.WhentheymeetupagaininNewYork,theyfallinlovebothwitheachotherandwithAmerica,believingtheyhavefoundapermanentrefuge.Butjustwhenitlooksasthoughnothingcanevertouchthemagain,theirlivesareshatteredbyafreakishaccidentandabetrayalthatwillreverberateintothelifeoftheirAmericandaughter.Initsportraitoftheimmigrantexperience,andofthetragicgulfbetweengenerations,TheOrientalWifeilluminatesthecollisionofAmericanidealsoffreedomandhappinesswithcertainsterneroldworldvirtues.

作者简介

EvelynToynton’slastnovel,ModernArt,wasaNewYorkTimesNotableBookoftheYearandwaslong-listedfortheAmbassadorAwardoftheEnglish-SpeakingUnion.AfrequentcontributortoHarper’s,shehasalsowrittenforTheAtlantic,TheAmericanScholar,theTimesLiterarySupplement,andtheNewYorkTimesBookReview,andherworkhasappearedinanumberofanthologies,includingRereadings(editedbyAnneFadiman)andMentors,Muses&Monsters.ShelivesinNorfolk,England.

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