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.