CREATED EQUAL: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B79841

English Summary/英文概要： CREATED EQUAL is debut novel from Stephen O’Connor, whose short fiction has recently appeared in the New Yorker and in the 2014 Best American Short Stories.

When Martha Jefferson dies in September 1782, Thomas Jefferson is so wracked by grief that his friends worry he might go insane. Thinking that a change of scene would do him good, they arrange for him to be given a diplomatic post in Paris. He brings only his eldest daughter, Patsy, leaving his younger two in Virginia. When Lucy dies of whooping cough, however, nine-year-old Polly must cross the Atlantic to join her father and only remaining sister in Paris. Unbeknownst to Jefferson, Polly is escorted by fourteen-year-old Sally Hemings.

Thus begins--haltingly--an affair between Jefferson and Hemings. It is an affair that will bring poor Sally Hemings into contact with revolutionaries and aristocrats, that will span two continents, that will bear four children and several more stillborns, that will drive Sally further and further from her class and her culture, and that will allow her to be her "best self." It is a relationship sorely tested by the pressures of Jefferson’s political duties, by the difference in class, and by the evils of slavery--only further reinforced for Hemings by the sweetness of freedom she experienced in Paris. Sally is forced to confront what it means to live among her people with such conflicting love and resentment for a slaveholder; Jefferson must assess the effect of the political fallout when--not if, but when--his affair is made public. Despite these difficulties, the two spent almost forty years together, until Jefferson’s death. Even then, even in the face of encroaching bitterness, Sally was left with the memory of Jefferson’s laugh.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《生来平等》是Stephen O’Connor的处女作长篇小说，作者的短篇小说近期刊登在《纽约客杂志》上，并且入围了2014最佳美国短篇小说。 1782年，Martha Jefferson过世时，Thomas Jefferson悲痛欲绝，以至于他的朋友担心他可能会发疯。考虑到换一个环境可能会对他有所帮助，于是他们安排Thomas去巴黎担任外交官。Thomas带着他最大的女儿 Patsy前往巴黎，而将两个年幼的女儿留在了弗吉尼亚。不久后，Lucy死于百日咳，年仅9岁的Polly不得不千里迢迢前往巴黎寻找父亲和她唯一的姐姐。14岁的Sally Hemings一路护送Polly。 就这样，Jefferson与Hemings之间开始了一段关系。这段关系令可怜的Sally Hemings与改革派和贵族打交道，令她生下了四个孩子和几个死胎，令她渐渐远离她的阶级和文化，也令她做回真正的自我。这段关系受到了Jefferson政治职责的考验，受到了不同阶级和奴隶制度的考验，Hemings 在巴黎感受到了前所未有的自由，也因此巩固了这段关系。Sally不得不面对这一两难的抉择：如何带着纠结的爱情以及对奴隶主的痛恨在属于她的圈子里生活下去。而Jefferson则必须评估：一旦这段关系公诸于世，将会产生怎样的政治影响。尽管历经千辛万苦，他们还是在一起度过了40年的光阴，直到Jefferson过世，即便那时，Sally的记忆中仍旧保留了Jefferson的笑容。（LYR）

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About the Author/作者介绍： Stephen O’Connor曾著有两套短篇小说：《另一个教训》和《营救》，以及两部非小说类作品。他所创作的小说和诗歌作品曾刊登在《纽约客杂志》、《密苏里评论》、《诗歌杂志》、《党派评论》等多家媒体上。他的散文和新闻稿也曾发表于《纽约时报》、《阿格尼》、《芝加哥论坛报》、《波士顿全球》、《新劳工论坛》等多家杂志。他在哥伦比亚与沙拉劳伦斯学院教授美术硕士课程。

Stephen O’Connor is the author of two collections of short fiction, HERE COMES ANOTHER LESSON and RESCUE, and of two works of nonfiction, ORPHAN TRAINS, a history of a pioneering nineteenth century child welfare effort, and WILL MY NAME BE SHOUTED OUT?, a memoir of his years teaching creative writing in New York City public schools. His fiction and poetry have appeared in The New Yorker, Conjunctions, One Story, The Missouri Review, Poetry Magazine, Electric Literature, Agni, Threepenny Review, The Quarterly, Partisan Review, among many other places. His essays and journalism have been published in The New York Times, DoubleTake, The Nation, Agni, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The New Labor Forum, and elsewhere. He teaches in the MFA programs of Columbia and Sarah Lawrence.

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