BARBARA THE SLUT AND OTHER PEOPLE
Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B80209
English Summary/英文概要： ‘Astonishing – one of those rare books that manages to be both poignant and hilarious. The last time we had a debut this big was Junot Díaz with ‘Drown’. Holmes is a major talent.’ Philipp Meyer
A fresh, honest, and darkly funny debut collection about family, friends, and lovers, and the flaws that make us most human.
One woman takes a job selling sex toys in San Francisco rather than embark on the law career she pursued only for the sake of her father. Another realises she much prefers the company of her pit bull — and herself — to the neurotic foreign fling who won’t decamp from her apartment. A daughter hauls a suitcase of lingerie to Mexico for her flighty, estranged mother to resell there, wondering whether her personal mission — to come out — is worth the same effort. And Barbara, a young woman with an autistic brother, a Princeton acceptance letter, and a love of sex navigates her high school’s toxic, slut-shaming culture with open eyes.
Fearless, candid, and incredibly funny, Lauren Holmes is a newcomer who writes like a master. She tackles eros and intimacy with a deceptively light touch, a keen awareness of how their nervous systems tangle and sometimes short-circuit, and a genius for revealing our most vulnerable, spirited selves. With heart, sass, and pitch-perfect characters, BARBARA THE SLUT is a head-turning debut from a writer with a limitless career before her.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “这本书实在太棒了！很少有作品能做到令人心酸，但同时又令人捧腹。作者Holmes真是个天才！”—— Philipp Meyer
这是一部新鲜、真诚、又带有一些黑色幽默的处女系列作品，小说讲述了家庭、朋友、爱人以及人性中的缺陷。
一名妇女放弃了律师职业（她因为她的父亲而选择的法律专业），在旧金山找了份工作，出售成人情趣用品。另一名妇女意识到，比起神经过敏的外国伙伴，她跟喜欢她的比特犬的陪伴。一名女儿拖着一箱女士内衣裤前往墨西哥，让她轻浮的母亲在那里重新销售。而芭芭拉，一名年轻的妇女，弟弟患有自闭症，拿着普林斯顿大学的录取通知书，由于对性的钟爱，使她在高中时期就养成了放荡的个性。
本书文风大胆，率直，又不失幽默，作者Holmes尽管是一名新人，但笔锋却十分老练。书中她通过看似轻描淡写的方式很好地处理了性欲和亲密，揭露了人性中最为脆弱、最为应用的自我。处女作《荡妇芭芭拉》颇受关注，小说中的人物形象有血有肉，堪称完美，作者的写作前程不可限量。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“这是一部深刻、但又活泼时髦的处女作品，具有与众不同的洞察力，触动人心，但与此同时，又及其幽默。作者 Lauren Holmes是一位天赋异禀的年轻作家，该书只是她职业生涯的开始。”——Colum McCann，作家，曾著有《横跨大西洋》
‘A wonderful debut from a profound and sassy new voice …uncommonly perceptive, deeply felt, and at the same time exceedingly funny. Lauren Holmes is a young writer of great talent, and BARBARA THE SLUT is a book that marks the beginning of a long literary career.’ Colum McCann, author of TransAtlantic
About the Author/作者介绍： Lauren Holmes在纽约北部长大，持有韦尔斯利学院学士学位和亨特学院美术硕士学位，曾在亨特学院任教。她的作品已经在GRANTA文学杂志上发表，被誉为“2014文学界新声音”。Holmes现居纽约哈德逊山谷。
Lauren Holmes grew up in upstate New York. She received a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA from Hunter College, where she was a Hertog Fellow and a teaching fellow. Her work has appeared in Granta, where she was a 2014 New Voice, and in Guernica. Holmes lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.
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