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Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B80594
English Summary/英文概要： A multigenerational family saga set in Israel, New York City, and Connecticut.
Yossi Tavili Stands in the Fields captures the cultural and communal art of storytelling in a tightly wrought narrative that explores the moral complexities of the divide between religious tradition and secular life. The novel maneuvers through the growth of a Jewish settlement at various points in time, from the early 1900s to 2011, with an almost fable-like exploration of human behavior, and the consequences of circumstance.
In the foreground, we meet Aaron Grossman, an Israeli ex-Navy Seal, who is falsely accused of money laundering through his hedge fund. His American wife, Carolyn, makes meager attempts to hold their family of five together, as she readily embraces her own demons. As the story unfolds across its nearly one hundred year span, we encounter major players both in and outside of the Grossman family, learning their secrets and engaging in their politics, from the founding of the kibbutz that ties them together, to Wall Street office that ultimately tears them apart. It’s a powerhouse of a novel, short, elegant, and deftly linked through generations.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是关于一个家庭几代人在以色列、纽约、康涅狄格州发生的传奇故事。
全书情节紧凑，探索了宗教传统和世俗生活复杂的道德问题。小说讲述了一个犹太家庭在各个历史时期的故事，从20世纪早期一直延续到2011年，以近乎寓言的方式探讨了人类行为和各种境遇的后果。
最先登场的是以色列人Aaron Grossman，前海军战士，被诬告通过自己的对冲基金进行洗钱。他的美国妻子Carolyn只能尽力维持全家五口的生计。随着故事的展开，我们在100年间遇到了Grossman家庭内外的各种人物，了解他们的秘密和各种政治活动，最后一系列的时间让他们分道扬镳。这是一部非常强大的小说，简洁、优雅，巧妙地融合了几代人的故事。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： “Bethany Ball将现代生活的复杂性赤裸裸地呈现在读者面前，散文般的语言体现出童话故事般的简单。喜欢I.B. Singer和Grace Paley的读者一定会爱上这位作家。”——Brian Morton
“在这部小说里，作者揭开家庭和社会的完美外表，深入剖析了一个充满伤害的世界。全书语言犀利，不放过剖析任何一个人物。这是一部少有的作品，让你欢笑，又让你心碎。怎么读都觉得不够。”——David Hollander
Brian Morton Starting Out in the Evening "Bethany Ball lays bare the complexities of modern life in prose that has the resonant simplicity of a fairy tale. Readers who love I.B. Singer and Grace Paley now have another writer to adore."
David Hollander L.I.E. “In Yossi Tavili Stands in the Fields, Bethany Ball peels back the manicured surface of family and community to surgically expose a world of hurt. Told in a razor-sharp prose that takes no prisoners, this is that rare book that can make you laugh while it’s breaking your heart. I couldn’t get enough.”
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