HARD RED SPRING
Book ID/图书代码： 06840015B80600
English Summary/英文概要： An ambitious and unforgettable epic novel that spans a hundred years of Guatemala’s tumultuous history as experienced by four American women who are linked by the mysterious disappearance of a little girl.
In 1902, a young girl watches her family’s life destroyed by corrupt officials and inscrutable natives. In 1954, the wife of the American ambassador becomes trapped in the intrigue of a cold war love affair. In 1983, an evangelical missionary discovers that the Good News may not be good news at all to the Mayan refugees she hopes to save. And in 1999, the mother of an adopted Mayan daughter embarks on a Roots Tour only to find that the history she seeks is not safely in the past.
Kelly Kerney’s novel tells a powerful story that draws on the history of Guatemala and the legacy of American intervention to vividly evoke The Land of Eternal Spring in all its promise and all its devastating failures. This is a place where a volcano erupts and the government sends a band to drown out the sound of destruction; where a government decree reverses the direction of one-way streets; a president decides that Pat Robertson and Jesus will save the country; and where a UN commission is needed to determine the truth. A heartrending and masterfully written look at a country in perpetual turmoil, Hard Red Spring brilliantly reveals how the brutal realities of history play out in the lives of individuals and reveals Guatemala in a manner reminiscent of the groundbreaking memoir I, Rigoberta Menchu.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一部时间跨度长达一个世纪的辉煌巨著，描写了四个美国女性在危地马拉的经历。她们的生活因为一个小女孩的离奇失踪而联系在一起。
1902年，年轻的女孩目睹了自己的家因为腐败的官员和莫名的当地人而倾覆。1954年，美国大使夫人陷入不伦绯闻的阴谋之中。1983年，一个传道使者发现对于那些她希望拯救的玛雅人而言，福音并不是什么好消息。1999年，收养了玛雅女孩的母亲踏上寻根之旅，却发现她想要找寻的历史并不如她所想。
Kelly Kerney的这部小说铿锵有力，援引了危地马拉的历史，也讲述了美国的干预对这片土地造成的影响——所许诺的“永恒的春天”其实从未到来。危地马拉有活火山，政局复杂。本书下笔精妙，描绘出一个国家反反复复的混乱局面，以及残酷历史舞台上的种种造化弄人，读来令人心碎。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： Kelly Kerney曾于2006年在哈考特出版社发表小说《重生》（Born Again），获纽约公立图书馆评为该年度最佳小说，并被Kirkus书评誉为当年三十本最佳的出道作品之一。该书连续收获《纽约时报》、《旧金山新闻》、Kirkus书评等的一致好评。Kelly曾就读于鲍多因学院以及印第安那的圣母大学，现居佛即尼亚州的里士满。
KELLY KERNEY is the author of Born Again, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2006. A Booksense pick, Born Again was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library and was chosen as one of the thirty best debuts of the year by Kirkus. It earned glowing reviews from The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Kirkus (starred), Publishers Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Booklist, The Raleigh News and Observer. Kelly is the recipient of a Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Fellowship. She earned her B.A. from Bowdoin and her M.F.A. from Notre Dame. She and her husband live in Richmond, Virginia.
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