THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH: STORIES
Book ID/图书代码： 06002015B81290
English Summary/英文概要： A riveting collection that illuminates the tenuous connections between cultures, between generations, and across the gulf of transformation and loss.
Confident, original and humane, the stories in The Best Place on Earth are peopled with characters at the crossroads of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals.
In the powerfully affecting opening story, “Tikkun,” a chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries them through near tragedy and into unexpected peace. “Casualties” takes us into the military—a world every Israeli knows all too well—with a brusque, sexy young female soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet.
Poets, soldiers, siblings and dissenters, the protagonists here are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent), whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global, Ayelet Tsabari explores Israeli history even as she reveals the universality of war, love, heartbreak and hope.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部精美的选集，照亮了文化之间，不同代人间的种种微妙的联系，飞跃了改变与失去之间的巨大鸿沟。
自信、原创、人性化---《世界上最美好的地方》里的故事正是充满了这样一个个丰满的人物形象，他们站在国籍、宗教和社会群体的十字路口：他们是移居国外者，是旅行者，是移民，抑或是当地原生态居民。
在充满着感染力的开篇故事“Tikkun”中，一个男人与曾经恋人的偶然相遇使得他们经历了另一场的近乎悲剧，却又因此获得了意料之外的和平。
“Casualties”带领读者们进入了军事领域---这是一个所有以色列人都清晰地知道的世界---一名狂野性感的年轻女兵通过伪造医疗证明而离开战场。
诗人，士兵，兄妹，异己者，书中的绝大多数主人公都是有着麦兹拉西背景的以色列人（中东和北非犹太人后代），他们的故事鲜少出现在文学领域中。通过描写刻画这一个个身份不断在强烈的爱国主义者和权势阶级间摇摆变化的生命，爱莱特•萨巴利探索着以色列的历史，同时也揭开了战争、爱、心碎雨希望的本质。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：
About the Author/作者介绍： 爱莱特•萨巴利是一名也门裔以色列人；她从小在以色列长大，曾服役军中，并于1998年移居加拿大。她拥有圭尔夫大学创造性写作硕士学位。两次获得非小说类创意写作大赛大奖，此外，她还曾在诸如 PRISM 国际版, Prairie Fire， Grain and Room等文学期刊杂志上发表文章。其未经出版的非小说作品手稿也入围了SFU小说首作奖的评选。爱莱特•萨巴利现居多伦多，并正致力于一本小说的创作。更多信息请访问：www.ayelettsabari.com.
犹太文学The Sami Rohr奖专注于角色独特的当代作家，他们致力于传播和检验所谓的犹太文化经历。该奖项旨在鼓励和奖励杰出的写作作品，由新晋作家创作，关注犹太人利益并对未来的成长呈现出全新的视角观点。本奖项不接受自行提交，评委会必须自己去寻找有参赛资格的作品，并将提名名单提交给独立的知名评委。更多信息http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize.html.
AYELET TSABARI is an Israeli of Yemeni descent; she grew up in Israel, served in the army and moved to Canada in 1998. She is a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the University of Guelph. A two-time winner of the EVENT Creative Non-Fiction Contest, she has also been published in literary magazines such as PRISM international, Prairie Fire, Grain and Room. Her unpublished non-fiction manuscript was shortlisted for the SFU First Book Competition. Ayelet Tsabari lives in Toronto, where she is at work on a novel. Learn more at www.ayelettsabari.com.
The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature recognizes the unique role of contemporary writers in the transmission and examination of the Jewish experience. It is intended to encourage and promote outstanding writing of Jewish interest in an emerging writer whose work has demonstrated a fresh vision and evidence of further growth. Submissions are not accepted to the prize; instead an advisory panel is charged with searching for eligible works and presents nominations to an independent panel of renowned judges. For more information, see http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize.html.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Estonian rights sold to Kunst,
Hebrew rights sold to Am Oved,
Italian to Nuova Editrice Berti,
US to Random House
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