TRYING TO FLOAT: CHRONICLES OF A GIRL IN THE CHELSEA HOTEL

Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B81502

English Summary/英文概要： "They were like balloons that had escaped a child’s grasp - pointlessly floating. "Focus!" I would plead with my mother. And my father was forever being diverted."

Allow us to introduce you to the Rips family: Michael, Sheila and daughter Nicolaia, the last denizens of New York’s famous Chelsea Hotel. Better yet, allow Nicolaia to introduce them since it’s her earnest, wry, occasionally wicked, but always affectionate observations that you’ll find in her memoir, Trying to Float. Not only a coming-of-age story set in an enigmatic New York landmark, this is also the clever love story of a family, navigating the curiosities of their home.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 请允许我们向您介绍Rips一家：爸爸Michael，妈妈Sheila以及女儿Nicolaia，他们是纽约著名的切尔西酒店最后的居民。本书从Nicolaia的视角写成，由她来介绍，是因为所有内容都来自她的观察，或者认真，或者有趣，偶尔恶搞，但总是充满深情。在她的回忆录中，你会发现这并不是一个有关神秘的纽约地标性的介绍，也不仅仅是年轻人的成长故事，更多的是一个巧妙的情节，让人走进一个同样奇妙的家庭。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：这些关于住在纽约的小“流氓”的小故事是迷人的、奇怪的、令人振奋的。真是一个很搞笑的故事，童年嘛，本来就会让人怀疑这一切是否真的发生过。（Joseph O Neill, 著有《Netherland and The Dog》）

作为切尔西酒店的前居民，我拿到这本书时有些提心吊胆。一个17岁的孩子对这座纽约市最后的城堡能有什么话想说呢？我的怀疑在读完开场白之后就被打消了。Nicolaia Rips的文字是机智的、逻辑的、优雅的。更重要的是，她的声音是真实的。有了这本书，她当之无愧可以宣布自己已经是下一代艺术家中的中坚力量。（Ethan Hawke，他的评论应是读了未出版的或未经修改的版本而做出的）

These little tales about little rascals in New York City are charming, strange, and inspiring. What a very funny, improbably truthful book about childhood this is. --Joseph O Neill, author of Netherland and The Dog"

"Trying to Float" is hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents. No doubt, people will allude to other books in attempts to describe this one (Holden Caulfield if he went to public school, Eloise without room service) but truly Nicolaia s chronicle is sui generis. I had such a good time reading it that the person I share an apartment with told me to stop saying, You can t believe how extraordinary this is! because he was trying to concentrate on something else and anyway, he believed me the first time." --Patricia Marx "New Yorker staff writer and author of Let s Be Less Stupid and Him Her Him Again The End of Hi ""

"As a former resident of the Chelsea Hotel, I came at this book with trepidation. What could an 17-year-old have to say about the last Dionysian castle in New York City? My skepticism ended with the prologue. Nicolaia Rips writes with wit, discipline, and grace. Her voice is real. With this book she is announcing herself as a force in the next generation of artists." --Ethan Hawke --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author/作者介绍： Nicolaia Rips是纽约市LaGuardia表演艺术高中的学生（2016届），她是学校文学杂志《LaGuardia Magazine》的活跃分子。她从出身起一直住在切尔西酒店。课余时，她学习声乐，参加运动队，大量阅读，并学习忍耐父母的各种唠叨。本书是她的第一本作品。

Nicolaia Rips attends LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York City (class of 2016), where she is an active member of LaGuardia’s literary magazine, LaGuardia Magazine. She has lived at the Chelsea Hotel for her entire life. In her spare time, she studies vocal music, participates in team sports, reads avidly, and tolerates her parents. Trying to Float is her first book.

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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：
French–Fayard
German–Nagel & Kimche (Hanser)

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