AND WEST IS WEST
Book ID/图书代码： 00342515B81796
English Summary/英文概要： Winner of the prestigious PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, And West Is West is an inspired novel about two young people who learn, the hard way, about the devastating power of new technology to isolate us from the consequences of our actions.
When Jessica, a young Air Force drone pilot in Nevada, is tasked with launching a missile against a suspected terrorist halfway across the world, she realizes that though women and children are in the crosshairs of her screen, she has no choice but to follow orders. Ethan, a young Wall Street quant, is involved in a more bloodless connection to war when he develops an algorithm that enables his company’s clients to profit by exploiting the international financial instability caused by exactly this kind of antiterrorist strike. These two are only minor players, but their actions have global implications that tear lives apart--including their own. When Jessica finds herself discharged from the service and Ethan makes an error that costs him his job, both find themselves adrift, cast out by a corrupt system and forced to take the blame for decisions they did not make.
In And West Is West, Ron Childress has crafted a powerful, politically charged, and terrifyingly real scenario that takes readers into the lives of characters living in different worlds yet bound together by forces beyond their control.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《西方就是西方》一书中，查尔德里斯创造了一个极度真实的场景，带领读者进入书中人物有趣的生活中，他们生活在不同的世界中却因为科技、行动和超乎他们控制的力量而相互关联在一起。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：2014年笔/领头羊小说
“作者在该作品中显示了庞大的小说构架、复杂的小说原理和令人敬佩的智慧，我都印象深刻，获得该奖项是名至所归。书中的人物是那么真实、故事是那么杰出。”—— 芭芭拉•金索佛
《西方就是西方》讲述了致命的新兴科技伤害无辜生命的故事。杰西卡，一个年轻的内华达洲空军无人机飞行员接到任务，要向世界另一端的一个疑似恐怖组织发射导弹，她意识到一些无辜的妇女和孩子也在她的攻击范围内，但她别无选择只能服从命令。伊森，一年年轻的华尔街数量分析专家也卷入了一场不流血的战争中，他演算出了一个运算法则使得他公司的客户可以通过由反恐怖主义罢工引发的国际不稳定局势中获益。虽然只是小小的成员，但这两个人的行为却可以伤害到许多人，包括他们自己。后来，杰西卡被解雇，伊森因为工作失误而辞职，他们都被腐败机构强迫去为他们未曾做过的决定负责。
查尔德里斯创造了一个极度真实的场景，带领读者进入书中人物有趣的生活中，他们生活在不同的世界中却因为科技、行动和超乎他们控制的力量而相互关联在一起。
Winner of the 2014 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction
“I’m impressed with the ambitious scope and smart, sophisticated politics of this novel that put it squarely into the category of writing I want to reward with this prize. When I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. This writer can write; these characters are real; the story is crackerjack.” —Barbara Kingsolver
Winner of the prestigious PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, And West Is West is an inspired novel about the devastating power of new technology to corrupt innocent lives. When Jessica, a young Air Force drone pilot in Nevada, is tasked with launching a missile against a suspected terrorist halfway across the world, she realizes that though women and children are in the crosshairs of her screen, she has no choice but to follow orders. Ethan, a young Wall Street quant, is involved in a more bloodless connection to war when he develops an algorithm that enables his company’s clients to profit by exploiting the international instability caused by antiterrorist strikes. Though only minor players, the actions of these two people have global ramifications that tear lives apart—including their own. When Jessica finds herself discharged from the service, and Ethan makes an error that costs him his job, both are set adrift, cast out by a corrupt system and forced to take the blame for decisions they did not make.
Childress has crafted a terrifyingly real scenario in which characters navigating different worlds are bound together by forces beyond their control.
About the Author/作者介绍： 罗恩•查尔德里斯原先在新英格兰海岸的船坞中工作。十九岁的时候，他参加了社区大学，取得了文学学士、硕士、博士学位。罗恩之后为华盛顿附近的一家专业协会担任公关经理，后又在妻子的科技市场公司工作。2000年，他成为了一名全职的作家。2014年笔/领头羊获奖小说《西方就是西方》是他的第一部小说。
Ron Childress started his work life in boatyards up and down the New England coast, but at nineteen, he enrolled in community college and went on to earn his BA, MA, and PhD in literature. Childress worked for several years as a communications manager for a professional association near Washington DC before joining his wife in her tech marketing agency. In 2000, he left the business to pursue fiction writing full time. And West is West, winner of the 2014 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, is his first novel.
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