UNTWINE: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B82332

English Summary/英文概要： A haunting and mesmerizing story about sisterhood, family, love, and loss by literary luminary Edwidge Danticat.

Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family seems to be unraveling. Then the Boyers have a tragic encounter that will shatter everyone’s world forever.

Giselle wakes up in the hospital, injured and unable to speak or move. Trapped in the prison of her own body, Giselle must revisit her past in order to understand how the people closest to her -- her friends, her parents, and above all, Isabelle, her twin -- have shaped and defined her. Will she allow her love for her family and friends to lead her to recovery? Or will she remain lost in a spiral of longing and regret?

Untwine is a spellbinding tale, lyrical and filled with love, mystery, humor, and heartbreak. Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat brings her extraordinary talent to this graceful and unflinching examination of the bonds of friendship, romance, family, the horrors of loss, and the strength we must discover in ourselves when all seems hopeless.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 吉泽尔•博耶(Giselle Boyer)和她的孪生姐妹伊莎贝尔十分亲密, 尽管他们的家庭似乎正在分崩离析。然后, 博耶斯一家遭遇了一场将永远粉碎每个人的世界的悲剧事件。受伤的吉泽尔在医院醒来,说不出话来, 也动弹不得。被困住自己身体里的吉泽尔, 必须重温她的过去, 以便了解与她最亲近的人----她的朋友、她的父母, 最重要的是她的双胞胎，伊莎贝尔---是如何塑造并定义她的。她会让家人和朋友的爱带领她康复吗？还是她仍然迷失在渴望和遗憾的漩涡中？‘Untwine’ 是一部抒情和充满爱，神秘，幽默和心碎的迷人故事。获奖作家爱德薇芝•丹蒂凯特(Edwidge Danticat) 将她非凡的才华带到了这一优雅而毫不动摇的审视友谊、浪漫、家庭、失落的恐怖以及当一切似乎毫无希望时我们必须在自己身上发现的力量的故事中。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：From School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up—Identical twins Isabelle and Giselle were born with their fingers entwined and the doctors had to separate them, digit by digit. Now at 16, their parents are separated and considering divorce and the twins are developing their own interests and friends. As the unhappy family is running late to Isabelle’s school orchestra concert, the two are once again holding hands when the red minivan hits their SUV. For several days after the accident, the doctors and Aunt Leslie think Giselle is the twin who died and call her Isabelle, and Giselle, trapped in a coma, cannot tell them who she is. Unable to wake up or move, Giselle travels through her memory of friends, family, and mostly of Isabelle as she decides whether to let go of her twin and return to life or to stay in her vegetative state. Waking up, though, only leads to physical pain and grief as she struggles to recover from the accident and her sister’s death. Haitian-born Danticat, better known for her adult books, shines in this young adult novel that at times seems to move into the supernatural and mystical before yanking readers back into realism. A bit mystery, a bit romance, even a touch of humor, the strong writing leads readers on a journey through Giselle’s past, a journey she must take before she can face the present—and the future without Isabelle. VERDICT Well-crafted characters and strong writing make this a book to recommend, especially for fans of Gayle Forman’s If I Stay (Dutton, 2009).—Janet Hilbun, University of North Texas

Review
* "Danticat’s final scenes are at once heartbreaking and uplifting." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

* "Danticat shines in this young adult novel that at times seems to move into the supernatural and mystical before yanking readers back into realism." -- School Library Journal, starred review

About the Author/作者介绍： 爱德薇芝•丹蒂凯特，出生于1969年的海地，12岁时随家人移民到纽约居住。1994年，丹蒂凯特以年幼时的记忆为蓝本，用女性特有视角，细腻抒情的描写方式，将在艰苦条件下仍努力生存的海地人民的故事，写在了硕士毕业小说《Breath, Eyes, Memory》中，并以此文正式的开启了她写作之路。她以《兄弟,我已不久人世》一书，获得了2008年全美书评人协会(NBCC)大奖
Edwidge Danticat is the author of many award-winning books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah’s Book Club pick; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award nominee; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award Winner; and Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle winner. She is a 2009 winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant. Edwidge lives with her family in Miami, Florida.

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