THE HISTORY OF GREAT THINGS
Book ID/图书代码： 06840015B82343
English Summary/英文概要： A witty and irresistible story of a mother and daughter regarding each other through the looking glass of time, grief, and forgiveness.
In two beautifully counterpoised narratives, two women—mother and daughter—try to make sense of their own lives by revisiting what they know about each other. The History of Great Things tells the entwined stories of Lois, a daughter of the Depression Midwest who came to New York to transform herself into an opera star, and her daughter, Elizabeth, an aspiring writer who came of age in the 1970s and ’80s in the forbidding shadow of her often-absent, always larger-than-life mother. In a tour de force of storytelling and human empathy, Elizabeth chronicles the events of her mother’s life, and in turn Lois recounts her daughter’s story—pulling back the curtain on lifelong secrets, challenging and interrupting each other, defending their own behavior, brandishing or swallowing their pride, and, ultimately, coming to understand each other in a way that feels both extraordinary and universal.
The History of Great Things is a novel about a mother and daughter who are intimately connected and not connected enough; it will make readers laugh and cry and wonder how we become the adults we always knew we should—even if we’re not always adults our parents understand.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 小说讲述了一个令人难以抗拒的故事。故事的叙述者是一位母亲她的女儿。她们试图通过重新回顾对对方的了解以理解自己的生活。小说将母女二人的故事交织在一起——母亲Lois从萧条的中西部来到纽约，试图成为一名剧院明星；她的女儿Elizabeth在20世纪70-80年代来到纽约，她是个踌躇满志的作家，活在带有传奇色彩的母亲的阴影之下。小说体现了作者高超的故事组织能力和对人性的共鸣——从女儿的角度出发记录母亲的生活事件，反过来从母亲的角度出发讲述女儿的故事——由此揭开过去的秘密，互相挑战，互相干扰，为各自的行为辩解，最终以一种非同寻常又非常普遍的方式互相理解。
小说令读者边流泪边欢笑，并开始思考我们是如何长大成人的——而我们并非父母所理解的那个成年人。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： ELIZABETH CRANE，作家，著有广受好评的小说《We Only Know So Much》和三部短篇小说集。她的作品曾发表在多份期刊、杂志及作品集中。她曾荣获芝加哥公共图书馆21世纪奖，作品曾入选美国国家公共电台精选短片并被改编为舞台剧和电影。她现在居住在纽约。
ELIZABETH CRANE is the author of the critically acclaimed novel We Only Know So Much (Harper Perennial, 2012) and three collections of short stories: When the Messenger Is Hot (Little, Brown 2003), All This Heavenly Glory (Little, Brown 2005), and You Must Be This Happy To Enter (Akashic Books 2008). Her work has been featured in the magazines Other Voices, Mississippi Review, Bridge, Chicago Reader, Believer, as well as several anthologies, including McSweeney’s The Future Dictionary of America (2005), Altared (Vintage 2007), and The Show I’ll Never Forget (Da Capo 2007). She is a recipient of the Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award, and her work has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts and adapted for the stage by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater company, and for film. She lives in New York City.
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