BETWEEN A WOLF AND A DOG
Book ID/图书代码： 11980515B85842
English Summary/英文概要： ‘Many adjectives have been used to describe Georgia Blain’s work, including evocative,powerful, atmospheric, haunting, rich, thought-provoking, skilful, uncompromising and finely detailed.’ — Books + Publishing
Ester is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the woes of the middle class. She spends her days helping others find happiness, yet her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Estranged from her sister April and her ex-husband Lawrence, Ester is struggling to make meaningful connections outside of her counselling room. Meanwhile, April and Lawrence are struggling with their own messy lives, and Ester and April’s mother, Hilary, is facing the most significant decision she’ll ever have to make.
Taking place over one rainy day in Sydney, and rendered with the evocative and powerful prose Blain is known for, Between a Wolf and a Dog is a novel about dissatisfactions and anxieties in the face of relative privilege. Yet it is also a celebration of the best in all of us — our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art. Ultimately, it is a joyous recognition of the shimmering beauty of what it is to be alive.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “已经有很多形容词用来形容乔吉亚•布兰的作品，其中包括令人回味、强大、大气、令人难以忘怀、丰富、发人深省、灵巧、坚定、详细等。”——《出版社周刊》
伊斯特是一位家庭治疗师，专门解决中层阶级的家庭困扰。她每天花大量的时间帮助他人找寻快乐，可她自己的家庭关系却非常紧张。姐姐艾普利和前夫劳伦斯都极力疏远他，伊斯特也想建立些除了病患外更有意义的关系。而同时，艾普利和劳伦斯也在处理自己乱糟糟的生活，伊斯特和艾普利的妈妈希拉里此刻正在面对生命中最重要的一个决定。
故事发生在悉尼的一个雨天，布兰出色的语言功底也在小说中淋漓尽致地体现出来。《在一匹狼和一只狗之间》是有关家庭关系中令人不安和焦虑的情绪。但我们从中也看到了在悲伤面前我们的生存能力，以及如何从艺术的变革艺术中获得力量。小说文末，主人公意识到了生活是充满快乐和希望的。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：Between a Wolf and A Dog by Georgia Blain has been longlisted for the Stella Prize, including winning the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction last week, the University of Queensland Fiction Book of the Year award, and was included in numerous end of year best-of lists for 2016.
Between a Wolf and a Dog has won the Fiction Book Award at the QLD Literary Awards
窗外的雨下个不停，树木和灌木浸泡在雨水里，地上湿漉漉的，水坑被填满了，水面满是波纹，黑暗一点点吞噬光亮。
Outside, the rain continues unceasing; silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowly softens with the dawn.
About the Author/作者介绍： 乔吉亚•布兰已经在澳大利亚和全球范围内出版过许多小说、回忆录、散文和短篇故事集。她的第一部小说《冬歇期》已被制成电影。她曾入围许多奖项题目，其中包括新南威尔士和SA文学奖、以及娜塔•B•基博奖。她的最新小说有《离家和黑水太近》、她的第一部青少年小说和短篇故事集《一个男人的秘密生活》于2013年出版。
GEORGIA BLAIN has published novels, a memoir,essays, and short stories in Australia and overseas. Her first novel, Closed for Winter, was made into a film. She has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the NSW and SA premier’s literary awards, and the Nita B. Kibble Award. Her most recent novels include Too Close to Home and Darkwater, her first young-adult book. Her short-story collection, The Secret Lives of Men, was published in 2013.
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