THE TRANSITION

Book ID/图书代码： 11701216B86997

English Summary/英文概要： The Transition was founded to tap into a vast, overlooked resource: a generation arrested in permanent adolescence, trapped in overpriced bedsits, bad debt, internships and arts admin. The average age for leaving the parental home is now 37. We believe the future leaders of business, community and politics are currently languishing in their childhood bedrooms. They trade commodities with alien races in MMORPGs when they could be working for the World Financial Center; they passively consume until they forget they even have the ability to create; they drink themselves into early-onset sclerosis of the liver when they could be opening their own upmarket bars. Do they lack character? Do they lack motivation? Do they lack grit? Or is it that we’ve placed the first rung of the ladder a little out of their reach and the right advice, and a little capital, might catapult them into the lives we all aspire to? If you agree with the latter, The Transition is actively recruiting new Mentors and we’d like to hear from you.

For Karl Temperley his contemporaries don’t so much lack character as a satisfying plot arc. His MA in Metaphysical Poetry has qualified him to write plagiarism-proof essays for dim but wealthy students and eloquent reviews of consumer products. He is 34 and married, but lives predominantly on crisps, listening to the same bands he loved when he was eighteen. When Karl is found guilty of tax evasion he has no choice but to accept a place – for him and his wife Genevieve – on The Transition. As protégés, they will live in the spare bedroom of an older, more successful couple, gradually learning the ropes of responsible, adult citizenship until they “graduate” into a new life. It seems to be a way out of his feckless, meaningless existence, their mentors are surprisingly lovely, and the scheme appears to ask for nothing in return…

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《过渡期》探讨了一大批被忽略的人群：永远处于青少年时期的一代人，陷入高昂的房租、欠债、实习问题等等。如今，离开父母独立生活的年龄为37岁。我们相信未来的商业和政治领袖如今正在他们孩童时代的卧室里苦思冥想。他们原本可以为全球金融中心工作，但却在 MMORPGs 与外来移民做买卖；他们被动消费，直到忘记自己具有创造的能力；他们原本可以开一个属于自己的高级酒吧，却在整日酗酒，导致出现了早期肝硬化症状。他们缺乏性格吗？他们缺乏动力吗？他们缺乏勇气吗？还是说，我们没有给他们足够的帮助，正确的建议、一点点资金，是否就能帮助他们走上正轨？如果你同意后者的观点，那么《过渡期》其实就是在招募新的导师，我们想聆听你的建议。

对于Karl Temperley而言，他的同龄人并不缺乏性格。他持有玄学诗歌硕士学位，足以令他为学习不好但非常有钱的学生写出没有剽窃痕迹的论文，为消费品攥写有说服力的评论。他34岁，已婚，但仍旧吃着薯条，听着18岁时钟爱的乐队的歌曲。当Karl被发现逃税时，他别无选择，只能为自己和妻子Genevieve接受过渡期的住处。他们的邻居是一对年龄较大的、较为成功的夫妇，逐渐地，他们学会了责任感，成人公民义务等等，逐步“毕业”，迈向新的人生。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：以下是Bookseller评论链接：http://www.thebookseller.com/news/fourth-estate-acquires-luke-kennards-debut-novel-318290

Here is a link to the announcement in the Bookseller:http://www.thebookseller.com/news/fourth-estate-acquires-luke-kennards-debut-novel-318290

THE TRANSITION by Luke Kennard has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize:

http://www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk/novels-former-builder-magistrate-bbc-journalist-longlisted-10th-anniversary-desmond-elliott-prize/

The Desmond Elliot Prize, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is an award for first-time novelists. It has a stellar track record for spotting new talent, with past winners including Lisa McInerney, Claire Fuller and Eimear McBride. The Prize is presented in the name of the late publisher and literary agent Desmond Elliott, in order to perpetuate his passion for discovering and nurturing emerging authors.

A shortlist will be announced in May and the winner will be revealed at a ceremony in London on 21st June 2017.

About the Author/作者介绍： Luke Kennard 是一名诗人兼小说作家，1981年出生于泰晤士河畔金斯顿。他曾于2005年获得最佳协会颁发的Eric Gregory大奖，同年，他的第一部诗歌集《索莱克斯兄弟》发表。2007年，他发表了第二部诗歌集《电影外的港湾》，并入围Forward大奖最佳诗歌集，令他成为史上最年轻的入围作家。他最新的作品集《失落的表达》于1012年问世。此外，他还在《伦敦诗歌》、《泰晤士报文学副》等期刊上发表小说和诗歌评论。他持有埃克塞特大学英语学博士学位，并担任伯明翰大学讲师。2014年，他被“诗歌图书协会”提名为“下一代诗人”之一。《过渡期》是他的第一部小说。

Luke Kennard is a poet and writer of fiction who was born in Kingston Upon Thames in 1981. He won an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2005 and his first collection of prose poems The Solex Brothers was published later that year by Stride. His second collection The Harbour Beyond the Movie was published by Salt in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, making him the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted. His most recent collection A Lost Expression was released in 2012 alongside an experimental short story, Holophin which won the Saboteur Novella award that year. His fiction and poetry criticism has appeared in Poetry London, the Times Literary Supplement and The National (Abu Dhabi). He has a PhD in English from the University of Exeter and lectures at the University of Birmingham. In 2014 he was named one of the Next Generation Poets by the Poetry Book Society in their once per-decade list. The Transition is his first novel.

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