THE LUCKY ONES

Book ID/图书代码： 00200017B98979

English Summary/英文概要： While her parents are away, a teenager finds herself home alone, with the household staff mysteriously gone, no phone connection, and news of an insurgency on the radio—and then she hears a knock at the door. Her teacher, who has been kidnapped by guerrillas, recites Shakespeare in the jungle to a class of sticks, leaves, and stones while his captors watch his every move. Another classmate, who has fled Colombia for the clubs of New York, is unable to forget the life she left behind without the help of the little bags of powder she carries with her. Taking place over two decades, The Lucky Ones presents us with a world in which perpetrators are indistinguishable from saviors, the truth is elusive, and loved ones can disappear without a trace.

A prismatic tale of a group of characters who emerge and recede throughout the novel and touch one another’s lives in ways even they cannot comprehend, The Lucky Ones captures the intensity of life in Colombia as paramilitaries, guerrillas, and drug traffickers tear the country apart. Combining vivid descriptions of life under siege with a hallucinatory feel that befits its violent world, The Lucky Ones introduces a truly original and exciting new voice in fiction.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 父母不在家的时候，青少年发现家里只有自己一个人，家里人离奇地失踪了，电话打不通，广播里在报道暴动的新闻，接着，她听到敲门声……她的老师被游击队绑架，在丛林里朗诵着莎士比亚的著作，而绑架者注意着他的一举一动；另一个同学从哥伦比亚逃往纽约，却无法忘却过去的生活。小说《幸运儿》讲述了20年间发生的故事，向我们展示了一个离奇的世界，在这个世界里犯罪者和救世主无法区分，真相破朔迷离，心爱的人会毫无踪迹的消失……

本书描述了一群人物，他们先后登场，影响着他人的人生，却自己也无法理解如何影响了别人。书中集中描绘了哥伦比亚的生活，正规军、游击队和毒贩子将这个国家弄的四分五裂。《幸运儿》是一部充满原创性而又十分精彩的小说。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：“Julianne Pachico的这部小说心酸而又令人震惊，小说以哥伦比亚和纽约毒品交易为背景，令读者看后久久不能忘怀，时不时地要去确定一下自家的房门锁好了。”——Lily Tuck,获奖作家

“在本书中，作者Pachico在超现实与现实中自由转换，有时一句话的空间里就既有超现实元素又有现实元素，这是一本很棒的处女作品，充满原创性。”Marisa Silver，畅销书作家

“《幸运儿》的每个桥段都已自身独特的方式展看，令人心绪不宁，其力量来源于其表现出的任何安全的脆弱性，以及跨越时空和社会的生活的相互联系。”——James Scudamore，获奖作家

“《幸运儿》中所描述的动荡的世界瞬间包围读者，迫使我们跟随作者的描述，进入其人物的恐惧、幻想和拒绝。”——Lavinia Greenlaw，作家

“An expansive tapestry of a debut.”—Elle

“Riveting . . . [A] carefully yet fiercely composed collage of voices that bears witness to the executions, forced disappearances, and other atrocities that took place in Colombia from 1993 to 2013 during the country’s violent civil war . . . [A] searing glimpse into the conflict . . . Having lived in Colombia until she turned eighteen, Pachico has a firsthand connection to the country’s charms and troubles that shines through on every gripping page.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Julianne Pachico’s tough and stunning novel set in both the Colombian and New York drug jungles kept this reader up all night and made her double-check that her front door was locked tight.”—Lily Tuck, National Book Award–winning author of The News from Paraguay and The Double Life of Liliane

“Moving effortlessly between the surreal and the real, sometimes in the space of a single sentence, Pachico delivers one of the most original and mesmerizing debuts I’ve read in years.”—Marisa Silver, New York Times bestselling author of Little Nothing and Mary Coin

“Every episode of The Lucky Ones enlivens and unsettles in its own way. Their cumulative power derives from the way they expose the fragility of any kind of security, and the interconnectedness of lives across gulfs of time and society. It’s a riveting work of fiction.”—James Scudamore, award-winning author of Heliopolis and The Amnesia Clinic

“[An] unforgettable whirlwind of a debut . . . Taken alone—and some have been published as such—the chapters work as complete short stories, full worlds as vibrant and jarring as fever dreams. But together, they form something much larger, revealing a complicated and morally ambiguous web of interconnecting lives.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“The volatile, concentrated world of The Lucky Ones immediately surrounds the reader. We are compelled to follow Julianne Pachico deep into the fears, fantasies, and denials of her characters, whose susceptibilities we must recognize as our own.”—Lavinia Greenlaw, author of A Double Sorrow

A terrific Booklist review for THE LUCKY ONES: “Occasionally disorienting and relentlessly rewarding, with traces of Gabriel García Márquez’s News of a Kidnapping (1997), Pachico’s unapologetically immersive first novel brings life to a South American struggle often forgotten in global headlines.” – Booklist

NEWS, REVIEWS, PRESS PRIZES: Ongoing brilliant review for Julianne Pachico’s THE LUCKY ONES and Sarah Dunant’s IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY from around the world – quote sheet attached for each

About the Author/作者介绍： Paul喜欢编写Conklin一家人的疯狂故事，致力于推广《如何将你的家庭卖给外星人》。他设想在发表书籍前发起一个网络动画，并且已经有了许多桥段的主意。他还让家人、朋友一起帮忙推广这本书，其中包括供职于《纽约客》的同事、他的合作人以及他的姐夫等等。

Julianne Pachico grew up in Cali, Colombia, and lived there until she was eighteen. She is currently completing a Ph.D. in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in England. Her story “Honey Bunny” appeared in The New Yorker, and two of her stories have been anthologized in Best British Short Stories 2015.

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：THE LUCKY ONES by Julianne Pachico is also under offer in Italy.

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