THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER
Book ID/图书代码: 06814017C00075
English Summary/英文概要: A stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng.
Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.
Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to stay with her maternal grandparents who she has never met. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. As Leigh grieves, she uncovers family secrets, forges a new relationship with her grandparents, and tries to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.
Alternating between contemporary and magical elements, past and present, romance and despair, THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, friendship, and love.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 这部令人震惊、令人心碎的处女小说讲述了悲伤、爱和家庭,完美地为珍迪•尼尔森和塞莱斯特•伍的粉丝们提供了完美的故事。
利•晨•桑德斯绝对确信一件事:当她的母亲死于自杀时,她变成了一只鸟。
利,一半是亚洲人,一半是白人,她到台湾去和她从未见过的外公外婆住在一起。在那里,她决心要找到她的母亲,那只鸟。利非常的悲痛,她揭露了家庭秘密,与她的祖父母建立了新的关系,并试图调和这一事实:在同一天,她亲吻了她最好的朋友和长期暗恋的暗恋对象阿克塞尔,她的母亲也开始了自己的生活。
在当代与魔幻元素、过去与现在、浪漫与绝望之间交替,《之后令人惊讶的颜色》是一部关于通过家庭历史、艺术、友谊和爱情找到自我的小说。(WYL)
Awards/获奖情况:“魔力与悲伤、爱与失落、保守秘密和秘密揭示了艾米丽。潘恩的创意和令人心碎的处女秀。”——盖尔•福尔曼,畅销书作家,如果我住在这里,我就在这里
“这本书从第一页吸引了我。以其抒情的文字和令人心碎的真实主人公,《之后令人惊讶的颜色》让人深刻地想起了悲伤的力量和爱的超越。艾米丽•XR•潘把我带到了一个让人想起伊莎贝尔•阿连德的世界。这是一个辉煌的处女秀。—— 蕾妮•Ahdieh,愤怒和黎明的畅销书作家
“这一令人惊异的色彩是一段优雅而辛酸的旅程,跨越了记忆的海洋,失去了过去的灵魂,找到了生动的爱情。这是一位才华横溢的作家的处女作。”——诺瓦•雷恩•苏马,我们周围的墙上的畅销书作家
“在莱伊泰勒的脉络下,充满了抒情的散文,令人想起美国金的一种创新的结构,艾米莉•XR•潘的光辉的处女作,令人惊讶的颜色,在文学上的吸引力和商业上的成功。这本书是阿巴印度群岛在2018年冬季引进的。”
“一份完整的手稿可供提交和翻译。LBYR控制英国的权利。DG&B的控制和翻译权利。"
“艾米丽•潘的出色的第一部小说以令人心碎的美丽和坦率的方式描绘了爱与悲伤的巨大光谱。这是一本非常特别的书。”——约翰•格林,我们的明星和海龟的错误一书的畅销作者
“Magic and mourning, love and loss, secrets kept and secrets revealed all illuminate Emily X.R. Pan’s inventive and heart-wrenching debut.” —Gayle Forman, bestselling author of If I Stay and I Was Here
“This book mesmerized me from page one. With its lyrical writing and heartbreakingly real protagonist, THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER provides a poignant reminder of grief’s power and the transcendence of love. Emily X.R. Pan utterly transported me to a world reminiscent of Isabel Allende. Haunting at every turn, this is a glorious debut.” —Renée Ahdieh, bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn
“THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER is an elegant, poignant journey that crosses an ocean of memory and great loss to face the ghosts of the past and find vivid love. An extraordinary debut from a fiercely talented writer.” —Nova Ren Suma, bestselling author of The Walls Around Us
With lyrical prose in the vein of Laini Taylor, and an innovative structure reminiscent of A. S. King, Emily X.R. Pan’s luminous debut novel THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER is poised for literary appeal and commercial success. The book is an ABA Indies Introduce pick for Winter 2018.
A complete manuscript is available for submission and translation. LBYR controls U.K. rights. DG&B controls and translation rights.
“Emily X.R. Pan’s brilliantly crafted, harrowing first novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heartwrenching beauty and candor. This is a very special book.” – John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down
• Emily XR Pan’s THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER (YA with strong crossover potential) made at least 17 lists, including: Entertainment Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal, Bustle, Paste, Buzzfeed, Tor.com, Raleigh News and Observer, NBC News, New York Public Library, A Mighty Girl, Teen Reads, Book of the Month Club (Book of the Year nominee), Chicago Public Library, Goodreads Choice Awards (finalist), and the Irish Times.
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