LAWN BOY
Book ID/图书代码： 00342518C00016
English Summary/英文概要： For Mike Muñoz, a young Chicano living in Washington State, life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still doing menial work--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew--he knows that he’s got to be the one to shake things up if he’s ever going to change his life. But how?
In this funny, angry, touching, and ultimately deeply inspiring novel, bestselling author Jonathan Evison takes the reader into the heart and mind of a young man on a journey to discover himself, a search to find the secret to achieving the American dream of happiness and prosperity. That’s the birthright for all Americans, isn’t it? If so, then what is Mike Muñoz’s problem? Though he tries time and again to get his foot on the first rung of that ladder to success, he can’t seem to get a break. But then things start to change for Mike, and after a raucous, jarring, and challenging trip, he finds he can finally see the future and his place in it. And it’s looking really good.
Lawn Boy is an important, entertaining, and completely winning novel about social class distinctions, about overcoming cultural discrimination, and about standing up for oneself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于住在华盛顿州的年轻奇卡诺斯来说，生活就是等待事情发生。高中毕业还没多少年，他还在做着卑微的工作——最近刚被解雇，在一个园林中修剪草坪——他知道，如果他想要改变自己的生活，他必须做出改变。但该怎么做呢?
在这本有趣、愤怒、感人、最终鼓舞人心的小说中，畅销作家乔纳森·艾弗森带领读者进入一个年轻人的内心和心灵，去发现自己，去寻找实现美国幸福和繁荣梦想的秘密。这是所有美国人与生俱来的权利，不是吗?如果是的话，那么迈克·穆尼奥斯的问题是什么?尽管他一次又一次地试图踏上通往成功的第一道阶梯，但他似乎并没有取得突破。但后来迈克的情况发生了变化，在经历了一段嘈杂、刺耳、充满挑战的旅程后，他终于看到了未来，看到了自己在未来的位置。看起来很不错。
《草坪男孩》是一部关于社会阶级差异、克服文化歧视、为自己辩护的重要的、娱乐性的、完全获奖的小说。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：“乔纳森·艾弗森的声音是纯粹的魔法。他是一个完美的世界建设者;在他独特的宇宙中，有心碎、爱和悲剧，还有——永远的——笑声。在《草坪男孩》这部充满活力的成年小说和对阶级尖锐的社会评论中，艾弗森以一种痛苦而诚实的方式描述了一个年轻人如何努力克服生活中遇到的困难，实现自己的梦想。这是一个你不想错过的旅程，一个你永远不会忘记的结局。”——《夜莺》的作者克里斯汀·汉娜
“从地面上的胜利……”最后是一本深入社会阶层的书，没有退缩也没有逃避。《草坪男孩》把我们带进了迈克·穆尼奥斯的心灵和身体，他做了一段时间景观设计师，来到了美国梦的终点——用他自己的方式重新想象未来。”——莉迪亚·约克纳维奇，琼之书的作者
“乔纳森·艾弗森可以写任何东西，让它带着坚忍的同情心唱出来。我喜欢他写的关于劳动人民的文章没有屈尊俯就。我有这样的工作。你可以看出他也这么做了。又硬又甜。”——路易斯·阿尔贝托·乌雷亚，《美国女王》的作者
"Jonathan Evison’s voice is pure magic. He is a consummate world builder; in his unique universe, there is heartbreak and love and tragedy, and--always--laughter. In Lawn Boy, at once a vibrant coming of age novel and a sharp social commentary on class, Evison offers a painfully honest portrait of one young man’s struggle to overcome the hand he’s been dealt in life and reach for his dreams. It’s a journey you won’t want to miss, with an ending you won’t forget."
--Kristin Hannah, author of The Nightingale
"A triumph from the ground up . . . finally a book that zooms in on social strata without flinching or copping out. Lawn Boy takes us into the heart, mind and body of Mike Munoz as he makes a coming of age trek from landscaping crew to navigating the dead American dream-- all the way to reimagining a future on his own terms."
--Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Book of Joan
"Jonathan Evison can write about anything and make it sing with hard-bitten empathy. I love it that he writes about working men without condescension. I had jobs like this. And you can tell that he did, too. Tough and strangely sweet at the same time."
--Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Queen of America
About the Author/作者介绍： Jonathan Evison is the author of four previous novels, including All About Lulu, West of Here, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, and This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! He lives with his wife and family in Washington State.
Format:HARDCOVER
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