THE WILDLANDS: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 07857518C00001

English Summary/英文概要： "Geni’s fascination with the borders between human and animal drives this distinctive sophomore novel . . . Geni continues to create works of art with perfect voices that are simultaneously thrillers and meditations on nature. It is an incredible trick." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

When a Category 5 tornado ravaged Mercy, Oklahoma, no family in the small town lost more than the McClouds. Their home and farm were instantly demolished, and orphaned siblings Darlene, Jane, and Cora made media headlines. This relentless national attention and the tornado’s aftermath caused great tension with their brother, Tucker, who soon abandoned his sisters and disappeared.

On the three-year anniversary of the tornado, a cosmetics factory outside of Mercy is bombed, and the lab animals trapped within are released. Tucker reappears, injured from the blast, and seeks the help of nine-year-old Cora. Caught up in the thrall of her charismatic brother, whom she has desperately missed, Cora agrees to accompany Tucker on a cross-country mission to make war on human civilization.

Cora becomes her brother’s unwitting accomplice, taking on a new identity while engaging in acts of escalating violence. Darlene works with Mercy police to find her siblings, leading to an unexpected showdown at a zoo in Southern California. The Wildlands is another remarkable literary thriller from critically acclaimed writer Abby Geni, one that examines what happens when one family becomes trapped in the tenuous space between the human and animal worlds.

Chinese Summary/中文概要：

Awards/获奖情况："[An] impressive second novel . . . Geni’s genius is that she makes us empathise with every member of this troubled family, and also with the animals Tucker yearns to protect." --BBC Culture, 1 of 10 Books to Read in September

"Abby Geni’s haunting literary thriller, The Wildlands, explores humans’ relationships with nature and what drives a person to fanaticism." --Real Simple

About the Author/作者介绍： 艾比是爱荷华作家工作室一个研究生，爱荷华州奖学金的接受者。“囚禁”赢得微光列车开发小说第一名，被列为2010年美国最佳短篇小说著名故事;它也被纳入中西部《新故事》中,俄亥俄州大学出版社出版“佛法在大门口”最近发表在《微光列车》。“绿化”已经发表在《对峙》上，“恐怖鸟”出版在《印第安纳审查》。“沉默”赢得肖陶扩村比赛第一名，并被那本文学期刊发表。“热萎病”将刊登在第四道河，“叫阿帕奇．布林．莫尔的女孩”刚刚出版。她的故事也收到Kate Baverman短篇小说奖荣誉奖，在微光列车的非常短的小说中占有竞争地位。

Abby is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the recipient of an Iowa Fellowship. “Captivity” won first place in the Glimmer Train Fiction Open and was listed as a Notable Story in 2010 Best American Short Stories; it was also selected for inclusion in New Stories from the Midwest, published by Ohio University Press. “Dharma at the Gate” has recently been published in Glimmer Train. “Landscaping” has been published in Confrontation and “Terror Birds” has been published by the Indiana Review. “Silence” won first place in the Chautauqua Contest and was published by that literary journal. “Fire Blight” will be published by Fourth River and “The Girls of Apache Bryn Mawr” has just been published by Camera Obscura. Her stories have also received Honorable Mentions in the Kate Baverman Short Story Prize and in Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Competition.

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