FOR ROUENNA

Book ID/图书代码： 12800718C00014

English Summary/英文概要： From one of the most celebrated novelists of her generation, the story of a woman in the Vietnam War

"After my first book was published, I received some letters." So begins Sigrid Nunez’s haunting novel about the poignant and unusual friendship between a writer and a retired army nurse who seeks her out decades after their childhood in the same housing project. Among the letters the narrator receives is one from a Rouenna Zycinski, recalling their old connection and asking if they can meet.Though fascinated by the stories Rouenna tells about her life as a combat nurse in Vietnam, the narrator flatly declines her request that they collaborate on a memoir. It is only later, in the aftermath of Rouenna’s shocking death, that the narrator is drawn to write about her friend--and her friend’s war. Writing Rouenna’s story becomes all-consuming, at once a necessity and the only consolation.

For Rouenna, an unforgettable novel about truth, memory, and unexpected heroism by one of the most gifted writers of her generation, is also a remarkable and surprising new look at war.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 小说作者是同时代最知名的小说家之一，讲述了越南战争中一个女性的故事。

“在我的第一部作品出版后，我收到了一些来信。”这是小说的开头，故事讲述了一段作家与退休军队护士之间令人心酸又非同寻常的友情，后者在两人童年时期失散后的几十年间一直在寻找这位作家。在这些来信中，有一位叫Rouenna Zycinski的人，回忆了她们之间的过去并询问她是否愿意见面。尽管被Rouenna讲述的在越南担任战地护士的故事所深深吸引，小说的叙述者还是拒绝了两人合作创作回忆录的提议。但在获悉Rouenna死亡的惊人消息之后，叙述者开始记录她的朋友和她所经历的战争。写下Rouenna的故事成为了她必须做的事，也是她唯一的安慰。

小说讲述了一个关于真相、记忆、出人意料的英雄主义的难忘故事。作为同时代最具才华的小说家之一，作者还以全新的视角对战争进行了探讨。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“本书包罗万象：战争和记忆，我们如何创造‘自我’及其原因，我们为何扼杀自我或生活。我被本书深深地吸引。”——《华盛顿日报》图书世界

“Nunez带领读者缓缓进入Rouenna的人生，优美的文笔让人想起Richard Yates，而正如Yates创作的故事一样，小说中的细节也同样令人心痛。”——《洛杉矶时报》书评

“一部风格迥异的战争小说……Nunez笔下的越南是通过长镜头来展现的……渐渐地，真相浮出水面。”——《旧金山编年史》

Does a fat friend from the old neighborhood have a legitimate claim on us? In Nunez’s new novel, the narrator, a writer living in Manhattan, receives a fan letter from Rouenna Zycinski, a forgotten acquaintance from the Staten Island projects of her youth. Decades earlier, Rouenna was a combat nurse in Vietnam; now—she disconcertingly announces after several beers in an Indian restaurant—she wants someone to help her write her story. This portrait of a friendship expands into an unnerving examination of individual and national shame as Nunez itemizes our ties to all we try to deny or ignore: the disabled vet; the demented downstairs neighbor; the half-dressed father chasing his naked daughter through the playground; the mountains of garbage silently rising across the river. – New Yorker

“For Rouenna is about everything: war and remembrance, how we invent our ‘selves’ and why; why we kill ourselves--or live. I was dazzled by this book.” ―The Washington Post Book World

“Writing a nearly transparent prose, reminiscent of Richard Yates, Nunez takes us breathlessly through the slow unraveling of Rouenna’s life and, like the events in Yates’ stories, the details are harrowing.” ―Los Angeles Times Book Review “Beautifully

written...mesmerizing...enthralling.” ―O: The Oprah Magazine

“Resonant and provocative.” ―Vogue

“An entirely different kind of war novel...Nunez’s Vietnam is assembled with a long lens and crafted in her spare, gorgeous prose....What emerges is something that feels like truth.” ―San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author/作者介绍： 西格丽德•纳则是小说拯救之城的作者，她最后的善良，来自上帝的一根羽毛，以及为了罗恩娜。她也是苏珊的作者： 苏珊•桑塔格的回忆录。她曾获得过数项大奖，其中包括一个奖项、罗马文学奖和柏林奖。纳则住在纽约市。

Sigrid Nunez is the author of the novels Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, A Feather on the Breath of God, and For Rouenna, among others. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. She has been the recipient of several awards, including a Whiting Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship. Nunez lives in New York City.

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