THE TATTOO ARTIST: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 02330005B05324
English Summary/英文概要： Ciment’s notable new novel (after Teeth of a Dog ) narrates the vanguard life of a New York surrealist artist whose 30 years among South Pacific natives teaches her the sacred art of tattooing. Born at the turn of the century to Jewish immigrants, freethinking Sara escapes her seamstress job via Philip Ehrenreich, a banker’s son turned Marxist revolutionary who moves her into his Greenwich Village flat and introduces her to the New York art scene. They make a fabulous avant-garde couple until the New York art world goes bust in the run-up to WWII, and they take off for the South Seas in search of native art. Marooned on the island of Tu’un’uu, the castaways find their love tested when the natives forcibly tattoo their faces. Eventually, with no hope of escape, tattooing each other with the gorgeous dyes becomes a mournful expression of love and loss. After Philip’s untimely death, Sara becomes an elder craftsman of the religious art, rendering herself "a piece of living tapestry." Three decades later Sara returns to New York after a roving Life magazine reporter discovers her on the island and photographs her, revealing her curious life’s work to the world. Though historically fantastic, Ciment’s latest is poignant and anthropologically intriguing. (Aug.)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 继“Teeth of a Dog”成功大卖后，Ciment又写了这本另类新作，说它另类是因为作品讲述了一位纽约超现实艺术家的前卫生活，在南太平洋地区与当地居民生活了近三十个春秋之后，她熟练地掌握了纹身这一神圣艺术。出生于世纪之交的一户犹太移民家庭的Sara在Philip Ehrenreich-----这位银行家之子、后弃金从革投身马克思主义革命队伍------的帮助下摆脱了一辈子做缝衣女工的命运来到了Philip位于格林威治村的公寓，走进了纽约的艺术世界。就这样两个人组成了当时赫赫有名的前卫夫妻，但是这美好的一切在二战爆发之前化为了乌有，整个纽约艺术界陷入了泥潭，所以两人不得不乘上飞机告别绚丽的纽约来到南洋，寻找那里的土著艺术。两位远离尘嚣漂泊者开始Tu’un’uu岛上过起了生活，当地人硬是在两人的脸上刻起了纹身，这也是他们甜美爱情第一次遭遇到真正的考验。知道没有任何机会可以从岛上逃生的他们开始用五彩斑斓的染料给彼此纹身，这也成了发泄他们爱与失落的痛苦感情的载体。很不幸的是，Philip先Sara一步，过早的离开了这个世界，留下Sara一人成了爱情的守望者，已经娴熟地掌握了这门宗教艺术的她把自己画成了“一幅有生命的织锦”。三十年之后，《生活杂志》的一位为了取材到处漂泊的记者无意中来到了这个岛上，他发现了Sara，并拍摄了很多她的照片，把她历尽一生才创造出的诡异作品展现到了世人面前，也因为这，她才得以摆脱三十年的软性囚禁。Ciment的这部最新作品观点犀利，极具人文魅力。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Jill Ciment was born in Montreal, Canada. Her books include two novels, Teeth of the Dog and The Law of Falling Bodies; a collection of short stories, Small Claims; and a memoir, Half a Life (available in paperback from Anchor Books). She has been awarded two New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Ciment is a professor of English at the University of Florida. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.
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