THE DAYS OF AWE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12311005B06053
English Summary/英文概要： The national tragedy of 9/11 collides with the personal tragedy of a Manhattan book illustrator. Artie Rubin, 67, lives on the Upper West Side with his wife, Johanna; the first half of the book deals with the ordinary details of love, work and sex in later life. At the attack on the World Trade Center midbook, Nissenson broadens the scope to include friends, acquaintances and characters who get caught in the attacks, including a man who jumps from one of the towers while talking to his fiance, as a former romantic rival, who missed work that day, survives. Johanna suffers a serious heart attack; Artie struggles to maintain his perspective. Their lives in the Jewish community play a significant role and their faith comes in for heavy questioning. The grim conclusion adds a dark cast to an otherwise balanced narrative. This is Nissenson’s first novel since the NBA and PEN-Faulkner finalist The Tree of Life (1985). Solid character writing and attention to the details of daily life make the September 11 material well motivated; as characters continue to worry, kibitz, philosophize and complain, one feels that they have a real sense of the stakes. (Sept.)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一部错综复杂、引人入胜、构思巧妙的小说-------作者入围美国国家图书奖和Penfaulkner 奖的最后决赛名单，作品唤起了我们最深层次的意识：让我们真正的意识到我们和我们所有深爱的人最后都逃不了一死。
小说的主人公是，Artie Rubin，他曾创作了多部神话插图作品，现在的他已67岁高龄了，身边的朋友都一个一个日落西山，他亲爱的老婆-----和他共患难四十余载的另一半------患上了心脏病，随时都可能发病。他每星期都会吞一粒伟哥和她自己的老板亲热一下，还满心欢喜筹划着结婚四十周年纪念到威尼斯畅游一通。就在这时，一场可怕的灾难朝他们袭来，Artie原本惬意的生活土崩瓦解了，他对道德、死亡和神灵的看法开始豁然开朗了。
Hugh Nissenson以优雅、敏感和冷幽默的风格编制了这样一个故事，“读他的作品就仿佛在偷听生命的气息。”-----Cynthia Ozick
“Nissenson是用小说家独有的捕捉哀婉动悯的敏锐眼光，以及聆听生存这样一个被信仰和死亡搅合的一团乱的混沌世界里朋友、陌生人以及情人间富有韵律的交流在创作。”
“Hugh Nissenson创作了一部震撼人心的唯美故事，作品反思了平凡生活中经历的重大的喜忧悲欢、光怪陆离事件，还有死神那武断、躲之不及的拥抱。透过睿智、儒雅和怜悯，作者运用爱情、艺术，当然更重要的是宗教信仰所产生的让人琢磨不透的舒缓力来感化疾病和老化那锋利、极具威慑力的魔爪。风格简洁、急促，内容丰富，细微处温馨质朴，Nissenson的这部包涵深刻道德理念的小说提出了最重要的问题，作者还运用诗歌般的唯美点亮了最不起眼的时刻。”
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About the Author/作者介绍： "Hugh Nissenson is the author of eight books, including the recent illustrated novel The Song of the Earth, which received a number of superb reviews in the New Yorker, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times among others. His previous novel The Tree of Life was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pen-Faulkner Award in 1985. He lives in New York City. "
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