the long haul
Book ID/图书代码： 05B08301
English Summary/英文概要： shifting between upstate new york and new york city, the story follows the trajectory of a doomed relationship between a college-aged alcoholic (“the alcoholic”) and his codependent girlfriend in a milieu reminiscent of buffalo 66 and jesus son.
if you threw denis johnson’s jesus’ son, lou reed’s berlin, hubert selby jr’s requiem for a dream, claude chabrol’s le beau serge, american music club’s everclear, ellen miller’s like being killed, abel ferrara’s bad lieutenant, leslie schwartz’ jumping the green and rick moody’s the garden state into a food mixer, you’d probably end up with something as beautiful and damaged as this debut novel from 33 year old new yorker amanda stern…reading stern is like watching polaroids materialise, the horror creeping up on you. picture perfect writing; a compelling story; emotions running over: in short, a great book about real life. —uncut magazine
“[b]rave, risky…virtuoso…stern writes with an open heart that is fearless enough to make even failures seem admirable; her willingness to experiment is a lesson for novelists and readers both.” —san francisco chronicle book review
“[a]rticulate and skillful”—publishers weekly
“stern’s poetic depiction of codependency enhances this heartbreaking story of a young college student who becomes the girlfriend of an alcoholic rock musician… her first novel has a ring of truth that comes from close observation and/or personal experience. with its self-destructive main characters, this moody novella will strongly resonate with those who came of age in the 1990s.”—library journal
sold in brazil (conrad)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《漫长岁月》的故事背景穿梭于纽约州北部和纽约市之间，讲述了一段注定不会走在一起的情侣间的故事，一位是酗酒的大学生，一位是他相依为命的女朋友，这多少让我们怀念起“水牛城66”和“Jesus’ Son”。
如果你把 “Jesus’ Son”、Lou Reed的“柏林”Hubert Selby的“梦之安魂曲”， Claude Chabrol“英俊的赛席”还有其他一大堆电影全部放到一台食物混合机里搅合一下的话，你就会搞出这样一部瑕瑜相间美味作品，一部出自纽约人之手的作品，读Stern的作品就好象看立拍成像照片一样，恐惧的感觉慢慢向你袭来。一个感人的故事，情感肆意，简而言之就是一部真实生活的巨作。
Stern用诗歌般美妙的语言把互相依存的关系表现出来，这为作品添上了重重的一笔。
Stern的处女小说有很强真实的感，一种源自细腻观察或者是亲身经历才挖掘出来的。每一位九十年代成长起来的人一定会被书中的那些自残的主角们强烈地震撼，久久难以忘怀。
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