GHOST TOWN TALES OF MANHATTAN THEN AND NOW
Book ID/图书代码： 02000005B10481
English Summary/英文概要： ‘Like a latterday Edgar Allan Poe, McGrath probes the insanity and violence lurking between the skin of daily life’ FT magazine
‘The forensic sensitivity of McGrath’s prose captures New York and the shadows it cast with remarkable sensitivity’ Independent
‘There ought to be a word for that style of literary composition that is both charming and dark; McGrath has mastered it, and his collection brings out the same qualities in New York’ Telegraph
‘Explores the inner lives of Manhattanites past and present in three highly wrought novellas’ Conde Nast Traveller
Patrick McGrath excavates the layers of New York’s turbulent history to create a trio of stunning tales from the hand of a master storyteller. A man is haunted by the memory of his mother standing under a gibbet with a rope round her neck. It is the American War of Independence, and having defied the British forces occupying New York she must pay for her revolutionary activities. But 50 years on her son harbours a festering guilt for his inadvertent part in her downfall. Then, in a 19th-century New York of thrusting commercial enterprise, a ruthless merchant’s sensitive son is denied the love of his life through his father’s prejudice against the immigrants then flooding into the city – and madness and violence ensue. Finally, a Manhattan psychiatrist tries to treat a favoured patient reeling from the destruction of the World Trade Centre. But she fails to detect the damage she herself has sustained, and suffers the consequences of her blindness. Patrick McGrath is the author of a short story collection, Blood and Water and Other Tales, and six novels: The Grotesque, Spider, Dr Haggard’s Disease, Asylum, Martha Peake and Port Mungo. Spider was made into a film in 2002 by acclaimed director David Cronenberg.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位男子脑中时常浮现母亲被绳子缠绕脖子的情景。追溯到美国独立战争时期，击退占领纽约的英军后，必须要为这次革命付出代价的母亲沦落到了崩溃衰败的地步，她的儿子却漠不关心。五十多年来，当初无意的疏忽始终令这名男子对母亲的遭遇心怀永远无法消除的罪恶感和歉疚之意。
19世纪发展突飞猛进的纽约，由于残忍的父亲对涌入城中的移民存在偏见和其接踵而来施加的疯狂与暴力，连累这名商人的儿子遭到命中爱人的排斥和拒绝。
受“9.11”事件的后续影响，曼哈顿精神病医生在为一名尚未摆脱“市贸中心”受毁坏的阴影的病人进行治疗，可仍无法消除她一直持续的恐惧心理。
以上三个出自作者笔下让人倍感震惊的故事，影射出纽约不同时期的动荡历史，意义深刻久远。(zy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： PATRICK MCGRATH is the author of a short-story collection, BLOOD AND WATER AND OTHER TALES, and six novels, including ASYLUM, Dr HAGGARD’S DISEASE and SPIDER. His MARTHA PEAKE: A NOVEL OF THE REVOLUTION won the Premio Flaiano Prize in Italy. His most recent novel is PORT MUNGO, which was published by Bloomsbury in 2004.He lives in New York.
Patrick McGrath，生于伦敦。在布罗德莫精神病院附近长大，其父在那里担任了多年的院长。曾在美国北部各地区居住过，而后在北太平洋遥远的岛屿上度过了好几年时光。1981年搬到纽约城。目前与身为女演员的妻子Maria Aitken 定居在纽约和伦敦。
著有《Blood and Water and Other Tales》，《The Grotesque》，《Spider》，《Dr Haggard’s Disease》，《Asylum》，《Martha Peake》，《Port Mungo》所有作品都能在Penguin找到。
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD(非我们代理）
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