SEVERANCE: STORIES
Book ID/图书代码： 04332807B14770
English Summary/英文概要： The human head is believed to remain in a state of consciousness for one and one-half minutes after decapitation. In a heightened state of emotion, people speak at the rate of 160 words per minute. Inspired by the intersection of these two seemingly unrelated concepts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler wrote sixty-two stories, each exactly 240 words in length, capturing the flow of thoughts and feelings that go through a person’s mind after their head has been severed. The characters are both real and imagined Medusa (beheaded by Perseus, 2000 BC), Anne Boleyn (beheaded at the behest of Henry VIII, 1536).
These final thoughts illuminate and crystallize more about the characters’ own lives and the worlds they inhabit than many writers manage to convey in full-length biographies or novels.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人类的大脑在被斩首后，仍会保持一至两分钟清醒意识的状态。当人们的情绪处于最激动澎湃的时刻时，每分钟说话的语速可以达到160个词汇。受到这两个表面看起来毫无关联的概念的启发，普立兹大奖得主、作家Robert Olen Butler在书中攥写了62个小故事，每个故事大概由240个词语，关注了当人类断头后大脑所串流出的种种想法、感觉。故事中的主人公既有真实人物，也有虚构的，比如蛇女曼杜萨（Medusa），因不贞之罪死在断头台上，英王亨利八世第二任妻子的女儿安·褒林（Anne Boleyn）等等。比起许多作者在长篇自传或小说中对事实的刻意掩盖，本书中的许多终极想法更为揭露和阐明了主人公现实生活的世界。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Robert Olen Butler, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his short-story collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, is the author of many acclaimed works of fiction. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, and many other magazines. He lives and teaches in Tallahassee, Florida.
罗伯特．奥伦．巴特勒（ROBERT OLEN BUTLER）自1981年以来已出版12本着作，其中10本小说，2部短篇小说集。两部短篇小说集为《市井俗梦》(Tabloid Dreams)和荣获1993年普利兹小说奖的《奇山异香》(A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain)。
他的作品曾四次入选年度《美国最佳短篇小说选》(The Best American Short Stories)，七次入选《南方新作》(New Stories from the South)年刊。作品已被译成越南文﹑泰文﹑韩文﹑波兰文﹑日文﹑希腊文等十几种文字。
巴特勒曾获古根罕基金(Guggenheim Fellowship)小说奖和国家艺术基金(NEA)奖及美国文学艺术学院理查德德和欣达．罗森塔尔基金奖(Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award)。曾入围世界笔会暨福克纳奖(PEN/Faulkner Award)最后阶段的评选。短篇小说《合理警告》获2001年全国杂志小说奖(National Magazine Award in Fiction)，后在短篇的基础上发表同名长篇。荣获由美国越战结束军人协会特许颁发的"言论自由奖"(Tu Do Chinh Kien Award)，以表彰"一名越战结束军人对文化的杰出贡献"。
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