INSIDE THE WHALE
Book ID/图书代码： 00200008B20882
English Summary/英文概要： Jennie Rooney has an unerring sense of the big things that hold us together and the small things that prove our undoing. INSIDE THE WHALE marks the arrival of a blazing new talent: fizzing with eclectic imagery and poignant detail, her heart-wrenching debut novel is a story to relish, and to recommend passionately to everyone you know. Stephanie Sandford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth. But the past is indistinct and it’s complicated. First, there was her mum, who developed an anxious streak after marrying the wrong Reg. And then there was the young man from the dairy who gave Stevie swimming lessons before he broke her heart. War came, and four years chopping root vegetables in the canteen of the Sun Pat peanut factory on the Old Kent Road. Then the wet London nights, with the Doodle Bugs slipping through the sky like huge silvery fish. It’s not until she’s under an umbrella with Jonathan - dark hair and seaweed eyes - that Stevie finally starts to sense safety.
Meanwhile, Michael Royston’s memories are squashed into a shoebox (along with Queen Matilda’s Dicken Medal for bravery) ready for his move into hospital. Years ago, he trained military carrier pigeons for the Royal Corps of Signals in Cairo so it’s ironic that his own homecoming has taken a lifetime. Michael has never been good at putting things into words; he’s more comfortable with the click of Morse code. But Anna, a young healthcare assistant, has the patience - and rare tenderness - to eke out his story. And so he begins.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 最近丧偶的Stephanie Stanford必须告诉她的家人真相。但是过去是复杂的，很难理清。与此同时，Michael的记忆 (和Mathilda的“勇敢的鸽子”勋章) 一同被塞进了一个鞋盒里，准备一起进驻医院。Michael不善言辞;他更喜欢点击莫尔斯电码。但是Anna，一个年轻的医疗助理，用少有的耐心和温柔，来弥补他的故事。。。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：入圍科斯達文學決選
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2008出版 版權即售7國
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◆ US: Chatto (Editor Clara Farmer)
◆ Germany: Blessing
◆ Hebrew: Achuz at Beyit
◆ Holland: Artemis
◆ Italy: Piemme
◆ Spain: Alfaguara
◆ Vietnam: Tre Publishing
’...only talent can account for the TLC a young novelist lavishes on characters so far removed in age and experience’ ---The Independent
`Rooney, who’s only 27, is fresh, funny and wise, balancing the emotional turmoil with a vivid turn of phrase’---Marie-Claire,Eithne Farry
’...spirited prose that captures the mood of doodlebug London, this is a total joy of a debut novel’ ---Good Housekeeping, Kerry Fowler
`Rooney’s language is as intimate as her story...a fine first novel’---Metro, Ben East
’The best things in life this month ... this heartfelt debut novel offers a witty twist on a WWII romance’---Red
’a work of a singularly outlandish and compassionate imagination....has one shouting its praises to anybody who is within earshot’ ---New Statesman, Christopher Hawtree
`This is an elegant, funny and moving first novel... a wonderful, memorable musing on life, fate and love’---Sunday Express, Viv Groskop
`a deeply affecting story ... vividly recreating Blitz-torn London and the Africa of the same period.’ ---Saturday Guardian, Catherine Taylor
not just a tender story of love and war, but an acutely observed novel of endearing characters---Saga Magazine
“A work of a singularly outlandish and compassionate imagination. . . . has one shouting its praises to anybody who is within earshot.”---New Statesman
“Elegant, funny and moving . . . a wonderful, memorable musing on life, fate and love.”---Sunday Express (UK)
“Full of wisdom and panache, Jennie Rooney’s poignant, moving, clear-eyed account of love and war, personal sacrifice and private pain, is a novel to truly move the spirit.”---Liz Jensen
About the Author/作者介绍： Jennie Rooney was born in Liverpool in 1980. She read History at the University of Cambridge before moving to London to work as a lawyer. Inside the Whale is her first novel.
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