AMERICAN RUST

Book ID/图书代码： 11701208B21662

English Summary/英文概要： In a once-prosperous town in rural Pennsylvania, two young men - one trying to escape the community, the other sinking slowly into its orbit - are caught up in a terrible act of violence that changes their lives forever. When a body is discovered and the young men are linked to the crime, one is sent to prison and the other goes on the run; an epic journey through a beautiful, nearly post-apocalyptic landscape, in which he is forced to confront his private demons, the existence of God, and his own significance as a human being. Other townspeople are quickly engulfed by the crisis - the single mother desperate to protect her son, the sister forced to choose between her family and her new life, the upright police chief who must make the hardest decision of all. By the book’s end, each person will find himself walking the thin line that differentiates man from animal, good from evil.

Alternating between the close points of view of each character, AMERICAN RUST describes the loyalty, courage, and love of good people living in a place abandoned and forgotten by their own countrymen. It is a classic American story of the individual versus society.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事主角是兩位從小在美國賓州一個偏僻的鄉下小鎮一起長大的年輕人，一位是鎮裡最聰明的小孩Isaac English及他脾氣暴躁的好友Billy。Isaac就在媽媽自殺及姊姊離家後，打算拋下長年臥病在床的父親，離開這不毛之地追求自己的夢想，但就Isaac一切都準備好離開的時候，兩人卻捲入一場從此改變一生的可怕兇殺案中…
當其中一人被關進監獄，另一人步上逃亡的路途時，鎮上其他的人也不可避免陷入其中：Billy的單身母親只能絕望設法拯救兒子；Isaac的姊姊必須在弟弟及新生活中作出選擇；正義的警長也必須作這生平中最困難的決定…
作者以史詩般的追尋旅程描寫主角們如何面對心中自我的魔鬼、上帝的存在及人性的真實意義等疑惑，道出一段關於友誼、忠誠及愛情如何因共同夢想而產生，但也因絕望而逝去的故事。(VL)

Awards/获奖情况：— Newsweek’s Best Books Ever
— Daily Telegraph Summer Reading Choice
— an Amazon.com Best Book
— Simon & Schuster publishing director Suzanne Baboneau described the novel as "an extraordinary début". "His writing brings to mind Richard Ford(理查‧福特，普立茲獎得主), Pete Dexter(彼得‧德士達，國家圖書獎得主), even Cormac McCarthy（戈馬克‧麥卡錫，普立茲小說獎得主）"
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About the Author/作者介绍： Philipp Meyer grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, dropped out of high school at age sixteen. After spending several years volunteering at a trauma center in downtown Baltimore, he attended Cornell University, where he studied English. Since graduating, Meyer has worked as a derivatives trader for a Swiss investment bank, a construction worker, and an emergency medical technician (EMT), among other jobs. He was one of the first EMT’s to reach New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, driving his own car there and arriving approximately in the middle of the storm. Meyer’s writing has been published in McSweeney’s, The Iowa Review, Salon.com and in NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH. From 2005 to 2008 he was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. http://www.philippmeyer.net/
Philipp Meyer生於美國巴爾第摩，16歲時突然停下高中的求學，跑去心理保健中心當義工，在多年後重返學校，在康乃爾大學完成英文學位。畢業後在瑞士銀行任職，目前則專心於寫作上。

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK: Simon & Schuster; US: Spiegel & Grau; Australia: Allen & Unwin; France: Denoël; Germany: Tropen/Klett-Cotta; Greece: Kastaniotis; Holland: De Bezige Bij; Israel: Modan; Italy: Einaudi; Korea: Sapiens21; Poland: C&T; Portugal: Bertrand; Serbia: Laguna; Spain: Random House Mondadori; Turkey: Arunas

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