DANCING IN THE LOWCOUNTRY
Book ID/图书代码: 14780008B22038
English Summary/英文概要: From award-winning author James Villas comes a warm, witty, and poignant story of passion, friendship, and family set against the lush, mellow backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Ella Dubose is a Southern lady of a certain age--an age at which memories of youth can rush in at every turn and overwhelm the present. But while Ella’s two younger children are concerned for her health and want to limit her independence, Ella--elegant, unconventional, and unrepentantly willful--has very different ideas. And she’s not about to be controlled by anyone, not when there are tasks she needs to complete and loose ends that must be tied.
The first step is to leave her family and take a road trip back to the places where key chapters of her life unfolded. Myrtle Beach has been overrun by theme restaurants and ocean-front condos, but the Priscilla is still the charming, shingled inn Ella remembers from visits long ago. At the Priscilla, Ella and her companion, Goldie, sip cocktails on the porch and dine on she-crab soup and fried oysters while awaiting the arrival of Ella’s oldest son, Tyler, now a successful writer in New York. And there, too, Ella meets a dashing, attentive gentleman who will help her finally face her ghosts and determine which of the secrets she has carried for so long must be shared, and which are better left untold.
With its unforgettable and instantly loveable heroine and evocative portrayal of Southern life--past and present--Dancing in the Lowcountry is a beguiling, beautifully rendered novel about the places and people that stay with us, the courage it takes to live in the present, and the endless ways life can surprise us, over and over again.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 获奖作家James Villas为读者们讲述了一个温情,诙谐又意义深刻的故事,以热情,友情和家庭为主题展现出加利福尼亚南部下城区繁盛充实的生活。Ella Dubose是居住在南部的一位上了年纪的妇人——许是年纪大了,她的脑海中总是不断闪现年轻时的往事,甚至快要掩盖住现在的生活。Ella的两个孩子开始十分担忧她的健康,坚决不同意她独自一人生活。但是Ella是一个注重风度,不遵循常规,而且有些顽固的人——对于任何一件事,她都有自己的想法。她根本不想受到任何人的摆布,现在她有一件要紧事要去做,而结局是未知的。首先她要先离开她的家人,回到人生最辉煌的那一段时期。美特尔海滩已经建满了主题饭店和海岸公寓,很久以前Ella 曾到过的普里西拉小旅店勾起了她的回忆。在普里西拉旅店中,Ella 和她的老伙伴Goldie坐在走廊里共饮鸡尾酒,品尝螃蟹汤,在Ella的小儿子——纽约著名作家Tyler到来以后,几个人还一起共享牡蛎大餐。在那里,Ella 还遇到一位开朗乐观的绅士,最终,他帮助她去面对自己内心深处的灵魂,还帮助她决定,哪些深藏的秘密要与人分享,哪些应该摒弃。
本书借由一位让人过目不忘,惹人喜爱的女主人公展现了过去及现在南方生活的影像。《翩翩起舞》是一本引人入胜的小说,它为我们展现了身边所有美好的地方和人,叫人内心燃起生活的勇气,对生活反复回味的片段,一次又一次地感动了我们。(兼职翻译-PXD)
Awards/获奖情况:“Jimmy的小说就好像他的厨艺一样,味道非同一般,回味无穷,让人感到欢心愉快。如果你也来自南方,就像我一样,你肯定会想让书中的那些主人公们成为你的家人。奇妙无比的人,奇妙无比的作品。除了阅读这本书以外,最有意思的事情就是聆听这位作者大声地朗读书中的内容,他美妙的声音几乎回荡在书的每一页。这是一个真正的盛宴。小酌清酒,享受一下吧!”——Marsha Norman,普利策获奖剧《夜深了,妈妈》的作者。
“James Villas精心编写了一个展现出南方传统和文化的叙事故事。整个故事情节围绕着家庭,秘密,回忆,悔恨,毕生经历,以及我们都曾面对过的悲欢离合来展开。Ella Dubose是一个有思想,有胆量的妇人,她懂得享受人生,也懂得克服人生磨难,就像是踩在下城区的沙砾上优雅地翩翩起舞一样。”——Cathy Lamb,《茱莉亚的巧克力》的作者。
“James Villas的小说《翩翩起舞》以巧妙的情节和强有力的叙事技巧引起了共鸣,他撰写的美食书也获得了奖项。简单易懂的叙述方式,精心编排的故事情节,Ella从充满关爱的少女时代一直过渡到暮年,让我们亲眼见到了这位来自南部的“铁木兰”。并不是所有的南方人都可以讲述这样一个生动的故事,但是很显然是 ,Villas做到了。”——Damon Lee Fowler,《记忆中的南方小吃》及《萨凡纳食谱》的作者。
“James Villas以Ella Dubose这个人物告诉我们,人都是要释放过去的记忆,迎接未来的挑战。著作中真实的时间和地点让Ella倾尽一生热爱的下城区跃然纸上。”——Holly Chamberlin,《托斯卡纳假日》作者
“《翩翩起舞》是一个令人愉快和感动的故事,它讲述的是我这一代南方中上阶层人的生活。我只知道,很少有小说将生活如此真实地展现出来,并且还可以看到我们在此见到那些流行了很长一段时间的搞笑语句,那就是——无论我们白人,黑人还是红人。”——Reynolds Price,《漫长快乐的生活》的作者
About the Author/作者介绍: James Villas,曾任《城市&乡村》杂志美食与酒板块编辑二十七年。他撰写的稿子还被刊登于《绅士》、《美食家》、《津津有味》、《味觉》、纽约《时代周刊》、《大西洋月刊》以及其它的出版物上。其中,他撰写的两本食谱被提名詹姆斯比尔德奖项。这之前,他曾以新闻撰稿获得两次詹姆斯比尔德奖,还于2003年获得《津津有味》美食作家年度奖。James Villas撰写过很多食谱和关于美食的著作,包括《南部家中的厨房》以及《值得自豪的南方美食》。目前他正在筹备自己的下一部小说。作者目前居住在纽约汉普顿东部。 James Villas was the food and wine editor of Town & Country magazine for twenty-seven years. His work has also appeared in Esquire, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Saveur, The New York Times, and the Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. Two of his cookbooks have been nominated for a James Beard Award. He has also won a James Beard Award twice for journalism and received Bon Appetit’s Food Writer of the Year Award in 2003. James Villas is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks and books on food, including My Mother’s Southern Kitchen and The Glory of Southern Cooking. He’s currently working on his next novel. He lives in East Hampton, New York.
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