GLASSHOPPER

Book ID/图书代码： 11197508B28350

English Summary/英文概要： From the suburban disorder of 1980s England, 13 year old Jake ponders the question of his paternity. Whilst he outwardly shrugs off his mother’s drunken ramblings, the question hangs over him like an invisible spectre. Jake’s personal odyssey takes him from the terraced streets of Portsmouth to the French Dordogne where he unwittingly stumbles across the long-held secrets of another generation. As the narrative alternates between Jake and his mother’s youth in the 1960s, GLASSHOPPER reflects on the powerlessness of childhood whilst celebrating the enduring optimism of youth, even in the face of tragedy.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這本令人動容的作品以交叉式的寫法，敘述一段感人故事。 在故事中，13歲的小男孩Jake似乎過著悲慘的童年生活，實則是作者以此男孩的背景傳揚孩子積極樂觀，永遠向上的心態。作者巧妙的運用了時間，地點的交換，用不同的故事，傳遞一樣童年往事……Jake的日記與母親Mary童年的記憶。 Jake很愛自己的母親Mary，但是母親的酗酒及酒後的行為卻讓他一再質疑父母的愛。對於自己的父母、家庭，Jake陷入煩惱的思索，甚至決定離家出走。母親Mary的童年生活，看似一個充滿愛的家庭卻有不堪的回憶… … Jake從英國的朴茨茅斯 (Portsmouth)到法國的多爾多涅(Dordogne)四處流蕩，在不經意之間，竟然發現了母親上一代的秘密！兒子與母親兩人的親情，就在這裡交織在一起……

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The winner of the 2008 Mail on Sunday Novel Competition.

RIGHTS SOLD: Myriad Editions as their first fiction acquisition since being awarded Arts Council funding for their fiction programme.

About the Author/作者介绍： Isabel Ashdown，文壇新將， 2007年從英國齊切斯特大學(Chichester University) 畢業，因其學業上取得重大成就，而特別榮獲Hugo Donnelly Prize！ 本書Glasshopper是作者首部作品。 目前還未出版，已經在英國引起矚目，在審稿階段就獲得了The winner of the 2008 Mail on Sunday Novel Competition。

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