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DRY SEASON

Book ID/图书代码: 10010008B29093

English Summary/英文概要: On the banks of a sprawling Brazilian river lies Sao Tiago. A place poised between the old ways and the new, fought over by gangsters and big business. It’s a town for people with nowhere else to run; a place where Sam, a former priest, has ended up. He left England to help people, but what he’s seen has scarred him, and now he cares about nothing except drinking and fishing on the great river. But one night changes all that. When a man lies bleeding on a dirt floor, what starts as a fight to save a life becomes a battle with Sao Tiago’s dark heart. Caught between friends and enemies, and entangled in the affections of an ex-prostitute and a predatory landowner’s wife, Sam realises that in a place where life is cheap, love can be deadly. As the long dry season stretches out ahead, Sam must face his past if he is to forge the chance of a future and survive in a town without a soul. Drawing on influences as disparate as HEART OF DARKNESS and the tales of the American West, it’s a novel of shocking strength, populated with vivid characters, wild settings and raw emotion. A dark and compelling story, steeped in violence and rich in atmosphere, DRY SEASON is one of the most powerful and memorable debuts of the year.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 融合《黑暗之心》和《西部故事》兩本經典的精華,《乾旱地帶》講述了一個人在南非深處罪惡之地的懺悔和贖罪。這是Dan Smith傑出、感人的處女作。

聖地牙哥建立在蔓延的巴西河河岸,這座城市在傳統和新思想之間不斷平衡著,還屢受強盜和壟斷商業的摧殘。這座城中住的是無處可去的人。牧師Sam竟也成為其中一個。他離開英國來此地幫助人們,但所見所聞讓他驚駭不已,不久,他再無心改變什麼,而只沉迷於喝酒和釣魚。 一天晚上,一切都改變了。一個男人躺在骯髒的地上,血流不止。為了爭取時間拯救他,Sam開始與聖地牙哥城的黑暗搏鬥。他在朋友和敵人之間周旋,在一個藝妓和房東太太之間糾纏。慢慢地,Sam發覺在這個人命如草芥的地方,愛更像毒藥,會置人於死地。

在這個乾燥的地方,Sam要勇於面對自己的過去,才能抓住機會存活在這個沒有靈魂的地方。這本打鬥精彩,環境豐富多變的小說擁有一種駭人的力量,生動的人物、野生的環境和原始的感情。 (Celia)

Awards/获奖情况:“情節危險、駭人,是一本充滿黑暗的驚悚傑作。這本書就像是泰國的《海灘》一樣。”——《Last Templar》的作者Raymond Khoury

About the Author/作者介绍: 1970年出生的Dan Smith在各地生活過,包括塞拉里昂、蘇門答臘、巴西北部和中部地區、西班牙,甚至蘇聯。他現在和妻兒生活在英國紐卡斯爾。

Dan可以說是一位體驗過各種生活的作家。曾經洗過盤子、做過反欺詐案的社工、也在辦公室做過普通的文職工作。雖然工作不同,生活的地方不同,唯一相同的是他一直在寫作。

2008年,他將自己的頭兩部作品通過Orion出版公司出版。首部小說《Dry Season》入圍2011年作家俱樂部最佳新人獎決選名單,獲得國際英語文學最高文學價值都柏林獎(IMPAC Dublin Literary Award);第二本小說《DARK HORIZONS》和第三本小說《THE CHILD THIEF》現已出版。2013年將出版第四本作品。

Dan Smith’s first eighteen years were spent following his parents across the world to Africa, Indonesia and Brazil. He has been writing short stories for as long as he can remember and has been short-listed for the Royal Literary Fund mentor scheme and the Northern Writer’s Awards. DRY SEASON is inspired by the four years he spent living in the interior of Brazil. He lives in Newcastle with his wife and two young children.
丹史·密斯十八岁以前都是跟着父母穿越非洲、印度尼西亚和巴西。他一直致力于写短篇小说,并曾提名皇家文学基金导师项目以及北方作家奖。《干燥的季节》是他四年前住在巴西内部所感而发。他和他妻子及两个小孩住在纽卡斯尔。

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