THE BOOK OF KEES: A BIBLIOPHILE’S JOURNEY INTO MID-LIFE
Book ID/图书代码： 00110909B30894
English Summary/英文概要： With The Book of Kees:A Bibliophile’s Journey into Mid-life, acclaimed poet and novelist, Tim Bowling takes the genre of creative non-fiction into exciting and surprising new territory. Stuck in a melancholic winter malaise, concerned for his children’s future in a world that seems increasingly intender and cold, the middle-aged family man and author seeks refuge from his worries in the stacks of his local university library. One day, while browsing in the American Literature section, he stumbles upon a unique and valuable Wallace Stevens book containing the prior ownership signature of Weldon Kees, one of the most eclectic, mysterious, and tragic American artists of the twentieth century.
So begins a sometimes frantic, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking six-month journey into the rich world of books and book collecting, morality and immorality, and the challenges of raising three kids while becoming obsessed with a childless advent grade Renaissance man who disappeared in San Francisco in 1955 and was never heard from again. Torn by his desire to steal the book, and by an equal desire to live with integrity and decency for the sake of his family, Bowling hovers in uncertainty while exploring a wide range of subjects and themes, including the history of the book and book theft, suicide, American culture, fatherhood, the Golden Gate Bridge, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Internet, and the midlife crisis. As winter turns to spring and spring to summer, and as he discovers more and more intriguing and unnerving connections between himself and Weldon Kees, Bowling begins to lose his grip on reality. Then the library book he plans to steal vanishes, and suddenly the stakes are raised even higher, leading to an unexpected and intensely moving conclusion on the anniversary of Weldon Kees’s disappearance.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 基斯之书：一个藏书家迈向中年的旅程，包括了诗人及小说家，吉姆 保林把非小说这个风格带到了一个新的领域。作为一个有家室的中年男人，在寒冷的冬季中屡屡抱病，还为他孩子将在这个越来越冷漠的世界中生存的未来而担心，他在这个城市的大学图书馆中找到了灵魂寄托，远离尘嚣之处。一天，在浏览美国文学部分的时候，他突然发现华莱士·斯蒂文斯的书上有这威尔登 基斯的亲笔签名。那个在20世纪，博学多才，最具神话色彩，最悲剧的美国艺术家。
他花了6个月在有时疯狂，有时欢闹，有时又伤心欲绝的时间，他在书的海洋里遨游，徜徉在道德与不道德之间，在养育3个孩子的同时还要研究无子嗣的开创文艺复兴时期又突然在1955年在旧金山人间蒸发的人。为了维护自己的正直和家庭的体面，他抑制了自己的级强烈的偷书欲，保林包揽了海量的书籍，涵盖了从历史，自杀，美国文化，父亲身份，金门大桥，司各特 菲茨杰拉德，网络到中年危机。春去冬来，他发现了他和威尔登 基斯之间存在的前夕万缕的关系，保林开始不知所以。之后他企图想要偷得那本书不翼而飞，突然间柱桩升起，引出了对威尔登 基斯祭日的一个意向不到、高度感人的总结。(ZSW)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Equal parts mystery, biography, and memoir, The Book of Kees; A Bibliophile’s Journey into Mid-Life is a rare paean to book-love written with all the lyric intimacy and stylistic power that has earned TIMBOWLING several prestigious honors, including two Governor General’s Award nominations and, in 2008, a Guggenheim Fellowship. His last work of non-fiction, The Lost Coast, won an Alberta Book Award. 基斯之书：一个藏书家迈向中年的旅程夹杂着神秘，传记和回忆，书中作者把抒情和文体运用得十分到位，为保林赢得了高度美誉，包括2项总督奖的提名还获得古根汉研究基金。他的最新一部非小说作品《消失的海岸》还获得阿尔伯塔图书奖。
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