LUCKY BREAK
Book ID/图书代码： 01200009B32369
English Summary/英文概要： It is their first day at Drama Arts, and the circle of huddled, nervous students is told in no uncertain terms that here, unlike at any other drama school, they will be taught to Act. There will be no performing, no showing off, no prancing around in fancy dress. Here, they will learn to Be. To exist in their own world on the stage.
But just around the corner is the real world - an alluring, pitiless place where only eight per cent of actors are working at any given time (and mostly the same eight per cent). It is a world in which each of them, in their most fervent dreams, hopes to flourish and excel.
Dan, ambitious and serious, has his sights fixed on Hamlet, and also on fiery, rebellious Jemma, while Nell, weighed down with insecurities, wonders if she will ever be cast as anything other than the maid. She’ll never compete, she knows this, with the multitude of long legged beauties thronging the profession – most notably Charlie, with her flawless complexion and steely confidence, whose effortless ascendance is nothing less than she expects. Shy, slight Hettie is simply looking for a place to belong, drifting from job to job, prepared to do anything, or almost anything, to please.
Over the following decade these young actors will grapple with semi-derelict homes, haphazard tours, illogical auditions, deluxe caravans, unobtainable agents, rocky relationships and red-carpet premieres. This dazzling new novel from Esther Freud uncovers a world of ruthless ambition, uncertain alliances and the tarnished and many-sided holy grail of Success.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人生如舞台，而演員與舞台的關係更是緊緊相連，每位演員賦予劇場一種生命，使一齣戲能引發台下觀眾的共鳴。在這本書中，述說著四位演員各自散發著鮮明的個性，從他們投入戲劇藝術開始到之後粉墨登場，背後付出的努力和代價，與相知相惜的友情。
嚴肅、野心勃勃，責任感極重卻讓人難以親近的Dan
疑神疑鬼、缺乏信任與安全感的Nell
火爆、叛逆的Jemma
充滿魅力、從容自信的Charlie
這群人為舞台付出熱血和展現生命力，經過周遊各國的經歷洗禮，述說人生如戲的奇妙交集，使讀者對生命有一番全新體悟。
艾莎‧佛洛伊德對人生的感觸，以有別於一般作家的寫作功力，詮釋人生如舞台，充滿慾望、野心和為了理想背後付出的代價...(Chris)
Awards/获奖情况：2011年新作《LUCKY BREAK》由美國Bloomsbury搶下版權，
荷蘭出版社『De Bezige Bij』更以5位數歐元取得版權。 版權已售:
US: Bloomsbury; Dutch: De Bezige Bij
Reviews
’Freud stands out as a clear, attractive voice in the literary hubbub’---Observer
’A highly talented writer’ ---Penelope Lively
’Her fine prose holds the reader to the end’---The Times
’In a culture which dins with brashness and self-advertisement, attending to Esther Freud’s still, truthful voice becomes not only a pleasure but a necessity’---Jonathan Coe
About the Author/作者介绍： 艾莎‧佛洛伊德(Esther Freud) 的曾祖父就是鼎鼎大名的心理學大師佛洛伊德，艾莎的父親路西安．佛洛伊德也是當今英國著名的肖像畫家，佛洛伊德家族可說是在各個領域，都展現其驚人的成就。1963年出生於倫敦的艾莎，過去曾在倫敦戲劇中心（Drama Centre）受過演員訓練，在電視上和劇場擔任演員，同時也是編劇。
1993年她榮獲格蘭塔文學雜誌選出英國最佳的青年小說家，並以《Hideous Kinky》一書榮獲《週日郵報》萊斯文學獎（John Llewellyn Rhys Prize）。之後《Hideous Kinky》(版權開放)更改拍成電影《北非情人》，由凱特溫絲蕾主演，獲得極大好評。
其他作品包含《PEERLESS FLATS (1993)》《GAGLOW (1997)》《THE WILD (2000)》《THE SEA HOUSE (2003)》《LOVE FALLS (2007)》，版權已譯成13國語言。
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