SAG HARBOR: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 09784510B34521
English Summary/英文概要： The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America
The year is 1985. Benji Cooper is one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much Dungeons and Dragons, and trying to catch glimpses of nudity on late-night cable TV. After a tragic mishap on his first day of high school—when Benji reveals his deep enthusiasm for the horror movie magazine Fangoria—his social doom is sealed for the next four years.
But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag Harbor, where a small community of African American professionals have built a world of their own. Because their parents come out only on weekends, he and his friends are left to their own devices for three glorious months. And although he’s just as confused about this all-black refuge as he is about the white world he negotiates the rest of the year, he thinks that maybe this summer things will be different. If all goes according to plan, that is.
There will be trials and tribulations, of course. There will be complicated new handshakes to fumble through, and state-of-the-art profanity to master. He will be tested by contests big and small, by his misshapen haircut (which seems to have a will of its own), by the New Coke Tragedy of ’85, and by his secret Lite FM addiction. But maybe, with a little luck, things will turn out differently this summer.
In this deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming-of-age novel, Whitehead—using the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinvention—lithely probes the elusive nature of identity, both personal and communal.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 科尔森•怀特海德的《约翰•亨利时代(JOHN HENRY DAYS)》曾被提名普利策文学奖。这部《萨格港》描述了少年时代的烦恼与矛盾。Benji和Reggie两兄弟从小就对萨格港感情颇深，来这里度假是他们和伙伴玩闹放松的好时光。然而随着两个男孩逐渐长大，越来越多的诱惑和困惑出现在他们的生活里。
Awards/获奖情况：He weaves a spell that is by turns enchanting, mood-shifting, and side-splitting, sharing the sweet, sad secrets of his mixed-up, mid-’80s adolescence ---Elle
Intimate and autobiographical story ... the novel can’t help but hold your attention---Dazed and Confused
The Coolest Writer in America - He’s widely admired, ever smooth, a master of writing important books ---Esquire
Whitehead is a smart guy and a dazzling talent ... he has a David Foster Wallace-esque knack for punctuating meticulously figurative constructions with deadpan slacker wit---Los Angeles Times
A love letter not only to the Long Island town and African-American summer enclave but to ’80s culture and The Cosby Show; to hip-hop and upper-middle-class black culture---Dallas Morning News
Sea-breeze buoyant ... each reunion with a childhood Sag Harbor friend means a chance for Benji to study and analyze new affectations. Mr. Whitehead, whose previous novels include The Intuitionist and John Henry Days, describes this process so entertainingly that it becomes the book’s greatest asset…. What’s best about Sag Harbor is the utter and sometimes mortifying accuracy of its descriptive details---New York Times
It is impossible not to like Sag Harbor and its genuinely empathetic, intelligent tone - The Times Whitehead proves himself, among other things, a poet of the American summer and its aspirations…remarkable---Guardian
About the Author/作者介绍： Colson Whitehead was born in New York City. His first novel, The Intuitionist, won the QPB New Voices Award and was an Ernest Hemingway/PEN Award finalist. His second novel, John Henry Days, was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. He is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award. Whitehead lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Format:HARDCOVER
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