WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT

Book ID/图书代码： 06140510B36022

English Summary/英文概要： WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT is an incredibly exciting debut from an extraordinary new voice in fiction.

This is a book about a brother and a sister. It’s a book about childhood and growing up, friendships and families, triumph and tragedy and everything in between. More than anything, it’s a book about love in all its forms.

In a remarkably honest and confident voice, Sarah Winman has written the story of a memorable young heroine, Elly, and her loss of innocence—a magical portrait of growing up and the pull and power of family ties. From Essex and Cornwall to the streets of New York, from 1968 to the events of 9/11, When God Was a Rabbit follows the evolving bond of love and secrets between Elly and her brother Joe, and her increasing concern for an unusual best friend, Jenny Penny, who has secrets of her own. With its wit and humor, engaging characters whose eccentricities are adroitly and sometimes darkly drawn, and its themes of memory and identity, When God Was a Rabbit is a love letter to true friendship and fraternal love.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Eleanor Maud是一個原本擁有一顆爛漫童心的女孩，不同於一般同年齡的孩子，她有著與眾不同的人生觀來面對成長時會遇到的各種經驗。從一點一滴的人生歷程，從失去純真到長大後的老成世故，Eleanor句裡行間流露的天真性格，嘲諷世界變化的所有一切。
Headline出版社以6位數英鎊取得此書版權，作者Sarah Winman也成為歐洲最受矚目的新銳作家。
這本書非常幽默也帶著點嘲諷，作者Sarah Winman透過女孩Eleanor Maud的眼睛來看世界發生的一切，以細膩的詼諧語調，流露女孩對生命的種種情感，例如她和家人之間(尤其是她的哥哥)互相挖苦卻又帶著糾葛的情感，對於一位度過戰後陰鬱老人的感傷，對於一個有著教育熱誠但態度非常嚴肅老師的懷疑等，Sarah Winman以非常多層次追溯她筆下女孩的一生與生命中所遇到的每一件人事物。
Headline出版社買下此書的經紀人Leah Woodburn說這是一本在翻下一頁後不時令她捧腹大笑，又引人省思的特別故事。Sarah Winman的初試啼聲，也被譽為繼暢銷作家凱蒂愛金森（Kate Atkinson）和派屈克蓋爾(Patrick Gale)，最傑出的文壇新人。(Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：2011 英國出版界Top 20選書之一 / 最受矚目的新銳作家
被譽為繼暢銷作家凱蒂愛金森（Kate Atkinson）和派屈克蓋爾(Patrick Gale)，最傑出的文壇新人

獲獎訊息: Sarah Winman has won the 2011 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Newton First Book Award, won the Galaxy New Writer of the Year award and is shortlisted for one Galaxy Award - for WH Smith Paperback of the Year.

版權已售:
China rights to Beijing Zhengqing Cultre & Artcoltd.,Ltd
Spanish rights to Ediciones B
US (Bloomsbury),
France (Flammarion),
Italy (Mondadori),
The Netherlands (Orlando),
Germany (Blanvalet),
Finland (Tammi),
Portugal (Santillana/Objetiva),
Holland (Bruna) ,
Israel (Zmora Bittan Kinneret)
Poland (Albatros)
Korea (Foret)
Serbia (Evro-Giunti)
Inodnesia (Bentang Pustaka)

Review
‘Absolutely brilliant. Loved it so much. Up there with One Day and Skippy Dies in my 2010 faves.’---Graeme Neill, The Bookseller

’Bloody excellent book - the sort of thing Brit writers don’t do very often - not so well, anyway. Kind of like a Brit John Irving.’---David Barnett, Guardian

‘This is a stunning book, absolutely beautiful. There are very few books which come along and make you feel changed from the person who first started to read, but this is definitely one of them.’---Matthew Watterson, Asda

‘I am truly loving it, this is definitely one of those books I will be insisting everyone reads. It is so beautifully written...can’t wait to get home to finish it.’---Helen Brennan, Amazon

‘A fantastic novel; sensitive and heartbreaking it shows a tender portrayal of familial love and friendship but also contains an optimism I found genuinely warming. A riveting read.’---Nicola Budd, Daunts Bookshop, Marylebone

Waterstones, one of the books to watch in 2011

“Sarah Winman has written this book in the exact way events in a childhood—and a life—accrue, and I’ve never seen anyone able to do that so well. Brilliant, funny, and moving, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT is a captivating novel!”—Robb Forman Dew, author of Being Polite to Hitler

“…Winman pulls a good number of rabbits from her hat in a picaresque coming-of-age tale…. [An] affecting and original debut.”—Library Journal

“…A heartbreaking story of the secrets and hopes of a sister and brother who share an unshakable bond. Winman shows impressive range and vision….”—Publishers Weekly
This title just sold Swedish rights to Basil.
The foreign sales are as follows: in Germany to Blanvalet, in Holland to Orlando/Bruna, in Italy to Mondadori, in Spain to Ediciones B, in France to Flammarion, in Portugal to Objetiva, in Finland to Tammi, in Norway to Libretto, in Israel to Kinneret, in China (Simplified Characters), in Poland to Albatros, in Korea to Foret, in Serbia to Evro-Giunti, in Romania to Litera International, in Indonesia to Bentang Pustaka, in Croatia to Lumen, in Turkey to Dunya Agaic Kitap/Hera Yayinlari and in Bulgaria to Enthusiast-Alto, in Brazil to Record , in Lithuania to Jotema, in Latvia to ABC, in Czech Rep to Motto, in Estonia to Varrak, Russia Atticus, Denmark Turbine, in Sweden to Basil. The US publisher is Bloomsbury.

About the Author/作者介绍： Sarah Winman grew up in Essex. She attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television. WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT is her first novel. She lives in London.
Sarah Winman是倫敦戲劇界著名的韋伯·德格拉斯戲劇藝術學院(Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts)的畢業生，是位演出過BBC電視系列劇《霍爾比市》（Holby City）的知名演員。

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD(非我们代理）

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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