THE STARS IN THE BRIGHT SKY
Book ID/图书代码： 03635010B36791
English Summary/英文概要： The Sopranos are back: out of school and out in the world, gathered in Gatwick to plan a super-cheap last-minute holiday to celebrate their reunion. Kay, Kylah, Manda, Rachel and Finn are joined by Finn’s equally gorgeous friend Ava - a half-French philosophy student - and are ready to go on the rampage. Just into their twenties and as wild as ever, they’ve added acrylic nails, pedicures, mobile phones and credit cards to their arsenal, but are still the same thirsty girls: their holiday bags packed with skimpy clothes and condoms, their hormones rampant. Will it be Benidorm or Magaluf, Paris or Las Vegas? One thing is certain: a great deal of fast-food will be eaten and gallons of Guinness will be drunk by the alpha-female Manda, and she will be matched by the others’ enthusiastic intake of Bacardi Breezers, vodkas and Red Bull. With Alan Warner’s pitch-perfect ear for dialogue, pinpoint characterisation and glorious set-pieces, this is a novel propelled by conversation through scenes of excess and debauchery, hilarity and sadness. Like the six young women at its centre, "The Stars in the Bright Sky" is vivid and brimming with life - in all its squalor, rage, tears and laughter - and presents an unforgettable story of female friendship.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 友情萬歲！
凱（Kay）、凱拉（Kylah）、曼達（Manda）、瑞秋（Rachel）和芬（Finn），在芬的摯友: 艾娃（Ava）的協助聯絡下，6人再次相聚，決定一起渡假。將滿20歲的6人，此時正是處於叛逆、不服管束的少女時期。
一個看似完美的假期之旅，她們帶了不合身的衣服和一推保險套，在荷爾蒙的作祟之下，一場放縱、即興和6人對彼此傾訴內心的感傷對話於是展開……
亞蘭‧華納以生動的筆觸，一個人一生難能遇到的可貴友情: 慘痛、怒氣、歡笑和眼淚是女人之間難忘的情誼……(兼职翻译-XJJ & Chris)
Awards/获奖情况：2010布克獎入圍作者- 亞蘭‧華納 (Alan Warner)
亞蘭‧華納 獲獎紀錄
◆1996年初試啼聲，作品《Morvern Callar》就榮獲毛姆文學獎(Somerset Maugham Award)。
◆1998年第2本《These Demented Lands》，又由英國作家協會頒發、肯定英國作家第二本小說創作的安可獎（Encore Award）。
◆1999年，第3本又再榮獲蘇格蘭十字獎(Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award) 。
◆2002年，作品《Morvern Callar》被改拍成電影。故事敘述蘇格蘭小鎮的聖誕夜，在超市工作的少女 Morvern Callar，發現男友在家中自殺，他在遺書中囑咐Morvern把他寫的小說寄給出版商，並送她一盒自己錄製的音樂帶。Morvern 沒有把男友的死告訴別人，卻把男友屍體埋掉，接著把男友寫的小說，將作者的名稱改成自己才把小說寄出。
◆2003年，亞蘭‧華納獲選文學雜誌《葛蘭達》（Granta）發表每10年一度的
「最佳英國青年作家（Best Young British Writers）」
亞蘭‧華納被評為90年代新浪潮中，最耀眼的蘇格蘭文學家。 好評推薦:
◆鋒芒畢露的明星作家。
◆一本既富哲理又通俗易讀的作品。
◆一部情感深富的黑色喜劇，媲美卡夫卡《城堡》的翻版...情節緊湊。
Reviews
Warner has done it once again---The Sunday Times
The Stars in the Bright Sky is starry in spades.---Scotsman
`sit down for a book that, within the bounds of the law, is both philosophical and scatological’---Word
"You don’t have to have read The Sopranos to make sense of The Stars in the Bright Sky"---Observer
"one of Scotland’s finest young writers"---Guardian
"This is a snarly group picturesque, a black comedy... Gatwick airport... like Kafka’s Castle in reverse... stifling, hilarious and indelible"---Scottish Review of Books
Highly-crafted, often beautiful writing.---Irish Times, review
’All beautifully imagined in pitch-perfect social satire’.---The Sunday Times
About the Author/作者介绍： Alan Warner was born in Oban, Argyll, and lives in Ireland.
His first novel, Morvern Callar won a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, These Demented Lands, was awarded an Encore Award and his third, The Sopranos, received the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award.
Other works include The Man Who Walks and The Worms Can Carry Me to Heaven. The film of Morvern Callar was released internationally to great acclaim in 2002.
Alan Warner was on the list of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, 2003.
His newest novel,The Stars in the Bright Sy is being published by Jonathan Cape this year.
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