A BLESSING ON THE MOON
Book ID/图书代码： 14320010B37338
English Summary/英文概要： When Chaim Skibelski is killed along with the other Jewish citizens of a small Polish town, his story is just beginning. Now a ghost, Chaim wanders the countryside, often accompanied by his rabbi, who has turned into a crow. He visits his home, now occupied by a Polish family whose dying daughter is the only one who can see him. He meets a talkative head that belongs to the soldier who may have shot him. He visits a grand hotel that caters to the dead with mysterious comforts--and helps two eccentric holy men search for the fallen moon. This afterlife is a remarkable journey, a long way from a peaceful eternity...and this stunning novel is one of the most highly praised and honored literary efforts of the year.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本讓想像力馳乘的小說， 故事背景是大屠殺卻又充滿寓言故事的魅力，作者文字充滿感染力，ㄧ讀即無法自拔， 故事一開場是ㄧ個試圖從集體墓場爬出來的死人，只是這個男人不知道自己早已經不屬於這個人世間了。
別誤會，這不是ㄧ個鬼故事，主角之所以是死人，是因為如果都已經死了，怎麼死掉的，或死前發生的種種ㄧ切，理當應該隨著死亡進入墳墓中，不是嗎？
但如果莫名奇妙地復活〈不知是幸或不幸〉，而且發現讓他死掉的可怕ㄧ切仍持續在發生，他該怎麼辦？怨懟、憤怒或報復？？
這個死人是波蘭裔猶太人，名字是史奇貝爾斯基。從墳墓堆爬出來後，史奇拖著全身佈滿彈孔的身體，帶著他的兔子〈後來變成一隻烏鴉〉回到滿目瘡痍的波蘭老家。
但回到家後，卻發現他家早就被陌生人佔據，而這家人當中只有他們快死掉的女兒看得見史奇。在遊蕩的途中，史奇遇到一顆會講話的頭，這顆頭的主人是ㄧ個士兵，而這個士兵很可能是開槍打死他的那個傢伙。後來他又來到一個高級大飯店，這家飯店提供死人很神秘的特別服務，還幫助兩個怪怪的教徒尋找掉落的月亮…
這本小說故事聽來光怪陸離，而且背景還是沉重的大屠殺，但史奇貝充滿想像的文字，讓此書讀來充滿張力與感染力，讀者在感受人性醜惡的同時，卻又被史奇的遭遇逗得發噱，找回ㄧ絲對人性的希望，讓讀者隨著故事主角完全掉入ㄧ次想像驚奇之旅。(KC)
Awards/获奖情况：亞馬遜讀者評價：
…史奇貝的這本小說非常有感染力，ㄧ讀即無法自拔，很難自故事中抽離，作者非常擅長牽動讀者的情緒
…史奇貝用幽默感人的文字，描繪出人性的醜陋與無知，讓我們跟著他的文字，一同讓想像力馳乘、跟著主角心情起伏，與落淚
…這本書講的是大屠殺，卻又充滿寓言故事的魅力，作者不可思議地融合了兩者
…這書讓我又笑又哭─但卻又沒有被作者擺佈的感覺
…感謝老天爺讓我讀到這麼一本充滿想像力又聰明的小說。這本書在讀者對人性感到絕望不已之時，卻又提供了一絲希望
Joseph Skibell 《今年即將出版新作A Curable Romantic》
今年9月Algonquin Books將重新發行平裝本
Review
"An unlikely page-turner... confirmation that no subject lies beyond the grasp of a gifted, ommetted imagination.---The New York Times Book Review
"A major talent is revealed in this debut novel, a work that combines the hallucinatory quality of D. M. Thomas’s The White Hotel, the enigma of a Talmudic fable, the charm of a Yiddish folk tale, and the lyric surrealism of a Chagall painting... A story that beguiles even as it breaks your heart."---Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Brilliant. .. astonishing... He has turned the full light of his extraordinary talent on one of history’s darkest moments and taught us to see it again."---The Boston Globe
"Startlingly original...Recalls the dark, hallucinatory world of Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird while at the same time surpassing it."---The Washington Post
"As memerizing as a folk tale, as rich as gold itself."---The Denver Post
"A compelling tour de force, a surreal but thoroughly accessible page-turner."---Houston Chronicle
"...a haunting novel, intensely imagined, and...redeemed by skibell’s gifts for vivid imagery and robust gallows humor. A fine debut, manifestly infused with familial and cultural feeling..."---Kirkus Reviews
About the Author/作者介绍： 史奇貝這本充滿想像力的小說獲得國際書評一致肯定，榮獲羅森塔爾基金獎(Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award)與特納首作獎(Steve Turner Prize for First Fiction)。
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
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