THE COFFINS OF LITTLE HOPE

Book ID/图书代码： 06840010B38443

English Summary/英文概要： With dark humor and characteristically vibrant prose, awardwinning author Timothy Schaffert brings to light the many obsessions and foibles of our society in THE COFFINS OF LITTLE HOPE. His tale proceeds from the perspective of an 83yearold obituary writer in a small Nebraskan town. The town, however, is far from ordinary, beset as it is by group hysteria over the latest book in a LemonySnickettlike series and morbid fascination surrounding a missing girl. When Esther Myles, S Myles according to her byline, finds herself embroiled in intrigue, caught up in the mystery of the missing girl, she must confront the possibility that the girl’s disappearance may be nothing more than a poorly orchestrated hoax. Soon this small town and the family that runs it’s local paper will have to choose between profiting off others’ weaknesses or tumbling into obscurity and extinction.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 黑色幽默，侧重性格的表现，作家Timothy Schaffert 在《卑微的期望》中强调了现实社会里大众的执念及缺陷。故事以内布拉斯加小镇中83岁的讣告撰写人的视角作为开篇。该小镇十分诡异，到处充斥着LemonySnickettlike系列书中涉及的癔病，并对一个失踪的女孩开始病态的幻想。Esther Myles, S Myles 发现自己身处阴谋之中，陷入失踪女孩的神秘事件无法自拔，她猜想失踪事件可能不足为奇，只是一场闹剧而已。不久，此镇和经营当地报社的一个家庭，或将生机勃勃或将消失无踪。(兼职翻译-PZ)

Awards/获奖情况：DEVILS IN THE SUGAR SHOP评论： “这部充满幻想，期望，爱情和长久友谊的书籍就像一盒贵重的巧克力：每次品尝，都口留余香，诱惑非常，每次品尝无需知晓未来所获为何。” –图书杂志，starred review

“Schaffert书中性关系的处理小心谨慎… [书中]放浪的Omaha总是做出令人瞠目结舌，异常吃惊的事情来。” Publishers Weekly

“SUGAR SHOP是部“错见错觉”似的小说，描写内容皆为某人何时了解某事，以及他人制止某人与别人分享此事的故事。Schaffert用词精准，语言富有魅力，即使Omaha也有严苛厉词的时候。”--Time Out Chicago

“SUGAR SHOP趣味性强，语言尖锐，期望能有续集出现。即使出Showtime系列也会是不错的选择。”–洛杉矶杂志

“… 故事趣味性强，语言尖锐… 容易联想起Woody Allen的Hannah and Her Sisters…”--Nougat

“无论是性关系，还是家属关系，陷入瓶颈之时，常人无法辨别其中的阴谋，而Schaffert却独具慧眼，做常人之不能，利用其幽默和智慧解决此事。”--Pop Matters

“此错见错觉的小说充满了古怪的人物角色。… 广泛的戏剧色彩以及对现代生活的领悟，作者借此赋予主人公平静看待未完的梦想的能力，能够正视人类自身的无知，宽宏大度，为所爱之人肝脑涂地。”--Curled up with a Good Book

“Schaffert的[chick lit]的版本，语言更加犀利，相比多数其它著作更显幽默。”--纽约时报书评

“每部[Schaffert]书籍都是佳作，尤为突出的是其第一部小说。...《卑微的期望》展现了众多情节。Mr. Schaffert的稍显空幻的写作风格毫无乏味可言。书中对多数人进行了特写，他们遇到各种古怪行径的

人...Schaffert先生对其人物形象的灵活展现和坦然的喜爱程度，好似美国的Alexander McCall Smith。. ..整部看似无心之作贯穿少许却具有决定性意义的惊恐元素，使得该书广受欢迎。” –纽约时报

About the Author/作者介绍： Timothy Schaffert在內布拉斯加州的一個農場長大，目前他居住在奧馬哈市。他的許多獲獎短篇小說已刊登在幾個文學期刊上，這些獲獎的獎項包括，Mary Roberts Rinehart獎和內布拉斯加州圖書獎。
他還是其他兩部備受讚譽小說，《The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God/能歌善舞的神之女兒》和《Devils in the Sugar Shop/糖果店的惡魔》的作者
Timothy Schaffert grew up on a farm in Nebraska and currently lives in Omaha. His short fiction has been published in several literary journals and he’s won numerous awards, including the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award and the Nebraska Book Award.
He is the author of two other critically-acclaimed novels, The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God and Devils in the Sugar Shop.

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