COLD LIGHT
Book ID/图书代码： 06400010B39502
English Summary/英文概要： I’m sitting on my couch, watching the local news. There’s Chloe’s parents, the mayor, the hangers on, all grouped round the pond for the ceremony. It’s ten years since Chloe and Carl drowned, and they’ve finally chosen a memorial – a stupid summerhouse. The mayor has a spade decked out in pink and white ribbon, and he’s started to dig. You can tell from their faces that something has gone wrong. But I’m the one who knows straightaway that the mayor has found a body. And I know who it is.
This is the tale of two fourteen-year-old girls and a volatile combination of lies, jealousy and perversion that ends in tragedy. Except the tragedy is even darker and more tangled than their tight-knit community has been persuaded to believe.
Blackly funny and with a surreal edge to its portrait of a northern English town, Jenn Ashworth’s gripping novel captures the intensity of girls’ friendships and the dangers they face in a predatory adult world they think they can handle. And it shows just how far that world is willing to let sentiment get in the way of the truth.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我坐在沙发上看当地新闻。电视上看到克劳伊的父母、市长等围在湖边举行纪念仪式。克劳伊(Chloe)和卡尔(Carl)溺水身亡已经十年了，而他们终于决定了纪念地－一个愚蠢的夏日别墅。市长拿着一个绑上粉红色和白色丝带的铲子并开始挖地。
从他们脸上的表情可以判断出发生了一些事情。我猜到市长挖出了一具尸体。我也知道是谁。
故事讲述的两个14岁的少女以及最终以悲剧收尾的一系列谎言、嫉妒、与堕落。不过这个悲剧的事实比原本告知社区人民的解说更加黑暗及复杂。
这是一个黑暗、深沉的故事，以黑色幽默以及超现实手法描绘了英国北部小镇女孩间的友谊以及危机处理。有时候，人们宁愿用感性埋没真相。(XJJ & CK)
Awards/获奖情况："本书的暗淡和坚韧不拔，描写了永不妥协的青少年生活。。。令读者的心被狠狠吊着。“ －露西.斯科尔斯(Lucy Scholes)， 《周日时报》(Sunday Times)
"不平凡的佳作－令人爱不释手。” － 《周日时报》(Sunday Times)
"扣人心弦。。。一个真正的说书人的作品。“－《独立》(Independent)
"一流的心理惊悚小说。”－ 《年代》(The Age)，澳大利亚 (Australia)
"一个精彩的故事，精美的诉说。“－ 《贝拉》(Bella)
"记得青少年时的抱怨和不安感吗？ 本书让你重新感受，并加入更多谎言及一个可怕的谋杀案。真实的让人害怕。”－《棒！》(Fabulous)
"一个令人不寒而栗的，黑沉沉，带着一点超现实主义的幽默小说，有关于青少年友谊的强度。“－《格拉齐亚》 (Grazia)
"Ashworth’s novel is bleak and gritty, painting an uncompromising portrait of teenage life... In the best possible way this novel is an uncomfortable read."－Lucy Scholes, Sunday Times
"That most uncommon delight - a literary page-turner."－ Sunday Times
"Haunting...it is told by the hand of a true storyteller."－Independent
"A psychological thriller of the first order."－The Age, Australia
"A wonderful tale, beautifully told."－Bella
"Remember teenage bitching and insecurity? This book will take you back there, except with more lies and gruesome murder. Scarily believable."－Fabulous
"A chilling, blackly funny novel with a surreal edge about the intensity of teenage friendship."－ Grazia
’Another cleverly skewed tale told from the self-conscious perspective of an outsider...arrestingly observant...Ashworth’s second book confirms that the first was no one-off..her talent could take her a long way’——Guardian
About the Author/作者介绍： 吉恩•艾什沃斯（Jenn Ashworth），生于1982年。2009年出版处女座《亲密关系》（A Kind of Intimacy），获贝蒂特拉斯克文学奖。本书是她的第二部作品。她目前和家人住在普雷斯顿，兰开夏郡。更多详情，请看她的获奖博客www.jennashworth.co.uk
JENN ASHWORTH was born in 1982. Her first novel, A Kind of Intimacy, was published in 2009 and won a Betty Trask Award. COLD LIGHT is her second novel. She lives in Preston, Lancashire with her family and writes an award-winning blog at www.jennashworth.co.uk
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