THE WHALE CHASER
Book ID/图书代码： 12580010B40461
English Summary/英文概要： Vince Sansone is the eldest child and only son in a large Italian-American family, whose embittered father shows his constant disappointment in his son with his fists. Coming of age in 1960s Chicago, Vince finds solace by falling in love. Although being enticed by classmate Marie Santangelo, he pursues Lucy Sheehan, an older girl who has also been victimized by the adults in her life.
Abruptly leaving Chicago, Vince ends up in the fishing town of Tofino on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. There he first finds a job gutting fish, then is hired by dealer Mr. Zig-Zag and joins the thriving marijuana trade. Through his friendship with an Ahousaht native named Ignatius George, Vince ultimately finds his calling as a whale guide.
Vince must come to terms with the consequences of his actions, as well as his family’s version of the unspoken story. The story of how his grandfather, like hundreds of other Italian and Italian-Americans, was evacuated from prohibited zones on the West coast and interned in a prison camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Set during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the drug and hippie counterculture, THE WHALE CHASER is a powerful story about the possibility of redemption.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 文斯·桑松是最年长的孩子，也是一个大意大利裔美国家庭中唯一的儿子，他苦命的父亲用拳头表示了他对儿子一贯的失望。 在20世纪60年代的芝加哥，文斯在恋爱中找到了安慰。虽然同学玛丽·桑坦戈罗一直倾慕于他，但文斯追求的是露西·希恩，一个在其生活中经常被大人欺负的大女孩。
突然离开芝加哥后，文斯最终在英属哥伦比亚省温哥华岛崎岖的西海岸的托菲诺渔镇落脚。在那里，他首先找到一份去除鱼内脏的工作，然后被经销商“拉链先生”雇佣，从事生意兴隆的大麻贸易。通过他和一个本地人叫伊格·乔治的友谊，文斯最终成为一个捕鲸向导。
文斯必须与自己所作所为的后果以及他家不可告人的故事妥协。那是一个讲述他的祖父如何像其他数以百计的意大利人和意大利裔美国人一样，在珍珠港遭袭事件后从西部海岸禁区里逃出之后又拘留入狱的故事。
以越南战争时期和毒品嬉皮反文化盛行为背景，《捕鲸者》是一个关于救赎的震撼人心的故事。(兼职翻译-JDM)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 托尼·阿迪左恩也是其他六本小说的作者，包括《在Santuzzu爸爸的花园里》，《带它回家：邻里的故事》。他的作品曾经获得欧康纳文学奖短篇小说奖、手推车奖、米尔克韦德国家小说奖，以及其他荣誉。 Tony Ardizzone is the author of six other fiction books, including In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu, and Taking It Home: Stories from the Neighborhood. His writing has received the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, the Pushcart Prize, and the Milkweed Editions National Fiction Prize, among other honors.
Format:电子手稿
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