WATERCOLOURS
Book ID/图书代码： 06001010B43174
English Summary/英文概要： Eleven-year-old Novi just wants to blend in, but it isn’t easy when you’re named after a type of silkworm and have the most eccentric family in town. A descendant of the first Italian silk-growers in northern New South Wales, he is an obsessive artist with a habit of drawing the stories of the people around him and a secret conviction that the river murdered his grandfather.
Dom Best is new in town, new to teaching and alarmed to discover that one of his young students is gifted. Hindered by inexperience, he must overcome his lack of confidence to support Novi’s talent, encouraging the boy to unleash the secrets of his unusual family history through his art. Little does he know the devastating consequences his involvement in Novi’s life will have.
Drawing on the little-known history of silk growing in Australia, Watercolourexplores how people are shaped by their links to the past and their relationship to the place in which they live. This surprising and poignant debut novel explores the struggle between art and censorship, personal faith and self-doubt, and celebrates the beautiful clarity and colour a child’s eye-view can bring to the adult world.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 十一岁的诺威渴望和镇上的孩子们打成一片，然而他极似某种蚕的奇怪名字和他古怪的家庭背景使得他很难交到朋友。诺威的祖先是居住在新南威尔士的第一代意大利养蚕人，然而年幼的诺威却对艺术有着一种特别的迷恋，他习惯用手中的画笔记录周遭发生的人事，并暗中坚信外祖父的死与河流有着难以撇清的关系。董•百斯特是一名刚刚来到小镇的老师，一次意外让他发现了他的学生诺威拥有着过人的艺术天分，然而作为一名毫无经验的教育新鲜人，他又将如何战胜自己的不自信，并鼓励诺威去大胆的施展自己的才华，将他传奇的家族历史通过一幅幅水彩画生动的呈现在世人眼前？殊不知的是，他的鼓励将使诺威的生活发生翻天覆地的变化。《水彩画》以鲜为人知的澳洲养蚕史为背景，深入探讨了过去的生活对现世人们的巨大影响，并深入挖掘了人们与他们世代生活的土地之间深厚的情感。本书作为作者的处女作可谓于犀利之中大放异彩，作者不仅探索了艺术与制度之间，个人信仰与自我怀疑之间的种种矛盾与抗争，更借此大肆赞美了一个孩童通过手中的画笔将自己所见的世界之美好与澄澈带入了大人们的世界。(DC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 埃德里安娜•费雷拉，1975年生于悉尼市，后在新南威尔士中北部海岸长大。在悉尼大学获得文学学士学位后，她在欧洲大陆一边工作一边旅行（她在西西里岛悠闲地享用无花果时，偶然产生了本书的创作灵感）。回到澳洲后，为“地球方舟”工作，后从事广告文字攥稿人。目前费雷拉正致力于其第二部小说的创作，该部小说主要讲述了佛罗伦萨小城的狂热与疯狂。Adrienne Ferreira was born in Sydney in 1975 and grew up on the mid north coast of NSW. After completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney, she worked and travelled in Europe (the idea for Watercolourcame to her while lazing around eating figs in Sicily). On her return to Australia, she worked at Planet Ark and then as a copywriter. She is currently working on her second novel about rapture and madness in the city of Florence.
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