THE DESCENT OF MAN
Book ID/图书代码： 02330010B43640
English Summary/英文概要： One night Jim, a quiet wine steward, wakes to find two men trying to steal his car. Against the petitions of his wife, he goes outside to get the plate number of the thieves truck. Instead, something comes over him and he drives away in their truck until he recovers his wits and realizes what he s done. When Jim learns that the two would-be thieves are brothers with a history of violence, he soon finds himself over his head in a mire of sinister events and must risk everything to regain what he can of his life before that night. There are books that you can t put down, and there are books that won’t go away even after you put them down, the force of their moral conundrums haunting the stories of our own lives. The Descent of Man is a spectacular showcase for both literary virtues the riveting tale of a modest but perfect life under assault, and a resonating challenge to our own self-knowledge, the authenticity of that knowledge, which can only be confirmed through crisis. Who are we when push comes to shove? What are we capable of? Do we have the fortitude to save ourselves from the bad things in the world, and the backbone--the strength of mind and spirit to protect those we love from harm? Kevin Desinger confronts us with these questions in the steady, quiet voice of Everyman, a decent guy sitting in a parlor chair, calmly narrating a firestorm that’s consuming his house and family. He has written a novel that is flawless, masterful, unforgettable, and chilling in its dramatization of the way we live in fragile grace each day in America, our blessings balanced on the edge of violence and loss. Bob Shacochis
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一天晚上，文静的葡萄酒管事员醒来发现两个男人要偷他的汽车。不顾妻子的反对，他要跟去追踪盗贼的卡车车牌号。某种力量支配着他，当他恢复理智并意识到自己的所作所为时，他逃离了那辆卡车。当吉姆得知这两个盗贼是有前科的兄弟俩时，他发现自己正身陷险境，必须不顾一切地逃出去。有些书我们会很快忘记，有些书即使我们不再拿起却依然记忆犹新。它诉说着我们自己故事中的道德难题。《人类的进化》壮观地展示了引人入胜的谦虚而完美的生活故事，和对我们自我知识的可以产生共鸣的挑战，这种知识的真实性只能在危急中得到证实。紧急关头时我们是谁？我们能做什么？我们有勇气去拯救自己，有智慧去保护我们所爱的人免于伤害吗？Kevin Desinger以一种平和的、安静的普通人的笔触向我们提出这些问题，正如一个体面的家伙正坐在客厅的椅子上，平静地叙述着吞噬了他的家和家人的燎原大火。他的小说是完美的、娴熟的且令人不寒而栗的：我们因脆弱的恩赐活在世上一天，却随时走在暴力和失去的边缘。Bob Shacochis(兼职翻译-CDD)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Kevin Desinger 毕业于爱荷华作家工作坊，之后搬到波特兰，在那里他为《威拉米特周刊》，《俄勒冈人报》和大量的当地出版物写专栏。他的第一部小说刊登在《密苏里评论》上。 Kevin Desinger graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop before moving to Portland where he wrote for the Willamette Week, the Oregonian and a number of regional publications. An earlier short story appeared in The Missouri Review. This is his first novel.
Format:电子手稿
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