WILD ABANDON
Book ID/图书代码： 01200011B45134
English Summary/英文概要： Growing up on a self sufficient, communal farm in Wales, siblings Kate and Albert have only ever known this alternative, isolated lifestyle. Their idealistic and charismatic father Don founded the commune 20 years ago along with their long suffering mother Freya and a few other dedicated and eccentric founder members. Shared passions for a sustainable, relaxed lifestyle initially brought the group together, fuelled by Don’s passionate leadership. But in recent years community life at the farm is falling apart, reflected in the dwindling membership and the decline of Don and Freya’s marriage. After years of home education on diverse topics ranging from the evils of advertising, to the mechanics of time travel, Albert and Kate are now keen to escape their restricted lifestyles. For years they have been forced to indulge their parents’ whims, share freezing showers and integrate with crazy volunteers from around the globe. Since starting at the local college, 17 year-old Kate has become fascinated and repelled in equal parts by suburban life, basing her preconceptions on the dark suburbia she knows only from fiction and cinema. She decides to run away from the commune to the house of her new boyfriend, keen to uncover the seemingly sinister mysteries of suburbia for herself. Meanwhile, the 11 year-old Albert (everyone’s favourite character) is convinced that the end of the world is approaching and he begins his preparations for the final days of 2012.
Don strives desperately to modernise his commune and take it into the modern age while distracting himself from his failed marriage. But how will Don succeed in reuniting the commune if he can’t even reignite his own relationship? The answer seems to be organising a huge rave which he hopes will bring everyone together again, unless Albert’s predictions for the future materialise on the night of this party...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Kate和Albert两姐妹在威尔士的一个自给自足的集体农场里，仅仅知晓对方闭塞的生活方式。他们的父亲Don，一个理想主义者，颇具感召力，在20年前，与她们饱受生活折磨的母亲Freya及几个勤劳古怪的合伙人共同创建了这个农场。因为都向往可持续发展，安逸的生活方式，使该农场更具凝聚力。而Dan的激情式领导也为此集体的发展注入了活力。然而，近几年，农场成员日渐稀少，Dan与Freya婚姻生活每况愈下，农场的集体生活渐渐四分五裂。 经过数年不同主题的家庭教育，范围涉及从广告的恶言相向到时间旅行力学的方方面面，Albert和Kate急于摆脱这种受束缚的生活方式。她们常年被迫为完成父母的梦想，共洗冷水浴，并接纳来自各地的疯狂志愿者。自从Kate上了本地大学，17岁的她对郊区生活既羡慕又厌恶，她那些先入为主的观念都是以小说和电影中介绍的黑暗郊区为依据的。她决定离家出走，逃往新男友的家，迫切地想要揭开郊区生活的种种谜团。同时，11岁的 Albert (每个人都喜欢的角色) 却认为世界末日已经迫近，他要着手筹备他的2012临终日。
Don竭力以现代化方式管理该集体，使其融入现代生活，以从其失败的婚姻中分神慰藉。如果不能重新燃起私人的感情关系，何以成功地重整集体呢？答案尽显浮夸，他希望借此重聚每个成员，除非Albert对未来的预测能够在本次晚会上实现...(兼职翻译-PZ)
Awards/获奖情况：版權已售:UK(Hamish Hamilton)、USA(Random House)
About the Author/作者介绍： Joe Dunthorne出生在斯旺西，并在此长大。他的首部作品《潜艇》，荣获 Curtis Brown 奖项，已被译成10种语言，并于2011年春季，由Richard Ayoade拍成电影，此电影也倍受欢迎。他写的故事，诗歌及日志已在卫报，独立报，财经时报，星期日时报及Vice and Poetry Review上出版。现居于伦敦。 Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea. His debut novel, Submarine, won the Curtis Brown prize, has been translated into ten languages and in spring 2011 was made into an acclaimed film by Richard Ayoade. His stories, poems and journalism have been published in the Guardian, the Independent, the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, Vice and Poetry Review. He lives in London.
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