THE BOOK OF HAROLD: THE ILLEGITIMATE SON OF GOD
Book ID/图书代码： 12312511B50449
English Summary/英文概要： Is Harold the Messiah or a madman? A quirky and wise modern tale of the second coming of Christ The Book of Harold is as profound and deeply respectful a novel as it is irreverent in its wild, often hilarious take on a modern messianic movement in suburbia. The titular and sometimes exasperating hero of this masterful satire is Harold Peeks, a middle-aged suburbanite living a lonely if typical modern life in the outskirts of Houston, Texas. His world feels bland and pointless until one evening at a mundane office party he announces to his stunned co-workers that he is the second Coming of Christ. oddly enough, people start to believe him. Blake Waterson, Harold’s closest friend and narrator of the novel, is as skeptical as anyone of this disheveled and disconcertingly bawdy savior, and yet this would-be Judas is compelled to follow Harold on his two-hundred mile walking journey to Austin with a mismatched group of equally puzzled disciples.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 哈罗德，究竟是救世主还是疯子？离奇古怪却又蕴藏着智慧，这是一个关于耶稣二度降临的现代童话。 《哈罗德之书》是一本深入且极富洞见的小说，更值得玩味的是它以一种漫不经心，狂野且极致愉悦的态度反映着郊区的救世运动。本书充满讽喻意味，主人公哈罗德•皮克斯是一名让人时而愤怒，时而哭笑不得人物---人到中年，孤独的生活在郊区，典型的德克萨斯州休士顿地区外围人群中的一员；生活对于他而言一直都是平淡无奇，毫无目标可言，直到某个夜晚，在一次平凡的办公室舞会上，他向他的同事爆出惊天大料：他其实是耶稣二世！最奇怪的是，人们竟然慢慢的相信了他。布莱克•沃特森，哈罗德最亲密的朋友，同时也是本书的讲述者，和其他人一样，对这位生活凌乱，窘迫，低俗的救世主深表怀疑，但这名未来的犹大即将跟随着哈罗德以及一群形形色色但也同时困惑不安的信徒们，踏上一段通往奥斯汀的200公里的旅程。(兼职翻译-DC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 欧文•埃杰顿，曾做过秘密速食抽检员，电视购物主持人，巴拉教会青年领袖。同时他也是阿拉莫草屋剧场名剧sinus秀的创始人之一，并担任奥斯汀国家喜剧院艺术总监一职数年。 OWEN EGERTON has worked as a secret fast food inspector, an on-air home shopping host, and a para-church youth leader. He was the co-creator of the award-winning The sinus show at the Alamo drafthouse Theater, and for several years was the artistic director of Austin’s national Comedy Theatre.
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