THE HANDSOME ROAD

Book ID/图书代码： 02330012B51662

English Summary/英文概要： The Larnes are the plantation class and the Upjohns are working class but in DEEP SUMMER you understand how they share a common ancestor and the beginnings of the differences in the two parts of Louisiana society. HANDSOME ROAD continues the story into the Civil War and it’s aftermath. How each family reacts to the upheaval of the war, not only in economic ways, but in attitudes toward each other. THIS SIDE OF GLORY brings both families into the 20th century where the Larnes and the Upjohns finally come to terms with what has been a 100-year battle to understand each other. The two traditions are keenly explained in the third book when one of the characters thinks that she is doing something nice by removing the dent in a silver teapot that had been damaged in the Civil War and doesn’t understand why others are hurt and angered by the gesture. Understanding comes slowly for both sides. Throughout the three titles, the Mississippi River is a constant reminder of what can and can’t be changed. Its influence on the families is a major part of each book. In all of the books, the characters are believable, the conversations sound real and the outcomes of actions ring true. Realizing that the books were first written in the 1940s is startling because the attitudes and comments are contemporary. At the end of the last book, Kester Larne and Eleanor Upjohn blend the two families into a stronger tradition than either could have done individually. It is a long road to get there but you will enjoy riding with them.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 拉恩家族世代经营种植园而奥普琼斯一家则是典型的工薪阶层，看似毫无关联的两个家庭其实有着同样的祖先，《盛夏》不仅讲述他们同宗同源的过去，并且揭开路易斯安娜时代以来其家族分化史。《光辉之路》从内战开始，分别从经济和双方立场的角度，讲述了战争年代的两个家庭是独自应对动荡的艰辛历程。《荣耀背后》则讲述了进入20世纪后，拉恩和奥普琼斯家族最终相互妥协，化解百年来的恩怨情仇，并开始相互理解与包容。本系列的第三本将详细阐述两项传统---家族中的某位女主角自以为是的修补了一个在内战中遭到破损的银制茶壶上的裂痕，但她的这一举动显然并不受到大家的感谢，相反家族成员们似乎有些受伤和愤怒。此后两个家族的相互理解再次进入冰封期。三本书中，密西西比河反复作为一种意象出现，它代表着某种某些可能又不可能被改变的可能性，在每一本书中，密西西比河对家族变迁都显示出强大的影响力。而整个系列中，每个人物的刻画都那么真实可信，每一段对话都仿若发生在你我身边，甚至每一个行动的结果都发生得那么自然而然。最令人惊奇的是，这样一部现代意味十足的作品竟然首创于20世纪40年代。。。。。。最终，在凯斯特•拉恩与艾莱诺瓦•奥普琼斯的领导下，两个家族最终冰释前嫌，联合成为了一个更为强大的家族，尽管征途漫漫，但却值得与之同行。(DC)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 格温•布里斯托，曾就读与哥伦比亚大学普利策分校新闻学院，后嫁给荧屏剧作家布鲁斯•曼宁，夫妻俩定居加州后，布里斯托开始了其第一本关于路易斯安那系列小说，及三部曲的首部，开始了两个家族纠缠不清的命运史，从革命前直至一战。这一三部曲系列包括《盛夏》《光辉之路》以及《荣耀背后》，三部小说在三四十年代一经发行便备受欢迎，其后布里斯托的作品均获得了巨大的成功：《明朝永恒》《西莉亚•加斯》《印花宫殿》及《欢乐节日里的审判》等，她的许多作品均被搬上荧幕，并被译为多国语言。

After studying at the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia University and working as a reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Gwen Bristow married screenwriter Bruce Manning. The couple moved to California where Bristow began a novel about Louisiana, which became the first of a trilogy that carried two families from pre-Revolutionary days to World War I: Deep Summer, Handsome Road, and This Side of Glory. All three novels, published in the 1930s/1940s, became bestsellers. Other successes followed - Tomorrow Is Forever, Celia Garth, CALICO PALACE and Jubilee Trail. Many of her stories were made into movies, and her novels were translated into a dozen different languages.

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