THE HOUSE OF MOSES ALL-STARS: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 12070012B53807

English Summary/英文概要： Here is the story of an all-Jewish basketball team traveling in a hearse through Depression-era America in search of redemption and big money. A hilarious road novel, The House of Moses All-Stars is a passionate portrayal of a young Jewish man, Aaron Steiner, struggling to realize his dreams in a country struggling to recover its ideals. The former college basketball star has watched his dreams of becoming a successful player fall apart, his marriage disintegrate, and his baby die. In desperation he accepts his friend’s offer to join a Jewish professional basketball team -- The House of Moses All-Stars -- which is travelling in a cross-country tour in a renovated hearse. Aaron’s teammates -- a Communist, a Zionist, a former bank robber, and a red-headed Irishman who passes for a Jew -- are, like Aaron, trying to escape their own troubled pasts. As the members of this motley crew travel West to California through an anti-Semitic land that disdains and rebuffs them, they discover that their nation is as confused as they are -- torn between its fears of foreigners and poverty, and its belief in democratic ideals of tolerance and opportunity. Told with a rueful eye, The House of Moses All-Stars looks critically and lovingly at what it means to be an outsider in America.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书讲述了一群犹太籍篮球运动员在美国大萧条年代驾驶一辆灵车一路追逐救赎与财富的种种喜剧故事。《摩斯全明星之家》(The House of Moses All-Stars)以激昂的口吻讲述了一名年轻的犹太青年亚伦·斯坦纳(Aaron Steiner)通过自己不懈的努力在一个逐渐丧失信仰的国度实现梦想的故事。这名曾是大学篮球队明星球员亲眼看着自己成为专业篮球运动员的梦想被残酷的现实冲击得支离破碎，随之而来的还有婚姻失败与幼子夭折，人生一片黯淡。绝望的亚伦接受了朋友们的邀请，加入了一只由犹太人组成的专业篮球队--摩斯全明星之家，一群人乘坐着一辆翻新的灵车，就这样开始了他们的全美自驾之旅。亚伦的队友包括一名共产党人，一名犹太复国运动者，一名银行抢劫犯和一名常被误认为犹太人的红发爱尔兰人，所有人都和亚纶一样，试图逃出痛苦过去的纠缠。当这群鱼龙混杂的队伍打算穿过一片反犹太主义地区，一路向西前往加利福尼亚时，他们遭到的种种歧视与抵制终于让他们认清了一个事实---他们的国家此刻正和他们一样混乱不堪，民众对于外来者与贫穷的畏惧和对于建立于宽容之上的理想民主理念与机遇的信仰，正遭遇着质疑与矛盾的巨大冲击。全书通过一群外来者的视角，以批判与同情的眼光认真审视了外来者在美国的命运。(DC & CK)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 查理·罗森(Charley Rosen)，作家，著有八部颇受好评与欢迎的小说，包括《巴尼·波兰的游戏》(Barney Polan’s Game)，还有《摩斯全明星之家》(The House of Moses All-Stars)，两本都被《纽约时报》评为年度最受关注书籍，《有跳投将旅行》(Have Jump Shot Will Travel)，《蟑螂篮球联赛》(The Cockroach Basketball League)和非小说类作品，《小牛》(Maverick)，均由罗森与菲尔·杰克森(Phil Jackson)合著。1959-1962年期间，罗森效力于亨特学院校队，并创下了篮板球与得分新纪录，三年内连续被评为最有价值球员。从1961年起，罗森开始为美国Maccabiah队效力，62年为东部联盟的坎登(Camden)及斯克兰顿(Scranton)效力，在1994年的世界高级赛中，他是铜牌得奖队伍中的一员。罗森后在同盟大陆篮球协会担任小队伍的教练长达九年，并曾担任纽约州立大学新帕尔茨(New Paltz)女队教练。现居纽约伍德斯托克(Woodstock, NY)。

CHARLEY ROSEN is the author of eight popular and critically acclaimed books, including the novels Barney Polan’s Game, The House of Moses All-Stars, both New York Times Notable Books of the Year, Have Jump Shot Will Travel and The Cockroach Basketball League, and the nonfiction work, Maverick, co-authored with Phil Jackson. Rosen played for Hunter College from 1959–62, where he set school records for scoring and rebounding, and was voted team MVP all three years. He went on to play for the US Maccabiah team in 1961, for Camden and Scranton in the Eastern League (a forerunner of the Continental Basketball Association) in 1962, and was a member of the bronze-medal-winning team in the World Senior Games in 1994. Rosen coached in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association for nine years and was the head coach of the women’s team at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He lives in Woodstock, NY.

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