THE CAR THIEF

Book ID/图书代码： 11658512B54522

English Summary/英文概要： Acclaimed as “one of the best coming- of- age novels of the Twentieth Century,” Theodore Weesner’s modern American classic is now re-launched for a new generation of readers to discover.

Set in Detroit in circa. 1959, the protagonist, sixteen year-old, Alex Housman has just stolen his fourteenth car and frankly doesn’t know why.

His divorced, alcoholic, working class father grinds out the night shift at the local Chevy Plant looking forward to the flask in his glove compartment.

Fighting to survive, Alex and his father face the tough realities of estrangement, youth detention, and even violence as their lives hurtle toward the climactic episode that a New York Times hailed as “… one of the most profoundly powerful in American fiction.”

In this rich, beautifully crafted story, Weesner accomplishes a rare feat: a transcendent novel written in deceptively simple language that captures all the heartbreak, cruel realities, and stunning personal triumphs of a teen with all the cards stacked against him.

The Astor and Blue Edition features a new Introduction by the Author— and look for an Independent motion picture coming soon.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 16岁的Alex Housman刚偷窃了他的第十四辆车。父母离异后，与父亲独居，值夜班的酒鬼父亲，一直保留着一只杂物储物箱。Alex渴望得到很多东西：他期望能得到文静可爱的女孩Irene Shaeffer的仰慕；能像年幼的弟弟Howard那样，和母亲和新丈夫，一起住在河边；能像其他孩子那样过着正常的生活。《偷车贼》探索了Alex和父亲之间的亲情之爱，以及这对父子在这个动人故事中最终一同走向绝望的行为，故事充满了深邃的洞察力，和非同寻常的震撼力。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况："One of the great coming-of-age novels of the twentieth century… Ted Weesner’s seminal novel demands a second look for its marvelously rendered young protagonist, the unforgettable Alex Housman; for its courage and wisdom and great good heart."—Jennifer Haigh, New York Times Bestselling Author of Broken Towers, Faith, Mrs. Kimple and The Condition

“Remarkable, gripping…" —Joyce Carol Oates, Author of Them, The Wheel of Love, and Wonderland

“Weesner’s perfectly restrained and subtle exploration of the characters’ painful and often difficult emotions caused me to have an intimate and emotional connection to a character and story of such a seemingly distant world. It taught me that even the most personal of stories can be universal and it is with this belief that I have adapted The Car Thief into what I hope will be a film that does some justice to the most beautiful novel that ever broke my heart.” —Dara Van Dusen, Filmmaker

“The Car Thief is a poignant and beautiful written novel, so true and so excruciatingly painful that one can’t read it without feeling the knife’s cruel blade in the heart.” —Margaret Manning, The Boston Globe

“A simply marvelous novel. Alex (the protagonist) emerges from it as a kind of blue-collar Holden Caulfield.” —Kansas City Star

“Weesner lays out a subtle and complex case study of juvenile delinquency that wrenches the heart. The novel reminds me strongly of the poignant aimlessness of Truffaut’s The 400 Blows. Beneath its quiet surface, The Car Thief—like its protagonist—possesses churning emotions that push up through the prose for resolution. Weesner is definitely a man to watch—and read.” —S. K. Oberbeck, Newsweek

“The measure of Weesner’s very great achievement is that he has endowned [his characters’] lives with such compelling interest and, even more, a certain beauty.” —The Boston Globe

“What The Car Thief is really concerned with emerges between its realistic lines—slowly, delicately, with consummate art. Perhaps Mr. Weesner himself put it best: ‘In my work, I guess I wish for nothing so much as to get close enough to things to feel their heart and warmth and pain, and in that way appreciate them a little more.’ Judging from this book, his wish has been fulfilled... and then some.” —Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

About the Author/作者介绍： Theodore Weesner was born in Flint, Michigan in 1935 and can be described as a writers’ writer --his short works have been published in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire. and Best American Short Stories. His novels, The True Detective, Winning The City, Harbor Light have been published to great critical acclaim. Weesner lives and works in Portsmouth, NH and is currently writing his memoir, two new novels- “Good Night, Dear Friend’s, and a new adaptation his novel called “Winning the City Redux”—which will be published by Astor+ Blue Editions.

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