A DUAL INHERITANCE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 01240012B55275
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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《双重遗产》堪称赫森创作迄今最有造诣的作品。全书充满犀利、睿智的对话，在人物形象的刻画上亦是细致入胜，阅读本书，读者仿佛穿越于众多复杂迥异的社会阶层之间：不论是东北地区的权势文化，鲜少记载的前波士顿犹太史，海地与坦桑尼亚地区“白人迁移”运动前后当地外籍居民的生活状态，还是华尔街的快速交易年代，作者都对其进行了深入的描绘与剖析。而这些不同阶层与世界间碰撞出的火花则会让我们不禁联想起乔治•华盛顿的"文明的规则"以及杰斐逊的《一场婚姻的策划》。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况："A DUAL INHERITANCE is a big, captivating, multigenerational sweep of a romance, ranging from Africa to China to New England’s blue-blooded enclaves. With deftness and swagger, Joanna Hershon spins the intertwinement of two Harvard mens’ lives into a searching exploration of class and destiny in late Twentieth Century America. "--Jennifer Egan Loads of previous praise and attention below, beginning with this starred PW Review for Joanna Hershon’s A DUAL INHERITANCE!
Two college chums—one an ambitious Jew, the other a privileged, guilt-burdened WASP—who first meet in 1963 as Harvard seniors find their lives separating and intersecting around the same woman over many years, in Hershon’s searing novel about class, ethnicity, and love (both platonic and romantic). Ed Cantrowitz is straight out of Dorchester, Massachussetts, abrasive but winningly forthright; Hugh Shipley, heir to a valued name but decayed fortune, is deeply ambivalent about both his old-money connections and his own obvious charm; and Helen, Hugh’s high school sweetheart, all forge a connection that defies conventional wisdom. Even though their intimacy comes to a nominal end early in their lives, for reasons known only to Helen and Ed, the impact of this connection echoes through decades, as each goes his or her separate way, living life, raising families, working in Africa, Haiti, or Wall Street, and, in one case, going to prison. The intensely detailed love triangle is reminiscent of an East Coast elite answer to the Midwestern trio of Freedom, but with mere keen observation in place of that other novel’s sweeping moral pronouncements. Hershon (The German Bride) explores the ways we can, and can’t, escape our backgrounds.
“Wise, heartfelt, and beautifully written, A Dual Inheritance is about the big things: love, work, family, money. It earns its ambitions and is astonishingly good. I just loved this novel.”—Joshua Henkin, author of The World Without You
"Joanna Hershon works miracles in A Dual Inheritance. Simultaneously a riveting story of two very different families, and a portrait of the United States through the boom and bust decades. Think of Anne Tyler and Tom Wolfe, both. This marvelous novel is a mix of heartache and history. I just couldn’t stop reading and when it was over I felt sad the experience had ended."—Victor LaValle, author of The Devil in Silver
“Joanna Hershon has written a vivid, elegant novel that deftly roams the decades and the globe in telling a story about friendship, family, and the murky area in between. A rich and satisfying read.”—Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating Arrangements
“A grand, engrossing, ambitious, and memorably populated novel. Hurray for Joanna Hershon.”—Elisa Albert, author of The Book of Dahlia
About the Author/作者介绍： 乔安娜•赫森，美国当代极具潜力的青年作家，本书出版前主要著有三部小说，最近的一本《德国新娘》被华盛顿邮报、美国国家公共电台以及《时尚》杂志称为2008年度最佳小说。美国著名生活杂志《名利场》称其作品“文风优雅”，纽约时报书评专栏则称其作品“极具启发意义”，而帕特•肯罗伊则称其从未拜读过如此“精致优雅的美国西部童话”。
Format:HARDCOVER
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