THE BEACH AT GALLE ROAD: STORIES FROM SRI LANKA
Book ID/图书代码： 00342512B57439
English Summary/英文概要： When rumors of civil war between the ruling Sinhalese and the Tamils in the northern sector of Sri Lanka reach those who live in the south, somehow it seems not to be happening in their own country. At least not until Janaki’s sister, Lakshmi--now a refugee whose husband has disappeared--comes back to live with her family. And when Sam, an American Peace Corps worker who boards with Janaki’s family, falls in love with one of his students, a young girl from the north, he, too, becomes acutely aware of the dangers that exist for any- one who gets drawn into the conflict, however marginally.
Skillfully weaving together the stories of these and other intersecting lives, The Beach at Galle Road explores themes of memory and identity amid the consequences of the Sri Lankan civil war. From different points of view, across generations and geographies, it pits the destructive power of war against the resilient power of family, individual will, and the act of storytelling itself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当斯里兰卡北部执政的僧伽罗人和泰米尔人之间的内战谣言到达那些生活在南部的人的耳中时，不知何故,这似乎不是发生在他们自己的国家。至少是直到佳纳克伊的姐妹拉克希米因其丈夫失踪而沦为难民回到家里住时都不曾有人相信。山姆是一个美国和平队工人，与佳纳克伊家住在一起，当他与他的一个来自北方的年轻女学生相爱时才清楚的认识到卷入这场冲突的任何人都存在危险，哪怕是轻微的。
本个故事将这些和其他生活巧妙地编织在一起, 《加勒路的海滩》彰显斯里兰卡内战结果的回忆和特性这一主题。从不同角度,俯拾皆是,凸显战争的破坏力与家庭，个人欲望和讲故事本身的行为弹性动力之间的对立关系。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：2012 被Barnes & Noble书商选为杰出图书之一。此项目从1990年开始。致力于寻找被浩大的图书市场埋没的好书。以下是此项目负责人Miwa Messer的评论：
“这是一部短篇故事集，每个故事都互相联系。语言雅致、故事情节丰富，即使到现在，我们还在阅读讨论这些故事。书中大部分精彩和感人的故事故事都是由‘和平集团公司’寄到斯里兰卡。其他的都是纯粹的艺术品，这就是为什么我们要多读她的书。”
“在她的处女作中Luloff将一系列故事整合成一个整体，探索着传统、家庭的角色关系，通过描写每一个人物，揭露了战争的破坏力量。作者原本是Peace Corps的志愿者，讲述了那些分裂几十年、毁坏家园而遭受痛苦的人们。每一个精妙的故事都让人读来非常可信。”——Kirkus Review
“这些互相联系的迷人故事，发人深省，给人启发，显示了个人对斯里兰卡内战的观点看法。通过描写生动的人物，作者表现了锡兰人和坦米尔人争夺国家疆土的这25年中国家和人民的脆弱。这些编织在一起的故事揭示了标题之后无限的内涵和意义。”——《书单》
“这本小说集的成功之处就是抓住了正常情况下的缓慢、悲伤和腐败。作者在书中展现了把控气氛的技术。让你感受到应景的浓郁气氛，最重要的是，通感的作用。”——《小说家评论》
“In The Beach at Galle Road, Joanna Luloff portrays, with exquisite passion and restraint, the troubled history of Sri Lanka. Writing from the point of view of young and old, Sri Lankans and Americans, civilians and soldiers, Luloff takes us deep into a country and a culture. Together these wonderful stories form an intricate web in which we, her readers, are happily caught. The Beach at Galle Road is a wise and profoundly moving debut.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy
About the Author/作者介绍： “《加勒路的海滩》, Joanna Luloff用精致的激情和克制描绘斯里兰卡混乱的历史。写作的角度有年轻人和老人,斯里兰卡人和美国人,平民和士兵,Luloff带我们深入到一个国家和一种文化。这些精彩的故事集中到一起形成了一个错综复杂的网络，我们,她的读者,都乐于陷入其中。《加勒路的海滩》是一个明充满智慧的感人肺腑的处女作。“《嘉玛哈代的飞行》的作者Margot Livesey,Joanna Luloff received her MFA from Emerson College and is completing a PhD at the University of Missouri. She worked as Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka from 1996 to 1998. Her stories have appeared in the Missouri Review, Confrontation, Memorious, and New South.
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