THE ART OF THE ENGINE DRIVER
Book ID/图书代码： 12100012B57896
English Summary/英文概要： There they are, still as a photograph, listening for the distant thud of the sun as it prepares to drop from the sky...
On a hot summer’s night, a family of three are off to a party in their bristling suburbia. But nothing is as it seems and soon we are walking with them through the past lives of a bully, a drunk and a disaffected youth.
As the story of the neighbourhood unfolds the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide - and nobody will be left unaffected.
The Art of the Engine Driver is a luminous and evocative take on ordinary suburban lives told with an extraordinary power and depth.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是发生在战后墨尔本的一部关于改变和失去纯真的动人故事。讲述了生活在新郊区外居民一夜的故事。随着一个强大的蒸汽火车离开斯宾塞街站,一群相邻聚集,庆祝一个年轻的女孩的订婚…… (Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Steven Carroll’s subtly crafted novel is a poignant exploration of dashed hopes and suburban desperations...A rich and evocative novel with a strong sense of period. (Mail on Sunday )
An exquisitely crafted journey of Australian suburban life . . . fresh and irresistible (Miles Franklin Literary Award Judges, 2002 )
Deceptively simple, this novel has a quiet force (Sydney Morning Herald )
A veritable little gem . . . a beautiful discovery (Elle France )
Subtle, true and profoundly touching . . . from the first lines of this very beautiful novel by Steven Carroll, an indefinable charm is at work (Le Monde )
About the Author/作者介绍： 出生在墨尔本的史蒂文•卡罗尔在格伦罗伊长大。曾就读于在澳大利亚拉筹伯大学，在高中任职英语教师之前，他在上世纪70年代曾组建过一支乐队。离开乐坛后，他开始投身剧作写作，曾是《星期日时代报》的戏剧评论家。如今这位在澳洲获奖无数的作家已经全身心地投入写作工作，定居于维多利亚州的不伦瑞克。Steven Carroll was born in Melbourne. His first novel, Remember Me, Jimmy James, was published in 1992. The Art of the Engine Driver (2001) and The Gift of Speed (2004) were shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, which the final book in the trilogy, The Time We Have Taken, won in 2008. Steven Carroll lives in Melbourne with his partner and son.
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无