THE FIVE ACTS OF DIEGO LEON
Book ID/图书代码： 06580012B58083
English Summary/英文概要： Acclaimed author Alex Espinoza, whose writing Lisa See has called “fresh, magical, beautiful, and evocative,” returns with a captivating, unforgettable novel set in Hollywood’s Golden Age, as a gifted and determined young man leaves Mexico—and everything he’s ever known—to follow his dreams.
Growing up in a rural village at the height of the Mexican Revolution, Diego León has many first loves: singing, dancing, and hearing the stories of his ancestors, the P’urhépecha. But when tragedy strikes, young Diego is sent to the city to live with his aristocratic grandparents, who insist he forget his roots and groom him to take over the family business. Under pressure to enter a profession—and a life—for which he cares nothing, and haunted by the violence once again erupting all around him, Diego flees his war-torn country to forge his own destiny.
Diego arrives in Hollywood in 1927, when silent films are giving way to talkies, Prohibition is in full swing, and “Latin lover” types are sought out even as they are looked down upon. Working his way up in the movie business with talent and ingenuity, Diego soon figures out that getting one’s face on the silver screen has as much to do with what goes on behind the camera as what goes on in front of it. But the closer Diego comes to stardom, the more he finds that the past is not so easily escaped, as he is drawn again and again to the painful legacy of history and the wounds of his homeland.
A sweeping, sensual novel of love, ambition, and identity, The Five Acts of Diego León bears all the marks of a classic Hollywood story: romance, betrayal, glamour, and an underdog hero to root for till the end.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 大受好评的作家艾利克斯•埃斯皮诺萨曾凭借其作品《丽莎见闻》获得“新颖，充满魔力，美好，有启发性”的评价，如今他将带着他的全新作品再度强势袭来，这部精彩之作的背景被设定在好莱坞的黄金时代，讲述了一名极富天分且坚定的青年离开墨西哥以及自己所熟知的一切，来到好莱坞追梦的故事。
迪亚哥•莱昂的童年在墨西哥革命的高潮中度过，但他却拥有许多的挚爱：唱歌、跳舞以及听关于墨西哥米却肯祖辈们的故事。然而悲剧终究降临了，年轻的迪亚哥被送往城市，同他贵族阶级的祖父母一同生活，在那里祖父母强制他忘记自己的过去，并训练他成为家族事业的继承人。即将终身从事一份自己毫无兴趣的职业使得迪亚哥倍感压力，而一再被狂热行为所困扰也迫使他最终逃离被战争摧残的四分五裂的祖国，并决心自己改写命运。
1927年，迪亚哥来到好莱坞，那时无声电影已逐渐被有声电影所取代，禁酒运动正全面执行，然而虽然拉丁裔在当时的美国受到歧视，但“拉丁裔爱人”却大受欢迎。凭借着天分与机智，迪亚哥的电影事业蒸蒸日上，并且他很快意识到，想要在荧幕之上走红，台前幕后有着紧密的联系。然而当迪亚哥即将成名，痛苦的过去和祖国的伤痛一再的出现在他的脑海之中，他越来越发现自己难以轻易的逃开过去。
《迪亚哥•莱昂的五幕人生》是一部有关于爱，雄心与身份的故事，它拥有着宏大的感情线，在其中你可以找到所有好莱坞经典故事的烙印：浪漫，背叛，魅力，潦倒英雄，而这一切都将让你为之喝彩至终。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：“《迪亚哥•莱昂的五幕人生》是一部有关于墨西哥人在美国的作品，它优雅而别具一格的视角标志着艾利克斯•埃斯皮诺萨这位新星的缓缓升起---一名志在超越其小说中默默无闻主人公在好莱坞所获得的名声与地位墨西哥裔美国作家。
埃斯皮诺萨将我们的文化从一种缄默的黑白状态之中领向全国的舞台，并赋予其五彩的光芒，并让现代科技之声回荡其中。”—Dagoberto Gilb, 作家，著有 《结束以前，开始以后》
“An elegant, startling vision of a Mexican in America, The Five Acts of Diego León proclaims the ascendance of a unique new talent, Alex Espinoza—a Chicano in America certain to surpass the fame of his novel’s silent Hollywood hero. Espinoza takes our literature from a mute, black-and-white era to a national stage with full-spectrum color, in high-tech surround sound.”—Dagoberto Gilb, author of Before the End, After the Beginning
About the Author/作者介绍： 艾利克斯•埃斯皮诺萨出生在墨西哥的提华纳市。2岁时随父母来到美国，并在洛杉矶市郊长大。他著有小说Still Water Saints，并获得加利福尼亚大学授予的艺术硕士专业学位。此外作者还是 Bread Loaf作家大会上Margaret Bridgman Fellowship小说奖的获奖者，作者现为加利福尼亚州立大学英语语言文学副教授。Alex Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico. He came to the U.S. with his family at the age of two and grew up in suburban Los Angeles. Author of the novel Still Water Saints, he received an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. A recipient of the Margaret Bridgman Fellowship in Fiction at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Espinoza is currently an associate professor of English at California State University, Fresno.
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