THE PACIFIC AND OTHER STORIES

Book ID/图书代码： 14320004B08155

English Summary/英文概要： At long last, almost ten years since his previous book, Mark Helprin returns with The Pacific and Other Stories, a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be his signature.
A British paratrooper jumps into occupied territory; the 1958 New York Yankees gain an unexpected teammate in a puny, teenaged Hasidic Jew; a September 11th widow receives an astonishing gift from the contractor working on her new apartment—these and other stories exhibit the constantly changing variety of the ocean itself, the peaks and troughs of life. Lighthearted, glittering fables are met with starker tales that sound the depths of sacrifice and duty. The Pacific and Other Stories is a resplendent, powerful collection of lasting substance and emotional import.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 自從上一部作品發表以來，馬克.赫爾普林已經沉寂了十年之久，這一次作者帶著《太平洋與其他故事》再次回歸文壇。本書收錄了16個短篇故事，充分展示了作家驚人的思想深度，無可匹敵的人生智慧，已經嫺熟的散文表達技巧。
一位英國傘兵跳進敵佔區；1958年，紐約洋基隊出人意料地收納了一個弱小的哈西德派猶太少年；某個九月十一號，寡婦從為她裝修新寓所的承包商手中收到了一份驚喜大禮——本選集中的故事講述了海洋豐富多彩的變化，以及人生的起起落落。這裡既令人有無憂無慮，心情愉快的寓言，也有關於犧牲與責任這類充滿深度的故事。《太平洋與其他故事》是一本華麗壯觀，充滿力量的文學選集，將物質與情感的內涵表現的淋漓盡致。(兼职翻译-XMM)

Awards/获奖情况：As ambitious and imaginative as any of Helprin’s past works (Memoir from Antproof Case; Winter’s Tale; etc.), the 16 stories collected in the author’s first book in nearly a decade are gloriously rich and varied. In "Perfection," Helprin’s fabulist skills glitter as a Hasidic boy from 1958 Brooklyn makes a pilgrimage to "the house of Ruth" in the Bronx, believing that he must save Mickey Mantle and the "New York Yenkiss." Other tales explore loss, regret, retribution and time’s passage, their exotic locations—Italy, France, Israel, the orange grove–era Pacific coast—imbuing them with exuberant life. In "Il Colore Ritrovato," a bookkeeper-turned-impresario, who years ago discovered one of the world’s greatest (and unhappiest) opera singers, happens upon another untrained but perfect soprano and wrestles with his conscience about introducing her to the professional world. In "Monday," an honorable contractor willing to sacrifice other contracts and his own reputation to renovate the home of a woman whose husband was killed on September 11 learns "the power of those who had done right." "Passchendaele," a story of unrequited passion between a Canadian rancher and his neighbor’s mute wife, is tender and moving, as are "Last Tea with the Armorers" and "Prelude," each demonstrating immense faith in the power of love. These are sturdy, rewarding stories from a master of the form. ---From Publishers Weekly

Helprin, author of Ellis Island and A Winter’s Tale, brings to this collection his usual deep look into life, love, and war in prose as "glassy and smooth as amber" (Los Angeles Times). Yet, written over two decades, these stories befuddled a few critics. Some praised Helprin’s wise themes, character studies, dazzling prose, and detailed descriptions of how things, like baseball, work. Most agreed, however, that Helprin paints overly broad generalizations when it comes to people: honorable, brave men and beautiful women. "Jacob Byer and the Telephone," for example, has a fresh plot and protagonist, but a simple, emotionally unsatisfying moral at the end. Yet, even with faults, Helprin’s world still "takes on a kind of fairy-tale luster" (Washington Post). It’s just a matter of if you want it displayed in technicolor, or simplified in black and white.---From Bookmarks Magazine

*Starred Review* Helprin, the author of such grandly artistic novels as Memoirs from an Antproof Case (1995), generates narrative electricity via the tension between the exactitude of his prose and the operatic drama and, in some cases, fantasia of his metaphor-spangled stories. A veteran of the Israeli armed forces and the British navy, and a contributing editor to the Wall Street Journal, Helprin is a man of the world deeply concerned with valor, integrity, discipline, intelligence, and honor, themes explored with verve in this radiant collection. A British paratrooper carries out a nearly impossible mission; men fall irredeemably under the spell of beautiful women; and in the haunting title story, a woman works in an aircraft factory, waiting for her marine lieutenant husband to come home from the Pacific front. Helprin’s values are traditional, but his imagination is unbounded, inspiring exuberantly satirical fables, such as "Perfection," in which a scrawny Hasidic boy goes to the "House of Ruth" to save the Yankees, and the rabbinical debate over the significance of a new technology in "Jacob Bayer and the Telephone." And then there is "Monday," Helprin’s glorious story of one magnificent attempt to redress the grief of 9/11.---Donna Seaman, From Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： Educated at Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford, MARK HELPRIN served in the Israeli army, Israeli Air Force, and British Merchant Navy. He is the author of, among other titles, A Dove of the East and Other Stories, Refiner’s Fire, Winter’s Tale, and A Soldier of the Great War. He lives in Virginia.
馬克.赫爾普林出生於1947年6月28日，是一名美國作家，記者和保守派評論員。馬克•赫爾普林（Mark Helprin）曾就讀於哈佛、普林斯頓和牛津三大名校，為以色列陸軍、空軍和英國商船隊效過力。他的作品包括《東方的鴿子短篇小說集》（A Dove of the East and Other Stories）、《試煉之火》（Refiner’s Fire）、《艾理斯島短篇小說集》（Ellis Island and Other Stories）、《冬日傳說》（Winter’s Tale）、《一戰中的士兵》（A Soldier of the Great War）、《防蟻盒子裡的回憶錄》（Memoir from Antproof Case）和《太平洋短篇小說集》（The Pacific and Other Stories.）。目前，作者住在佛吉尼亞。

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