THAT’S THAT: A MEMOIR
Book ID/图书代码： 06814012B59061
English Summary/英文概要： A brutally honest and deeply affecting memoir about growing up in the countryside in rebel country in Northern Ireland.
Colin Broderick was born in 1968 and spent his childhood in Tyrone county, in Northern Ireland. It was the beginning of the period of heightened tension and violence known as the Troubles, and Colin’s Catholic family lived in the heart of rebel country. The community was filled with Provisional IRA members whose lives depended on the silence and complicity of their neighbors. At times, that made for a confusing childhood. We watch as he and his brothers play ball with the neighbor children over a fence for years, but are never allowed to play together because it is forbidden. We see him struggle to understand why young men from his community often just disappear. And we feel his confusion when he is held at gunpoint at various military checkpoints in the North. But even when Colin does ask his parents about these events, he never receives a clear explanation. Desperate to protect her children, Colin’s mother tries to prevent exposure to or knowledge of the harm that surrounds them. Spoken with stern finality, "That’s that" became the refrain of Colin’s childhood.
The first book to paint a detailed depiction of Northern Ireland’s Troubles is presented against a personal backdrop and is told in the wry, memorable voice of a man who’s finally come to terms with his past.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部在反对派国家北爱尔兰乡村成长的诚实的以及感人至深的回忆录。
科林•布罗德里克1968年出生，在北爱尔兰的泰隆县度过了他的童年。这是被称为“麻烦”的时期中高度紧张和暴力的开始，科林的天主教家庭就住在反叛国家的中心。社区里全都是临时的爱尔兰共和军成员，他们依靠邻居的缄默和共谋而活。有时，这会使得童年混乱。我们看到，他和他的兄弟与邻居的孩子在一个栅栏里打了多年的球，但绝不允许一起玩，因为这是是被禁止的。我们看到，他很难理解为什么从他的社区里出来的年轻人经常消失。我们感受到了他的困惑，当他在北方的各种军事检察站被人用枪指着时。但是，就算当科林问他的父母时，也没有得到一个明确的解释。科林的母亲不顾一切的保护她的孩子，她试图阻止他们接触或者知道围绕在身边的伤害。最后严厉的一句“就是这样”，成为了科林童年一直重复着的词。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“科林•布罗德里克有着神奇的触觉，他能恰到好处的混合悲剧和喜剧，文字干净，向前移动，最棒的是，生机勃勃”——比利•柯林斯"Colin Broderick has that magic touch that allows him to mix comedy and tragedy in just the right proportions...Clear, cleanly written, forward-moving, and--best of all--vibrantly alive." --Billy Collins
About the Author/作者介绍： 科林•布罗德里克是一个爱尔兰作家、纪录片导演和木匠，他居住在纽约。《猩猩三江出版社》和《兰登书屋》是他的饮酒回忆录，详细的记录了在他住在纽约头二十年的生活，饮酒，建设工作，并试图制定作为一个作家的生活。虽然布罗德里克来自北爱尔兰的泰隆县，但他十分热爱纽约，他认为这里才是他真正的家。“世界上众多的黑山羊在这里结束生命。这是刺激它成为大熔炉的一部分原因。我们终于有了属于我们自己的地方。”CB的纪录片的同名小说《猩猩》正在制作中，预计2011年的九月可以完成。由科林•布罗德里克编剧和执导，由Declan McCann编辑的《猩猩》可以在www.audible.com中看到。Colin Broderick
is an Irish writer living in New York City. He is also a documentary filmmaker and a carpenter. Orangutan Three Rivers Press, Random House,is a drinking memoir detailing the first twenty years he lived in New York City, drinking, working construction and attempting to formulate his life as a writer. Broderick who is originally from County Tyrone Northern Ireland has a great love of New York City and considers it his real home. “So many of the black sheep of the world end up here. That’s part of what makes it the stimulating vibrant melting pot that it is. We finally have somewhere we belong.” CB A documentary of the same name,Orangutan, is currently in production and should be completed by Sept 2011. Written and directed by Colin Broderick Edited by Declan McCann Orangutan is now available at www.audible.com Colin lives alone in New York City. His next memoir "That’s…
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