ALL THIS TALK OF LOVE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码: 00342512B59318
English Summary/英文概要: It’s been fifty years since Antonio Grasso married Maddalena and brought her to America. That was the last time she would see her parents, her sisters and brothers—everything she knew and loved in the village of Santa Cecilia, Italy. She locked those memories away, as if Santa Cecilia stopped existing the day she left. Now, with children and grandchildren, a successful family-run restaurant, and enough daily drama at home, Maddalena sees no need to open the door to the past and let the emotional baggage and unmended rifts of another life spill out.But Prima, Antonio and Maddalena’s American-born daughter, was raised on the lore of the old country. And as she sees her parents aging, she hatches the idea to take the entire family back to Italy—hoping to reunite Maddalena with her estranged sister and let her parents see their homeland one last time. It is an idea that threatens to tear the Grasso family apart, until fate deals them some unwelcome surprises, and their journey home becomes a necessary voyage.
Writing with warmth and grace, Chris Castellani delivers a seductive feast for readers. All This Talk of Love is an incandescent novel about sacrifice and hope, loss and love, myth and memory.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: Maddalena嫁给Antonio Grasso ,并追随他到美国已经有五十载了。那是她最后一次看到她的父母,她的兄弟姐妹,她所知所爱的一切都留在了意大利圣塞西莉亚村。她把对塞西莉亚的所有记忆定格在她离开的那一天。如今,儿孙满堂,拥有一个成功的家族餐馆以及开心的家庭生活,Maddalena认为没有必要打开通往过去的大门,去迎接另外一种充满情感包袱和记忆裂痕的生活。
但Prima, Antonio 和 Maddalena在美国出世的女儿,是在听着这个古老村落的传说下成长的。看着父母渐渐老去,她萌生了把整个家族带回意大利的想法,让Maddalena和她久未重逢的妹妹团聚,让她的父母最后一次看看他们的故乡。通过威胁要将格拉索家族分开,直到命运给他们带来不幸,最终使得这次回家之旅成真。
写作手法温暖优雅,Chris Castellani给读者带来了一场美丽的盛宴。关于爱是一篇关于牺牲,希望,失去,亲情,传说以及回忆的情感炽热的小说。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况:“曲折、有趣和悲剧,卡斯特拉尼的第三部小说,让人回忆起类似的同时代小说,如Jonathan Franzen的“更正”,但远没有那么愤世嫉俗。文学评论家弗兰基痛斥感伤,作者不会停止这种情感的宣泄直到产生共鸣。这位评论家声称所有人无法不爱上格拉索家族。”——图书馆杂志
“卡斯特拉尼写的关于移民生活,关于文化差异,关于隔代的持久性的爱,令人感动,深受感染。”——柯克斯评论
“让人期待已久的第三部小说里,卡斯特拉尼延伸了错综复杂的家庭生活的深度和塑造了现实的复杂的人物形象,绝对意义上有趣的怪癖,强迫和反抗结合的考验……家庭历史和秘密一层一层地揭露,卡斯特拉尼用他独特的写作手法给故事注入了糖和各种香料。”——书目
“关于爱的一切是如此真实,以至于每一个读者都认为是卡斯特拉尼笔下主人公的亲戚——格拉索家族,他们的人性超越他们的意大利传统。”琳达-比蒂,信使报
“卡斯特拉尼的第三部小说是他最美丽的约会。用他独特的智慧去理解他塑造的主人公……他们的梦想在生活和爱情挑战下妥协。第三,这部小说颠覆了我过去对失去和发现的理解。”——克莱尔马修,《皇帝的孩子》的作者
“家庭的所有成员,亲爱的,来之不易的,以及所有的扑朔迷离和亲情,是这篇温情小说的中心。这是我读过的最好地诠释了家庭意义的书。” Stacey d’Erasmo,《下面的天空》的作者
About the Author/作者介绍: Christopher Castellani is the author of three novels, each 克里斯托弗卡斯特拉尼著有三本小说:关于爱的一切,遗失物品的圣人和玛塔莲娜的吻,均由Algonquin Books出版社出版,是马萨诸塞州2004图书奖得主。克里斯托弗是寒士街(国家主要的文学艺术中心)的艺术总监,同时在华伦威尔逊,斯沃斯莫尔学院和布雷德洛夫作家创作班传授MFA课程,现居波士顿。 Christopher Castellani is the author of three novels, each published by Algonquin Books: All This Talk of Love, The Saint of Lost Things and A Kiss From Maddalena, winner of the 2004 Massachusetts Book Award. Christopher is the artistic director of Grub Street, one of the country’s leading literary arts centers, and teaches in the MFA Program at Warren Wilson, Swarthmore College, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He lives in Boston.
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