GLORIOUS MISADVENTURES: NIKOLAI REZANOV AND THE DREAM OF A RUSSIAN AMERICA
Book ID/图书代码： 02000013B60944
English Summary/英文概要： The Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818 Russia’s furthest outposts were in California and Hawaii. The dreamer behind this great Imperial vision was Nikolai Rezanov – diplomat, adventurer, courtier, millionaire and gambler. His quest to plant Russian colonies from Siberia to California led him to San Francisco, where he was captivated by Conchita, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the Spanish Governor, who embodied his dreams of both love and empire. From the glittering court of Catherine the Great to the wilds of the New World, Matthews conjures a brilliantly original portrait of one of Russia’s most eccentric Empire-builders.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 俄罗斯帝国曾经一度延伸至今日的美国境内：1818年，俄罗斯国境线最远曾达到加利福尼亚州和夏威夷。而这一伟大帝国版图背后的梦想家则是尼科莱•烈扎诺夫--一名外交家、冒险家、臣子、百万富翁以及一名投机者。他追求不断扩大俄罗斯的殖民版图，他从西伯利亚来到加利福尼亚，再到旧金山，在那里他与西班牙治安官的女儿康琦塔相遇并深深地迷恋上了这名女子。从凯瑟琳女皇的光辉统治到新世界的荒野之地，本书作者马修睿智而不失独创性的为我们构画出历史上最非同寻常的一名俄罗斯帝国的开国者。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：“来自一名拥有一半俄罗斯血统的作家，心怀对祖国的深刻情怀，他为我们带来了这部在精彩与浪漫之余叫人不由得心碎的作品，有关于一名男子的动人爱情史，有关于死亡以及背叛。” – 西蒙•西巴格
“这部精彩绝伦的回忆录使得深受毫无人性体制摧残的受害者形象栩栩如生。” – 安东尼•比弗，周末电讯报年度图书
“***** 数十年来，欧文•马修从未间断过去探求发生在祖父身上的那些噩梦般的官场可怕经历的真相，可谓勇气可嘉，在苏维埃政权的废墟上，他们共同努力奋斗，虽然读来已远没有当年那么可怕，却还是会令你心有余悸。” – 星期日独立报
“20世纪苏维埃政权的一段详尽年鉴，全书从作者父辈和祖父辈的视角去观察，犹如一部俄罗斯式野天鹅。。。。。。书中的部分故事将无疑永驻我的心间。” – 克里斯托弗•哈特， 星期日泰晤士报
About the Author/作者介绍： 欧文•马修，1971年出生于英国伦敦。曾就读于威斯特敏斯特学校和克里斯特教堂，并曾于牛津大学学习现代史。波黑内战时，他在布达佩斯，萨拉热窝和贝尔格莱德开始了其驻外记者的职业生涯，为包括《时代》，《星期六泰晤士报》《日报》《星期日电讯报》《旁观者》《卫报》《观察家》《每日邮报》《星期日邮报》《独立报》在内的诸多报刊杂志服务。1995年他移居莫斯科，并成为当地《新闻周刊》的一名记者，主要负责黎巴嫩、阿富汗和车臣等地武装冲突的报道。2001年，马修移居伊斯坦布尔，并对土耳其，高加索，叙利亚和伊朗情况进行报道，并涉及美国在阿富汗和伊拉克地区发动的侵略。2006-2012年，他曾担任莫斯科《新闻周刊》总编。《斯大林的孩子们》是欧文第一部讲述俄罗斯历史的家庭回忆录，2008年已经出版便大受好评。该书获得了《卫报》新书奖和 Orwell奖政治作品提名，并入选《星期日泰晤士报》《星期日电讯报》和《旁观者》年度图书。该书被译为26种语言，并入选法国Medici 奖和《Elle》杂志评选的伟大文学作品，同时入选2009年度法国文学季。
目前，欧文是伊斯坦布尔和莫斯科《新闻周刊》的特约撰稿编辑。
Owen Matthews was born in London in 1971. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he read Modern History. He began his career as a foreign correspondent in Budapest, Sarajevo and Belgrade during the Bosnian civil war, working for a number of publications including The Times and Sunday Times, Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Spectator, the Guardian, the Observer, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, and the Independent. In 1995 he moved to Moscow and became a correspondent for Newsweek Magazine, covering conflicts in Lebanon, Afghanistan and Chechnya. In 2001 Owen moved to Istanbul and reported from Turkey, the Caucasus, Syria and Iran, as well as covering US-led invasions of Afghanistan and then Iraq. From 2006 to 2012 he was Newsweek’s Moscow Bureau Chief.
Owen’s first book on Russian history was Stalin’s Children, a family memoir, which was published to great critical acclaim in 2008. The book was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Orwell Prize for political writing, and selected as one of the Books of the Year by the Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and the Spectator. It has been translated into twenty-six languages and was shortlisted for France’s Medici Prize and French Elle Magazine’s Grand Prix Litteraire, as well as being selected as one of the FNAC chain’s twenty featured titles for the Rentree Litteraire of 2009.
Owen is currently a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine, based in Istanbul and Moscow
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