ACTS OF GOD: STORIES
Book ID/图书代码： 03890013B61641
English Summary/英文概要： In Acts of God, master short story writer Ellen Gilchrist has crafted a collection that takes us into eleven scenarios in which people dealing with forces beyond their control somehow manage to survive, persevere, and even triumph.
For Marie James, a teenager from Fayetteville, Arkansas, the future changes when she joins a group of friends in their effort to find survivors among the debris left when a tornado destroys a neighboring town. For Philipa, taking control of her own fate is the greatest act of courage she can imagine, and the most difficult. For Eli Naylor, left orphaned by a flood, there arrives the understanding that out of tragedy can come the greatest good. In one way or another, all of these people are survivors who find the strength to go on when confronted with their own mortality, and they come alive in these stories, told with clear-eyed optimism and a salty sense of humor.
As a critic in the Washington Post wrote in reviewing an earlier work, “To say that Ellen Gilchrist can write is to say that Placido Domingo can sing. All you need to do is listen.”
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《勇者之举》中，短篇小说故事大师艾伦•吉尔克里斯特为我们精心打造了一部全新故事集，书中他将带领我们进入十一个各自迥异的生活场景中，身临其中的人们都各自应对着超越其能力范围的事件与不可控力，却又奋力挣扎、延续，最终甚至有些获得了胜利。
对于来自阿肯色州费耶特维尔市的青少年玛丽•詹姆斯而言，一次偶然的机会她加入一群朋友，前去邻镇被台风摧毁的废墟中寻找幸存者，这次经历永远的改变了她未来的轨迹。而对于菲利帕，将命运掌控在自己手中是她从未敢想的英勇壮举，对她而言这时世间最为困难的一件事。而从小便被血亲抛弃的艾丽•内勒则悟得：无论生命的悲剧如何开始，你总能在最终收获到最大的幸福。无论如何，书中的所有人物都是他们自己的幸存者，在其自身短暂而无助的命运面前，他们最终获得了属于自己的力量，他们的形象跃然纸上，他们用一种洞悉一切的乐观双眸与饱经沧桑的幽默感为我们娓娓道来专属于他们的生命故事。
正如《华盛顿邮报》的一名评论员在其先前的文章中所述“对艾伦•吉尔克里斯特而言，写作之于她就犹如歌唱之于普拉西多•多明戈，你所需要做的便是静静聆听。”（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： E艾伦•吉尔克里斯特凭借其作品《战胜日本》而获得国家图书奖，作为一名作家，她著有20余本作品，其中包括小说，短篇故事、诗歌及回忆录等。作者现居阿肯色州费耶特维尔市。LLEN GILCHRIST, winner of the National Book Award for Victory Over Japan, is the author of more than twenty books, including novels, short stories, poetry, and a memoir. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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