TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT (NAAR DE OVERKANT VAN DE NACHT)

Book ID/图书代码： 13356013B62789

English Summary/英文概要： During a long, alcohol filled night of carnival nobody is who he is. Everybody is in costume and in a role. Ralf grew up on ships and is dressed up as a ferryman and he steers people to the other side of the night. But a man, dressed as a vicar, says to Ralf that you’re not dressed as someone else at carnival. No, at carnival you are finally yourself.

Ralf meticulously keeps score of his beers, gins and other liquids in the narrow and busy streets and bars of Venlo. His sea legs will keep him up so that he can compete with the most experienced carnival veterans. But he discovers that this festival is not just about drinking and have sex in a dark alleyway. Once in a while he thinks about his family at home, his girlfriend Sara and her children. He had a crush on her since they were both in primary school and then he met her twenty-seven years later as a single mother of four children. There and then he decided to take care of her and her children.

To this colorful scenery of carnival unfolds the story of a man who discovers the deeper meanings of this festival. With warmth, unity and a serious tone for fun and frolicking. But he also discovers that he has lost himself while taking care of this family. In the end he rediscovers himself, almost just like the vicar told him.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 没有人能够在漫长的酒精填充的狂欢夜晚保持本我。每个人都身着晚礼服扮演一个角色。拉尔夫在船上长大，装扮成一个摆渡者,他带着人们到夜的另一边。但一个打扮成牧师的男人对拉尔夫说,你并没有在狂欢节上装扮成别人。是的,在狂欢节上你最终还是你自己。 在芬洛狭窄繁忙的街道上和酒吧里，拉尔夫精心掌握啤酒、杜松子酒和其他液体饮料的分寸。他的不晕船特性可以使他在狂欢节跟最富经验的退伍军人相媲美。但是他发现这个节日不仅仅意味着在饮酒和黑暗的小巷里做爱。偶尔,他想到他的家庭,他的女友萨拉和她的孩子。他在小学时对她一见钟情，27年之后他遇见作为一位4个孩子的单亲母亲的她。然后他决定照顾她和她的孩子。 随着这个多彩的狂欢节展开了，这个男人发现这个节日的深层意义。充满温馨、团结、乐趣和嬉戏。他同时也发现,他在照顾这个家庭时已经失去了自我。就像牧师告诉过他的那样，最后他重新认识了自己。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：我读过的最温柔的小说。”——康妮．帕尔默

’The most tender novel that I ever read.’ - Connie Palmen

About the Author/作者介绍： Jan van Mersbergen （1971）的《吃草的人》在2001年初次被提名Debutanten Prijs奖。自此后他又出版了三本小说，包括已经被多个文学奖提名的小说《明天的潘普洛拉》（2007），这本书在法国（伽利玛出版社），德国（昆斯特曼）和英国（Pereine出版社）出版。《How it Stras》也由德国施普林格出版社出版。《去往夜的另一边》已获得BNG新文学奖，并且也入围瑞典联合目录文学奖和金猫头鹰奖。 西班牙和土耳其享有翻译权，一部以此书改编的电影将于2014年发布。

Jan van Mersbergen (1971) debuted in 2001 with the novel The Grasseater, which was nominated for the Debutanten Prijs. Since then he has published three more novels, including Tomorrow Pamplona (2007), which has been nominated for several literary prizes and is published in France (Gallimard), Germany (Kunstmann) and the UK (Pereine Press). How it Starts has been also been published in Germany by Kunstmann Verlag. To the Other Side of the Night has been awarded the BNG New Literature Prize and was shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize and the Golden Book Owl.
Translation rights have been sold to Spain and Turkey and a movie based on the book will be released in 2014.

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights have been sold to Rayo Verde in Barcelona, Spain and Park Kitap in Istanbul, Turkey. Shooting for a movie based on the novel starts in 2013.

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