GUESTS ON EARTH: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 00342513B63053
English Summary/英文概要： Evalina Toussaint, the orphaned child of an exotic dancer in New Orleans, is just thirteen when she is admitted to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. The year is 1936, and the mental hospital is under the direction of the celebrated psychiatrist Robert S. Carroll. His innovative program of treatment for mental and nervous disorders and addictions is based on exercise, diet, art, and occupational therapies—and experimental shock therapy.
Evalina finds herself in the company of some notable fellow patients, including Zelda Fitzgerald, estranged wife of F. Scott, who takes the young piano prodigy under her wing. Evalina becomes the accompanist for the musical programs at the hospital. This provides privileged insight into the events that transpire over the next twelve years, culminating in a tragic fire—its mystery unsolved to this day—that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them. At all costs, Evalina listens, observes, remembers—and tells us everything.
Guests on Earth is a mesmerizing novel about a time and a place where creativity and passion, theory and medicine, fact and fiction, are luminously intertwined by a writer at the height of her craft.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 伊芙琳娜图森特(Evalina Toussaint)，是新奥尔良地区一位脱衣舞女的孩子，她天赋异禀，是一名钢琴神童。当她被北卡罗莱纳州阿什维尔的海兰医院收治时年仅13岁。这一年是1936,这个精神病医院是由著名的精神病专家罗伯特卡罗尔(Robert S. Carroll)所管理的。他对精神病、神经紊乱和吸毒有着与众不同的治疗方案，这些治疗方案是基于运动、饮食、艺术和职业疗法——以及实验休克疗法。
伊夫林娜在医院结识了几位名人朋友，包括Zelda Fitzgerald，她是 F. Scott的妻子，她与F. Scott的关系十分疏远，她将年轻的钢琴神童紧紧护在她的羽翼下。伊夫林娜成为医院里音乐疗法的伴奏者。接下去的十二年一切都十分美好,直到一场不幸的火灾瞬间让一切的美好灰飞烟灭——它的谜团至今仍未解开——这场火灾让锁在病房里的九名女性丢了性命, Zelda也在其中。伊夫林娜不惜任何代价地聆听,观察,记住——以及告诉我们所发生的一切。(Susie)
Awards/获奖情况：“In Guests on Earth Lee Smith gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work. Her characters are realized with singular intensity, the most vivid interior life, and flawless dialogue. Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction.”
(Robert Stone, author of "Death of the Black-Haired Girl" and "Dog Soldiers")
About the Author/作者介绍： 李•史密斯(Lee Smith)之前写了十六本小说,包括畅销小说《窈窕淑女》和《最后的女孩们》，她是“南方图书奖”的获得者。
Lee Smith is the author of sixteen previous books of fiction, including the bestselling novels Fair and Tender Ladies and The Last Girls, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Also the recipient of the 1999 Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
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