NOT THE SAME SKY: A NOVEL OF THE MIDNINETEENTH-CENTURY IRISH FAMINE GIRLS COMING TO AUSTRALIA
Book ID/图书代码： 14058013B64932
English Summary/英文概要： By 1848 famine has ravaged Ireland, and London remains undecided about what to do. A shortage of female labour in Australia offers a kind of solution and so, over the following two years, more than 4000 Irish girls are shipped across vast oceans to an unimaginable world in the new colony. On Sunday 28 October 1849, one of these ships, the Thomas Arbuthnot, sets sail from Plymouth with a cargo of girls under the care of Surgeon-superintendent Charles Strutt.
Not the Same Sky tells the story of Honora, Julia, Bridget and Anne. It observes them on the voyage, examining their relationship of trust with Charles Strutt, and follows them from Sydney as they become women of Australia, negotiating their new lives as best they can. A stark, poetic intensity gives these young women historical importance and human presence in an elegant and subtle novel suffused with humour.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1848年饥荒肆孽的爱尔兰，让伦敦踌躇未决。澳洲新大陆紧缺的女性劳工问题，却为时下的困境提供了一种解决方案，因此，在接下去的两个多年时间里，有超过4000位爱尔兰女孩飘扬过海，来到这个令人难以想象的新殖民土地上。1849年10月28日的一个周日，这些船中的一艘，托马斯•诺特号，载着一船的女孩，在外科医生负责人查尔斯•斯特拉特的看护下，从普利茅斯出发远帆。
《不一样的天空》讲述了霍诺拉，朱莉娅，布丽奇特和安妮这几个女孩的故事。在这场漫长的旅程中，考验这几位女孩们之间的友谊，和对查尔斯•斯特拉特的信任，还有这些女孩们在踏上悉尼之前，在到澳洲转变为女人的过程，为了能尽所能的开始新生活，这些女孩们如何学会和这片土地和谐共处。一部朴实的，充满着诗意的画卷，让这些年轻的女性呈现出独有的历史意义的重要性，和人类作为文明的一种存在价值，具有时代烙印的小说弥漫着诙谐幽默。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：‘Conlon is one of Ireland’s major truly creative writers.’ - Books Ireland
‘Not the Same Sky is a moving and poignant story of the famine girls’ plight.’ - Nic Klaasen, South Australian History website
About the Author/作者介绍： 伊芙琳•肯伦是爱尔兰作家，短篇故事，和电台散文小说家。常年居住在澳洲。她最后一部小说《梦者之肤》曾入围爱尔兰小说年度小说奖。Evelyn Conlon is a novelist, short-story writer and radio essayist. Born in Ireland, she lived in Australia for a number of years. Her last novel Skin of Dreams was shortlisted for rish Novel of the Year. The title story of her collection Taking Scarlet as a Real Colour was performed at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. She is a member of Aosdána, the fellowship of honoured artists in Ireland, and lives in Dublin.
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