THE SHORE
Book ID/图书代码： 00200013B65099
English Summary/英文概要： An ambitious, heartrending debut that traces the lives of women across multiple generations on a collection of small Southern islands, introducing a beautiful new voice in fiction
Situated off the coast of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay, the group of islands known as the Shore has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it’s a place they’ve inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a half-Shawnee Indian’s bold choice to flee an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl’s determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, to a lesson in summoning storm clouds to help end a drought, these women struggle against domestic violence, savage wilderness, and the corrosive effects of poverty and addiction to secure a sense of well-being for themselves and for those they love.
Together their stories form a deeply affecting legacy of two barrier island families, illuminating 150 years of their many freedoms and constraints, heartbreaks, and pleasures. Conjuring a wisdom and beauty all its own, The Shore is a richly unique, stunning novel that will resonate with readers long after turning its final pages, establishing Sara Taylor as a promising new voice in fiction.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： ✿入围2015年度卫报首作奖
✿入围《星期日泰晤士报》/彼得斯弗雷泽&邓洛普年轻作家奖
✿入围2015年度百利酒女性小说奖
这部情节交错，讲述了生活在美国弗吉尼亚州一个关系复杂家庭的短篇故事，已一致获得了业界的好评，此书于三月底问世。
《海滨》：一处从弗吉尼亚海岸延伸至大西洋海岸的零星小岛,在这里孕育出一代又一代坚忍不拔的女性。这处荒芜之地，据说多年以来，便是她们的栖身之所。从一个勇敢的女孩决心保护她的妹妹誓要远离自己深陷毒品的家庭,直至施巫召唤乌云来结束干旱,这些妇女对抗家庭暴力,蛮荒,贫困的侵蚀和成瘾，沉迷于为自己和那些他们所爱的人，片寻到幸福感。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：The book is one of 6 shortlisted titles for the Guardian First Book Award, winner announced 25th November
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/12/poet-makes-guardian-first-book-award-shortlist-male-body-andrew-mcmillan
Reviews and quotes so far such as this: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/18/the-shore-sara-taylor-review-kate-clanchy.
‘It is here that Sara Taylor has set her remarkable first novel, an intricately plotted series of episodes in the life of two families that interlink and interbreed over 170 years on the Shore … The climax of their story is extraordinary and unexpected. Taylor is a terrific storyteller with a flawless narrative voice and, as a portrait of the impoverished rural south, this novel is a real achievement. .. The Shore is a mesmerising, powerful read.’ Rose Wild, The Times
‘A vivid exploration of the struggle for autonomy and the many meanings of what we call home.’ Eimear McBride
‘I loved this book. Redemption and revenge thread through these tales of lives at the margins. Epic in breadth but glittering in its detail The Shore is utterly absorbing.’ Catherine O’Flynn, author of What Was Lost
’Sara Taylor has a completely natural, unforced feel for language and voice: a remarkable debut.’ - Adam Thorpe, author of Ulverton
‘The Shore brilliantly evokes, in fascinating and completely convincing detail, the eerie beauty of a landscape of marsh and mudflats, that is as alien as Mars, and against which the inhabitants play out their impoverished and violent lives through successive generations of strong women, mothers, daughters, wives, over two centuries, culminating in an apocalyptic future. This is not a novel for the faint hearted but dare to read it for the sinuous fluency of the writing.’ Maureen Duffy
‘Reminiscent of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas and just as ambitious.’ Stylist
‘Lyrical writing and quietly tragic storytelling.’ Huffington Post
About the Author/作者介绍： 萨拉 • 泰勒说一位在家自学，患有社交焦虑症的，弗吉尼亚乡村女孩。从兰道尔夫学院的美术学士，和东英吉利大学硕士学涯中，让自己逐渐恢复健康。后因主管不肯放行，所以她仍留校（东安格利亚大学），研读评论和小说双博士学位。在诺威奇误点班车的过程中，作者不时地会享受闲暇桃园时光。《海滨》是她的首部小说，将由兰登书屋于2015年出版。
Sara Taylor is a product of the United States and the homeschooling movement. She traded her health for a BFA from Randolph College, and her sanity for an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Following the MA her supervisor refused to let her leave, so she remains at the UEA to chip away at a double-focus PhD in censorship and fiction. She spends an unprecedented amount of time on delayed trains between Norwich and her husband’s house in Reading, and tends to get lost, rained on, and chased by cows with unsettling frequency. Her first novel, The Shore, was published by Random House in 2015.
Format:电子手稿
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Sold French rights to Robert Laffont.
Italian rights went to Minimum Fax
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