SEASON TO TASTE OR HOW TO EAT YOUR HUSBAND
Book ID/图书代码： 06400013B65741
English Summary/英文概要： The most subversive and gloriously unexpected novel you’ll ever read about the end of a marriage and its aftermath.
Always let the meat rest under foil for at least ten minutes before carving...
Meet Lizzie Prain. Ordinary housewife. Fifty-something. Lives in a cottage in the woods, with her dog Rita. Likes cooking, avoids the neighbours. Runs a little business making cakes.
No one has seen Lizzie’s husband, Jacob, for a few days. That’s because last Monday, on impulse, Lizzie caved in the back of his head with a spade. And if she’s going to embark on the new life she feels she deserves after thirty years in Jacob’s shadow, she needs to dispose of his body Her method appeals to all her practical instincts, though it’s not for the faint hearted. Will Lizzie have the strength to follow it through?
Funny, subversive and achingly human, Season to Taste is the extraordinary story of the end of a marriage and its very strange aftermath. In the shape of Lizzie Prain, Natalie Young has created one of the most remarkable heroines in recent fiction.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部有关于婚姻的终结以及随之而来的梦魇的小说，相信你一定从未阅读过如此颠覆性却又出人意料的作品。
在你打算切碎肉块时，记得要让它们在锡箔之上多停留至少十分钟。。。。。。
利兹•普兰是一名平凡的家庭主妇。年约50来岁，她与狗狗瑞塔居住在一座林间小木屋里。她喜欢下厨，喜欢避开邻居独自生活。她经营着一份小小的事业--蛋糕制作。
人们已经有好几日没有见到利兹的丈夫雅各布了。那是因为上个礼拜一时，一时冲动的利兹用一把利刃刺进了丈夫的后脑勺。利兹深深的感到，要想展开全新的生活，那么摆脱30年来雅各布给她带来的阴影是一件她必须做出的事情，因此她需要处理掉丈夫的尸体。她的方法将与她的实际本能息息相关，并且绝不会是懦夫的做法。利兹会有勇气将这一切继续下去吗？
《食方知味》是一部极其精彩的故事，有关于婚姻生活的终结以及随之而来的奇怪影响力，全书风趣、充满了颠覆性，并且真实到令人心痛。在利兹•普兰这样的一个人物形象中， 娜塔莉•杨创造出了近来小说史上最为惊艳的女性形象。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：’《食方知味》文风简洁扼要，读来能让你瞬间联想起卡缪的《异乡人》。如果那是一个恰当的比喻的话，不过实际上事实并非如此，杨的作品绝对是彪悍的，犹如纯粹的野兽一般，因为她的作品是那种由极为简单之言语所构成的，却神奇的可以既被用来作为大学教材，却又同样会在卖场之中得以大卖。’ (汤姆•蒂弗兰，《书商》) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524086/Season-To-Taste-Natalie-Young-set-hit-book-2014.html
‘[I’ll] be gutted if this all-consuming -- indeed, biting -- tale is not the most talked about book of 2014’ —Irish Independent http://bit.ly/KxL3kZ
‘Whipping the publishing world into a murderous frenzy’ —London Evening Standard http://bit.ly/K5FdXz
’Destined to capture the imaginations of more unhappily married, fifty-something women’ —The Sunday Times Magazine http://thetim.es/1a04cT8
‘A macabre tale with a gruesome sense of humour’ —The List
‘A first novel should be a thunderclap,” said Flaubert. And Natalie Young’s first novel, blending country romcom with a guide to murder and a cannibal’s cookbook, has attracted plenty of attention… Young writes in a wonderfully detached, dry-as-a-bone style … A thunderclap, definitely’ —Daily Mail http://dailym.ai/JqUF0w
‘Young’s book is one of those rare beasts—a literary novel of ideas written in simple language that could be both a university set text and a supermarket bestseller.’ —The Bookseller http://bit.ly/1eAf90f
‘Set to be one of the most talked about books of 2014’ —Daily Express Saturday
‘Terrific but stomach-turning novel … A brilliant and literal dissection of a marriage’ —The Times Saturday Review http://thetim.es/19pCWTe
‘2014’s most-talked about novel’ —Harper’s Bazaar http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/going-out/who-what-where/season-to-taste-or-how-to-eat-your-husband
‘Dark, funny and achingly human, ’Season to Taste’ is a deliciously subversive treat’ —FZ.com, Books to look out for in 2014 http://bit.ly/1hqvry2
‘A brilliantly disturbing story about the end of a marriage and its aftermath.’ —Image magazine’s Book of the Month for January 2014
Stylist Magazine hot list for 2014 http://bit.ly/1hqqkhc
60SecondReviews.com http://vimeo.com/81312630
Random Things Through my Letter Box http://bit.ly/1axPkiv
‘There is a real ingenuity to Season To Taste. The idea behind it, the writing, the subtlety, the horror, the black humour,.. Natalie Young has a wonderfully macabre imagination that transposes to her writing quite beautifully.’ –Liz Loves Books http://bit.ly/KVfL83
International Business Times http://bit.ly/1eAffoA
‘Look beyond the gory details and you’ll find a subtle emotional and psychological exploration of an all-consuming marriage and Lizzie’s yearning for independence…This is a compulsively readable tale exploring the darkest desires of humanity and the discontent simmering beneath seemingly serene surfaces.’
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/02/season-to-taste-natalie-young-review
About the Author/作者介绍： 娜塔莉•杨曾在《时代》就职数年，后担任了《展望》杂志的图书与艺术栏目编辑。作者现为一名全职母亲和作家。Natalie Young worked for The Times for several years, and was then Books and Arts Editor of Prospect magazine. She is now a full-time mother and writer.
Format:HARDCOVER
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