THE BEND IN THE WORLD: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码: 02330013B66615
English Summary/英文概要: The most audacious literary debut to come out of the Steel City since The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
Peter Morrison is almost thirty and comfortably adrift in a state of not-quite-adolescence and not-quite-adulthood. His good though not-very-taxing job, ambivalent romantic relationship, and oldest friendship are soon upended by a series of odd encounters—some more alien than others. His best friend, Johnny, is an addict and a conspiracy theorist, two hobbies bolstered by the fact that people really do keep seeing UFOs hovering over the city. Against this strange background, Peter becomes infatuated with Mark and Helen, a couple whose glamour never fully conceals the suggestion of something sinister. After he gets promoted at work and Johnny is pulled into the orbit of a mysterious author whose book seems to be coming true, Peter’s life becomes even odder than he could have imagined: UFOs, evil corporations, time-altering drugs, underground conspiracies . . . and that’s before he meets an unusually articulate sasquatch.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 自《匹兹堡的奥秘》以来超越《钢铁城市》的最大胆的文学处女作。
彼得•莫里森近近三十岁了,舒服的安于青春和成年之间的状态。他那悠闲不算繁重的工作,矛盾的浪漫关系史,以及时间悠长的友谊很快就被一系列奇怪的遭遇所颠覆了——比其他人的遭遇多了外星人。他最好的朋友,约翰尼,是一个吸毒者和阴谋论者,人们真的看到不明飞行物盘旋在城市上空,这让他更加坚定了那两个爱好。对这个奇怪的背景下, 彼得变得越来越迷恋马克和海伦——一对夫妇,他们的美丽永远无法完全掩盖邪恶建议。随后,他升职了,约翰尼被卷入一位神秘作者的生活,他的书似乎可以应验一切真相,彼得的生活变得更奇怪,远远超过了他的想象:不明飞行物,邪恶的公司,改变时间的药物,地下阴谋……而且这只是他遇到一个能说会道的萨斯科奇人的开始。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况:“雅各•巴哈拉赫头脑中想象的发生在匹兹堡的奇怪事件,都写在了处女作《世界的弯曲》:常规X档案,玛雅启示的暗示,不明飞行物,狂欢仪式的传言,以及“心理时空扭曲”给繁华的夜生活添加了额外的活力。极具个人风格的喜剧,顺溜的俏皮话,面无表情的表达,以及跟着自己独特节拍走,《世界的弯曲》抓住了我们共和国的微观画像,这让我作为一个美国人感到骄傲和惭愧,但最重要的是作为雅各•巴哈拉赫的读者而万分开心——该死的,他太犀利了。”——詹姆斯•沃尔科特,《勒星和临界质量》的作者
“一本大胆滑稽的,在这个新的,不可思议的世纪中,对美国恰当的超现实讽刺,以及刻画了新一代初出茅庐的成年人的辉煌肖像。《弯曲的世界》将会和25年前查本的《匹兹堡的奥秘》的读者们对话。”——丹•尚镇,《保持清醒,静待回击》的作者
“雅各•巴哈拉赫有一个伟大的喜剧天赋—— 精明,面无表情和肮脏——恐怕没有任何怪事是《世界的弯曲》想不到的。这会让匹兹堡人感到骄傲。”—— 山姆,《问》的作者
About the Author/作者介绍: 雅各•巴哈拉赫是匹兹堡文化信托的艺术管理者以及奔杜姆中心的演艺经理。他拥有英语学士学位,以及欧柏林大学的创意写作学位。他住在匹兹堡。Jacob Bacharach is an arts administrator at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and manager of the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts. He has a BA in English and creative writing from Oberlin College. He lives in Pittsburgh.
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