STARS GO BLUE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 02330014B67367
English Summary/英文概要： Laura Pritchett is an award-winning author who has quickly become one of the west’s defining literary voices. We first met hardscrabble ranchers Renny and Ben Cross in Laura’s debut collection, and now in Stars Go Blue, they are estranged, elderly spouses living on opposite ends of their sprawling ranch, faced with the particular decline of a fading farm and Ben’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He is just on the cusp of dementia, able to recognize he is sick but unable to do anything about it —the notes he leaves in his pockets and around the house to remind him of himself, his family, and his responsibilities are no longer as helpful as they used to be. Watching his estranged wife forced into care-taking and brought to her breaking point, Ben decides to leave his life with whatever dignity and grace remains.
As Ben makes his decision, a new horrible truth comes to light: Ray, the abusive husband of their late daughter is being released from prison early. This opens old wounds in Ben, his wife, his surviving daughter, and four grandchildren. Branded with a need for justice, Ben must act before his mind leaves him, and sets off during a brutal snowstorm to confront the man who murdered his daughter. Renny, realizing he is missing, sets off to either stop or witness her husband’s act of vengeance.
Stars Go Blue is a triumphant novel of the American family, buffered by the workings of a ranch and the music offered by the landscape and animal life upon it.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 劳拉•普里切特是一位屡获殊荣的作家，迅速成为西方公认的文学声音之一。我们第一次知道贫穷的农场主伦尼和本•克劳斯是在劳拉的处女作中，现在在《星星也忧伤》又重新见面了，他们分局了，住在广阔农场的两端尽头，面临农场衰落和本与阿尔茨海默氏病斗争的困境。他只是处于老年痴呆症的初期，他能意识到自己病了，却不能做任何事情。口袋里的纸条和房子周围的一切提醒着他，他的家庭以及他的能力已经不像以前那样有帮助了。看着他分居的妻子要被迫照顾他，几乎快要爆发了，他决定带着尊严优雅地离去。
当他做完这个决定，一个新的可怕真相曝光了： 雷，这个虐待他们已故女儿的丈夫被提前释放了。这撕开了本，他妻子，幸存的女儿和四个孙子的伤口。带着对正义的强烈需求，在神智清醒前本必须做出行动，在这个谋杀了他女儿的男人被残酷的暴风雪所阻时，本出发了。伦尼发现丈夫失踪了，她要么出发去阻止他要么去见证他的报仇。
《星星也忧伤》是一部关于美国家庭的成功小说，牧场的工作方式，风景以及动物们的生活起到了缓冲作用。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：《地狱之底，科罗拉多》获得了美国笔会奖和马利筋全国小说奖，劳拉•普里切特的新小说的背景依然设置为科罗拉多州的农场家庭， 当杀害他们女儿的凶手提早出狱，父亲陷入了报复的螺旋，尽管遭受着老年痴呆症的痛苦，他还是决定在失去神志前采取行动。
代理：英国，翻译，第一序列
出版社：音频
Winner of PEN USA Award for Fiction and the Milkweed National Fiction Prize for HELL’S BOTTOM, COLORADO, Laura Pritchett’s new novel follows a Colorado ranch family sent into a spiral of revenge when their daughter’s murderer is released from prison just as the patriarch, suffering from Alzheimer’s, pledges to take action before his mind abandons him. AGENT: UK, TRANSLATION, 1ST SERIAL. PUB: AUDIO.
About the Author/作者介绍： 劳拉•普里切特是《地狱之底，科罗拉多州》的作者，这部小说获得了美国笔会奖和马利筋全国小说奖。另一部小说《天桥》获得了威利斯小说奖，并且入围了科罗拉多州图书奖。她的作品被刊登在许多杂志上，包括太阳，猎户座，高国新闻，沙龙，沙漠杂志等。普里切特与她的家人生活在北科罗拉多的山麓。Laura Pritchett is the author of Hell’s Bottom, Colorado, which received the Milkweed National Fiction Prize and a PEN USA Award for Fiction. For Sky Bridge, she received the WILLA Fiction Award and was a Finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines including The Sun, Orion, High Country News, Salon, Desert Journal and others. Pritchett lives with her family in the foothills of northern Colorado.
Format:电子手稿
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