THE PHOTOGRAPHER’ S WIFE
Book ID/图书代码： 02000014B68266
English Summary/英文概要： 1937: in the muted light of a winter morning, Prue Miller opens her door to an unwelcome visitor. Prue has fled her fractured marriage and the vicious undercurrents of London s artistic society to make a home for her son Skip in their rain-soaked Sussex beach chalet. But her encounter with the stranger on her doorstep entangles her in threads that lead back to long-buried secrets and the unforeseen consequences of her childhood actions.
On another morning, years earlier in 1920, eleven-year-old Prudence leaves her room in the Hotel Fast to explore the city her architect father has been charged with redesigning: Jerusalem. A place of winding alleys, narrow stairways and elegant minarets, it is bound by religions and traditions far removed from her English upbringing.
Awkward and lonely nicknamed ’Little Witness ’by the hotel staff - Prue takes to eavesdropping, underneath the tables of tearooms and behind the curtains of the dance-halls of the city’s elite. Around her, British colonials, exiled Armenians and German officials rub shoulders as they line up the pieces in their political game - a game destined to lead to disaster.
And it is in the Hotel Fast that Prue also witnesses the unfolding of a dangerous love affair between a young British pilot William Harrington, and the mesmerising Eleanora, wife of an acclaimed and elusive Jerusalem photographer. Desperate to be part of their glamourous world and unheeded by those who should be keeping her safe, Prue becomes ensnared in an adult world of betrayal and deceit, and in mysteries of national importance that she cannot hope to understand.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1920年的耶路撒冷: 一个满目疮痍的城市，十一岁的普鲁登斯倍感紧张，建筑师父亲雄心勃勃地，执念地计划着，要将英式园林植入沙漠，重新设计圣城。普鲁登斯以‘小证人’而闻名，她会在茶室桌子下面偷听，在歌舞厅的幕帘后面，静悄悄地窥视着这座城市里的名流们，而不被会发现。在她的四周是，英国殖民者，流亡的亚美尼亚人和德国官员，接踵而来只为着一场政治游戏: 一场注定会导致灾难的游戏。
当普鲁登斯的父亲雇佣了一名英国飞行员，威廉姆•哈林顿，拍摄这座城市空中照片时，普鲁登斯不安地意识到他和埃利诺拉，一个著名的耶路撒冷摄影师英国妻子之间擦出的火花。哈林顿知道埃利诺拉的丈夫是一个民族独立主义者，意图清楚英国殖民者, 他之间的火花危险地燃烧着。
几年后，1937 年，普鲁登斯已是一位，和年幼的儿子艺术家在海边，过着隐居生活的艺术家，当哈林顿突至造访，意外地闯入了普鲁登斯原本平静的世界，揭开了多年前耶路撒冷的那段尘封密事。
《摄影师的妻子》是一部关于背叛的震撼故事：父女之间，夫妻之间，国民之间。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：A haunting, original and beautifully written tale (Paul Torday, bestselling author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, on A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar)
Bold and elegant ... An ambitious, accomplished debut (Daily Mail)
Sprightly, engaging and lovingly written (Guardian)
A delicate yet gutsy spirit of adventure pervades its pages ... Joinson writes with a control and vivacity that fires our own dreams of flight (Emylia Hall, author of The Book of Summers)
Captivating . Vivid descriptions of exotic landscapes combined with those of Prudence’s solitary life in a cabin by the sea give the story an ethereal quality . An engaging read filled with tension and surprises on every page (The Lady)
About the Author/作者介绍： Suzanne Joinson works in the literature department of the British Council, and regularly travels widely across the Middle East, North Africa, China and Europe. In2007 she won the New Writing Ventures Award for Creative Non-Fiction for Laila
Ahmed. She is studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, and lives by the sea on the South Coast of England.
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