THE DOGS OF LITTLEFIELD
Book ID/图书代码： 12844014B68918
English Summary/英文概要： LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014
’Both devastating and funny in its well-chosen detail . . . Highly recommended’ Daily Mail
’As astute in her observations of contemporary culture as she is in capturing the minutiae of longing, disappointment and loss’ Sunday Times
Littlefield, Massachusetts, named one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America, full of psychologists and college professors, is proud of its fine schools, its girls’ soccer teams, its leafy streets and quaint village centre.
Yet no sooner has sociologist Dr Clarice Watkins arrived in Littlefield to study the elements of ’good quality of life’ than someone begins poisoning the town’s dogs. Are the poisonings in protest to an off-leash proposal for Baldwin Park - the subject of much town debate - or the sign of a far deeper disorder?
The Dogs of Littlefield is a wry exploration of the discontent concealed behind the manicured lawns and picket fences of darkest suburbia.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《利特菲尔德的狗》入围了2014年度贝利女性最佳小说奖。
“小说中的细节有些非常有趣，有些则令人心碎，非常推荐。”——《每日邮报》
“苏珊娜•博纳对当代文化有非常精准的把握，能抓住微小之处将渴望，失望和失去刻画得淋漓尽致。”——《星期天日报》
马萨诸塞州的利特菲尔德被提名为全美最适宜居住的十个地方之一，有许多心理学家，大学教授出生于此，还因良好的教育水平，女子足球队，绿树成荫的街道和古朴美丽的村庄闻名。
但是好景不长，社会学家克拉丽斯•沃特金斯博士来到这座城市研究良好生活品质的元素，之后不久，便有人开始下毒杀死村庄里的狗。曾有人提议在伯德温公园里不用给狗牵狗绳，引起了很大的关注。这是对这一提议的抗议吗？或是有什么更大的隐患还未被发现？
修剪整齐的草坪，粉刷干净的围栏，在这祥和一片的村庄中究竟隐藏着什么黑暗的秘密，《利特菲尔德的狗》将一一作出解答。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“博纳的这部作品发挥得淋漓尽致。”——《星期天电报》
“这是部非常棒的作品：清晰，精致，有趣，也很有见解，非常原创。高度推荐。”——《每日邮报》
Berne takes the domestic and turns it into the majestic (Sunday Telegraph)
A very well-written novel: clean, delicate, both devastating and funny in its well-chosen detail . . . it’s insightful, too, with a clearly original mind behind it. Highly recommended (Daily Mail)
About the Author/作者介绍： 苏珊娜•博纳的第一部小说《邻居家的罪案》获得了1999年奥兰治小说奖。她的作品还有《绝妙的安排》、《餐桌上的鬼魂》和《失踪的鲁塞尔》。苏珊娜现与丈夫和两个女儿住在波士顿附近。Suzanne Berne’s first novel, A Crime in the Neighbourhood, won the 1999 Orange Prize. She is also the author of A Perfect Arrangement, The Ghost at the Table and Missing Lucile. Suzanne Berne lives with her husband and two daughters near Boston.
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