THE EVENING CHORUS
Book ID/图书代码： 00200014B69311
English Summary/英文概要： Shot down on his first mission, James is taken to a German POW camp. To bide the time, he studies a family of birds. Some prisoners have been taken out of the camp and shot; some plot escape. And then, one day, the Kommandant invites him for a drive.
With James away, his young war bride Rose is free in a way she has never known — working as an air raid warden, roaming the countryside with only her dog as company. Until a furloughed soldier brings new choices.
And then James’s sister, Enid, is bombed out of London. She loses her home and her lover in one tragic, impersonal act of war. Her only refuge is her brother’s — Rose’s — home. Each is protective of her secrets, but the two form a surprising friendship.
Each of these characters will find liberty amid war’s privations and discover confinements that come with peace. From a writer of “delicate and incandescent” (San Francisco Chronicle) prose, The Evening Chorus offers a beautiful, spare examination of the natural world and the human heart.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 詹姆斯在第一次的任务中被击落后，被送进了德国战俘集中营。为了等候时机，他研究一窝鸟。一些战俘被带出集中营枪击，一些战俘密谋出逃。之后，某一天，司令官邀请他去开车兜风。
詹姆斯走后，他年轻的战时新娘玫瑰得到自由，成为了以前从未了解过的空袭监狱长。她漫步闲逛在乡村里，仅仅有一只狗陪伴着她，直到她遇到了一名退伍军人。
詹姆斯的妹妹依妮德，因轰炸而逃出伦敦。在一场悲惨的、残酷的战争中，她失去了她的家和她的爱人。她唯一的庇护就是他弟弟的家，也就是玫瑰的家。每个人都保护着她的秘密，两个人形成了一种不可思议的友谊。
每个人物都会在战争的苦难中找到自由和解放，发现和平带来的限制。一名被评价为“敏锐并灿烂”（旧金山历代记）的作家在散文中写到，《夜晚合唱》这本书为自然界与人类的内心提供了一次完美而又简单的审查。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：她如此的权威，以至于会让人感到几乎在听一个目击证人的描述。汉弗莱相当的擅长描写活泼的对话以及夸张的描述。（纽约时报）
‘She is so authoritative that it’s hard not to feel one is reading an eyewitness account. Humphrey’s writing is equally capable of sparkling dialogue and lyrical description.’ New York Times
"THE EVENING CHORUS serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live - and relish - the tiny pleasures of another day. With her trademark prose - exquisitely limpid - Humphreys convinces us of the birdlike strength of the powerless." --Emma Donoghue
“A poised, lyrical novel about the griefs of war, written with poetic intensity of observation” – Helen Dunmore
About the Author/作者介绍： 海伦•汉弗莱的许多小说曾被选为“纽约时报年度著名书籍”。在其他奖项中，她的小说获得了 ，而且曾经出现在国际IMPAC都柏林文学奖的初选名单上。她写了四本诗歌集，六本小说和两套散文集。
Helen Humphreys’ novels include several New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Among other awards, she has received the Lambda Prize for fiction and was longlisted for the Dublin Impac. She has written four books of poetry, six novels, and two works of creative non-fiction.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK: Serpent’s Tail (Rebecca Gray)
US: Houghton Harcourt (Jenna Johnson)
Canada: Harper Collins (Jane Warren)
Italy: Playground
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