SAINT MONKEY: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 02330014B71429

English Summary/英文概要： A stunning debut novel of two girls raised in hardship, separated by fortune, and reunited through tragedy.

Fourteen-year-old Audrey Martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she’ll never get out of Kentucky—but when her fingers touch the piano keys, the whole church trembles. Her best friend, Caroline, daydreams about Hollywood stardom, but both girls feel destined to languish in a slow-moving stopover town in Montgomery County.

That is, until chance intervenes and a booking agent offers Audrey a ticket to join the booming jazz scene in Harlem—an offer she can’t resist, not even for Caroline. And in New York City the music never stops. Audrey flirts with love and takes the stage at the Apollo, with its fast-dancing crowds and blinding lights. But fortunes can turn fast in the city—young talent means tough competition, and for Audrey failure is always one step away. Meanwhile, Caroline sinks into the quiet anguish of a Black woman in a backwards country, where her ambitions and desires only slip further out of reach.

Jacinda Townsend’s remarkable first novel is a coming-of-age story made at once gripping and poignant by the wild energy of the Jazz Era and the stark realities of segregation. Marrying musical prose with lyric vernacular, Saint Monkey delivers a stirring portrait of American storytelling and marks the appearance of an auspicious new voice in literary fiction.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《圣猴》讲述了两个在艰难环境中成长的女孩的故事，她们因命运而分开，却又因悲剧而重聚。14岁的奥黛丽•马丁整天戴着副波因德克斯特眼镜,戴着大大的耳机听着福音音乐。奥黛丽知道她这辈子可能都无法离开肯塔基州。但是当她的手指触碰到钢琴琴键的时候，整个教堂都为之颤抖。奥黛丽最好的伙伴卡罗莱总做着好莱坞明星梦，但这两个女孩都意识到她们已经注定要在蒙哥马利县中慢慢地老去，永无出头之日。

但有一天，这个现状被打破了。奥黛丽收到一家经纪公司的邀请信，请她去参加哈林的一场爵士乐演唱会。奥黛丽无法拒绝这个邀请，就算是为了卡罗莱也不行。在纽约，音乐永远都不会落幕，奥黛丽被赞美之词包围，登上了广大的舞台，跳动的人群，炫目的灯光让奥黛丽应接不暇。

但在纽约，风水总是轮流转的，年少成名也意味着巨大的竞争，奥黛丽总觉得失败离自己或许只有一步之遥。与此同时，作为一个落后国家的黑人女孩，卡罗莱陷入了越来越深的绝望中，她的理想和欲望也随之消失殆尽。

《圣猴》是乔瑟达•汤森的处女作，却具有划时代的意义，深刻描绘了爵士时代的狂野能量和种族隔离的真实状况。抒情的文字基调下，《圣猴》标志着美国文学小说的一个全新声音。(XAT)

Awards/获奖情况：《圣猴》入围了2014弗拉哈迪小说奖

“这部小说立意深刻，语言柔软。汤森的文字会让人想起托妮•莫里森的音乐，随着《圣猴》的情节深入，我们像是来到了阿巴拉契亚的中心地带。”——《在加德满都逮捕上帝》

“《圣猴》是小说中的奇迹。乔瑟达•汤森带着读者穿梭到了上世纪50年代的肯塔基州。两个年轻的女孩，奥黛丽和卡罗莱在这个世界中为自己谋求一篇生存之地。她们的旅程会深深地吸引你。”——洛葛仙妮•格，《海地》作者

“这部小说非常有见地，颇有悬疑，也深刻反映了现实的残酷和无奈，让读者也领略了自然与艺术超脱的美。”——多南•希曼，《书目》

“非常令人印象深刻。”——卡梅拉•丘美露，《纽约时代报》

“《圣猴》带我们来到了哪个爵士乐泛滥的时代后台，让我们了解了美国当时的音乐和种族隔离现象。”——乔纳森•奥戴尔，《明星论坛报》

“非常生动。”——卡西亚•霍普金斯，《新闻公告》

“《圣猴》触发了我所有的想象力，抓住了我的思绪。”——哈辛塔•霍华德

“一部令人无法拒绝的小说。”——《费城论坛报》

Announcing the Long List for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize-Church/Townsend

“A novel of immense depth and tenderness. Townsend’s prose recalls the music of Toni Morrison, and Saint Monkey takes us on a soulful and deeply satisfying journey into the heart of Appalachia, and beyond.” (Samrat Upadhyay, author of Arresting God in Kathmandu)

“Saint Monkey is an absolute marvel of a book. Jacinda Townsend is dazzling as she transports the reader to a different time and place—the 1950s, rural Kentucky, and Harlem at the height of the jazz era. Two young girls, Audrey and Caroline, fight for a place in the world and, though their paths at times diverge, their journeys and this writer will utterly captivate you.” (Roxanne Gay, author of Ayiti)

“This is a breathtakingly insightful, suspenseful, and gorgeously realized novel of cruelty and sorrow, anger and forgiveness, improvisation and survival, and the transcendent beauty of nature and art.” (Donna Seaman - Booklist, Starred Review)

“Impressive.” (Carmela Ciuraru - New York Times)

“Takes us backstage at the Apollo and into the smoky, late-night clubs where the art of jazz is fashioned before our eyes… The reader is buffeted by the transformative waves of race and music in America.” (Jonathan Odell - Star Tribune)

“Vivid.” (Kasia Hopkins - News Gazette)

“Captures the imagination and the heart.” (Jacinta Howard - Upscale Magazine)

“[A] novel to curl up with… Irresistible.” (Philadelphia Tribune)

About the Author/作者介绍： 乔瑟达•汤森就读于哈佛大学和杜克大学法学院，之后他又获得了爱荷华作家协会硕士学位。乔瑟达现居于印第安纳州，布卢明顿，并在印第安纳大学教授创意写作课程。《圣猴》是她的第一部小说。

Jacinda Townsend studied at Harvard University and Duke University Law School before receiving her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and teaches creative writing at Indiana University. Saint Monkey is her first novel.

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