THE REMEDY FOR LOVE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 00342514B71474
English Summary/英文概要： They’re calling it the “Storm of the Century,” so Eric stops at the market for provisions on his way home from work. But when the unkempt and seemingly unstable young woman in front of him in line comes up short on cash, a kind of old-school charity takes hold of his heart—twenty bucks and a ride home is the least he can do, right? Trouble is, Danielle doesn’t really have a home. She’s squatting in a cabin deep in the woods, no electricity, no heat, nothing but the nearby river to sustain her. She’ll need food, water, firewood, and that’s just to get her through the storm: there’s a whole Maine winter ahead.
So he gets her set up, departs with relief, climbs to the road, but his car has been towed with his phone inside, and the snow is coming down with historic speed and violence. There’s no choice but to return to the cabin. Danielle is terrified, then merely hostile—who is this guy with his big idea that it’s she who needs rescuing? As the snow keeps mounting, they’re forced to ride out the storm together. For better and for worse.
The Remedy for Love is a harrowing story about the truths we reveal when there is no time or space for artifice.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “世纪大风暴”就要来了，艾瑞克在下班途中去市场采购些补给品。他在市场里遇到了蓬头垢面，看上去情绪还不太稳定的丹妮尔，她排在队伍的前列，在采购的时候显得拮据无助。艾瑞克忽然发了善心，给她20元钱，把她送回家是力所能及的事情吧。但问题来了，丹妮尔并没有一个真正的家。她住在树林深处的小木屋中，那里没有电，没有暖气，丹妮尔似乎只能从一旁的小河中获得补给。她需要大量的食物、水源和木材度过暴风雪，但是缅因州漫长的冬季近在咫尺了。
艾瑞克帮助丹妮尔安顿了一下，等他好不容易爬到公路上的时候却发现自己的车被拖走了，电话也还在里面，暴风雪已经猛烈地刮过来了。艾瑞克没有办法，只好回到了丹妮尔的小木屋中。丹妮尔被暴风雪吓坏了，此外，她还对艾瑞克表现出极大的敌意——这家伙是谁？凭什么觉得我需要救助？！暴风雪越来越猛烈，两个陌生人只能被迫共同等待风雪过去。
《爱的赔偿》是个悲伤的故事，当我们没有时间和空间隐藏的时候，我们就会发现真相。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“华丽的成人爱情故事......文字优美却隐隐地给人以不安感，真是一部绝望的诗篇。”——柯克斯评论
比尔•洛尔巴赫的《爱的赔偿》刚刚与希莉•哈斯特维特，莉莉•金，迪奈•门格斯图，布莱尔•莫顿和萨拉•沃特一起入围了柯克斯奖。
以下是对柯克斯奖的描述，大奖将于10月23日颁奖：
柯克斯大奖介绍
柯克斯奖是文坛上奖金最高的奖项之一，奖金数额达到5万美金，每年举办，以鼓励小说，非小说和年轻的作家们。此奖项的成立也是为了庆祝《柯克斯评论》81年来对出版界和读者的贡献。在2013年11月1日到2014年10月31日出版，并获得柯克斯评星的书籍会被自动提名2014柯克斯奖，大奖得主会于2014年10月23日揭晓，评委团由一群德高望重的作家、出版商、图书馆长和柯克斯评论家组成。
“[A] superbly grown-up love story . . . Lyrical, reserved and sometimes unsettling . . . Another expertly delivered portrait of the world from Roorbach (Life Among Giants, 2012, etc.), that poet of hopeless tangles.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A quick pre-Frankfurt note that Bill Roorbach’s novel, THE REMEDY FOR LOVE, was just named a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, alongside Siri Hustvedt, Lily King, Dinaw Mengestu, Brian Morton, and Sarah Water!
Here is their website’s description of the prize, for which the winner will be announced on October 23:
ABOUT THE KIRKUS PRIZE
The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature. It was created to celebrate the 81 years of discerning, thoughtful criticism Kirkus Reviews has contributed to both the publishing industry and readers at large. Books that earned the Kirkus Star with publication dates between November 1, 2013, and October 31, 2014, are automatically nominated for the 2014 Kirkus Prize, and the winners will be selected on October 23, 2014, by an esteemed panel composed of nationally respected writers and highly regarded booksellers, librarians and Kirkus critics.
About the Author/作者介绍： 比尔•罗尔巴赫已经著有9本小说和非小说作品，是奥康纳奖和欧•亨利奖得主，他的作品有《树林深处》、《寺庙风云》、以及最新的《巨人间的生活》。他的作品还被刊登在《哈勃》、《大西洋周刊》、《花花公子》、《纽约时代》、《格兰塔》和其他各类杂志和周刊中。《巨人间的生活》获得了亚马逊2012最佳图书奖和缅因文学小说奖。Bill Roorbach is the author of nine books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Flannery O’Connor Prize and O. Henry Prize winner Big Bend; Into Woods; Temple Stream; and most recently, the bestselling Life Among Giants. The 10th anniversary edition of his craft book, Writing Life Stories, is used in writing programs around the world. His work has been published in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, the New York Times Magazine, Granta, New York, and dozens of other magazines and journals. Life Among Giants was an Editor’s Pick for Amazon’s Best 2012, a Shelf Awareness Top Ten Best Fiction for 2012, and a winner of the Maine Literary Award for Fiction.
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