THE SUMMER WE FELL APART: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03277014B71686
English Summary/英文概要： A preoccupied playwright father and a cult-actress mother are the stars of the Haas family in Antalek’s well-crafted and cunning debut novel. Set in New York and Los Angeles, and spanning 15 years, the novel is told from the perspective of four siblings close in age and their mother, Marilyn, and plays on the wide-ranging themes of love, loss, abandonment and expectation.
Opening with Amy, the youngest and most free-spirited, we learn of the family’s constant state of tension and tenuousness. George, the second youngest, is sweet and sentimental; eldest sister Kate, a lawyer, is the tough one; and Finn, the second oldest, is an alcoholic. Each sibling’s story is full of painful memories involving their parents’ neglect and disloyalty, but their coming together is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and to the importance of family ties regardless of family history, making this an endearing and easy-to-relate-to dysfunctional family drama.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “一部精美而又可爱的首作… 验证了人类精神的韧性。”—— 《出版人周刊》
《我们分手的那年夏天》是新晋女作家Robin Antalek的一部关于家庭不幸和手足之争的深刻的,有趣,和极富感召力的小说，它标志着当代美国小说界的一个新声音的到来。Antalek的这部具有实验性的作品,记录着人生历程中诸多失意，更甚于Sue Miller和Ann Beattie的回忆录中所描述的有点失衡的Haas家族，这是曾获得众多短篇小说奖项，包括Climmer Train的家庭琐事而获得短篇小说奖，和贝灵汉评论的托拜厄斯沃尔夫小说奖，所呈现的一部精彩家庭故事。
一位曾经才华横溢的剧作家和仍然在奋斗的女演员的孩子们，Haas家的四个孩子在纷纷扰扰中，冷漠和同样充斥着魅力的环境下长大。当他们的父亲不幸离世，这家里的这四个孩子必须在这种相互紧张但却又脆弱的血缘关系下，去牢记尽管经历了这么多年的相互仇恨和伤害，但家毕竟还是家。他们是充满痛苦的凡人，有时这四个兄弟姐妹会有些自私，经常会作出错误的决定，但苦乐参半的人生经历总是会让家人之间充满着欢笑和泪水。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 在转行从事写作之前，Robin Antalek曾做过公关和在酒吧打工，从服务员到管理一家现代舞蹈公司，Robin最终选择了写作这一行。她在奥尔巴尼市纽约州立大学的纽约州作家学院研读写作，并发表了几部文学期刊：期间曾两度入围Climmer Train的家庭琐事竞赛单元，和托拜厄斯沃尔夫短篇小说奖。你还可以在‘精神崩溃’网站上看到Robin每月发表的杂文。Robin Antalek is the author of THE SUMMER WE FELL APART (HarperCollins, 2010) which was chosen as a ‘Target Breakout Book’. Her non-fiction work has been published at The Weeklings, The Nervous Breakdown and collected in THE BEAUTIFUL ANTHOLOGY, WRITING OFF SCRIPT: Writers on the Influence of Cinema, THE WEEKLINGS: Revolution #1 Selected Essays 2012-1013. Her short fiction has appeared in 52 Stories, Five Chapters, Sun Dog, The Southeast Review and Literary Mama among others. http://www.robinantalek.com/
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