NO STOPPING TRAIN: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12312514B74694
English Summary/英文概要： The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt following World War II that spread quickly across the destabilizing country. A new government pledged to re-establish free elections until a large Soviet force invaded, killing more than 2500 Hungarians and forcing 200,000 Hungarians to flee the country. Mass arrests and denunciations continued for months until a new Soviet-installed government suppressed all opposition. Public discussion of this revolution was suppressed in Hungary for more than thirty years.
Although the revolution failed, it served as a source of great inspiration to many Hungarians, and here Les Plesko taps into his country’s history as the dramatic backdrop to his most accomplished and powerful novel. Sandor and Margit are young lovers suffering with their nation through the degradations of war, hunger, and political oppression in Budapest. Into their lives comes the mercurial Erzsebet – ravaged, war-torn, alluring. Their eventual love triangle upends an already tenuous existence and threatens what little safety they have found in a nation on the brink of revolution. When Sandor’s activities as an underground publisher are exposed in a vicious act of betrayal, the lives of each of our characters will never be the same.
No Stopping Train is a stylistic tour de force and the final work of Les Plesko. Think, as a comparison, Peter Nadas’ A Book of Memories.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1956年匈牙利十月事件是二战后一起自发性全国叛乱，很快的蔓延到整个动荡的国家。一个新的政府保证建立一个自由选举，直到一大波苏联军队入侵，致使2500匈牙利人死亡，迫使20万匈牙利人逃离国土。大批的反抗和谴责持续了数月，直到新的苏维埃扶持政府镇压下所有的叛军。对于匈牙利此次革命的舆论也被封禁长达30年
尽管革命失败，但对于许多匈牙利人这却是强大的鼓舞之源，莱斯•普莱斯科研究了国家的历史，以此为背景创作了他最高明而有影响力的小说。桑德尔和玛吉特是一对年轻的恋人，正遭受着国家战祸，饥荒，和布达佩斯政治高压。一位活泼的姑娘伊丽莎白走进了他们的生活，她憔悴，饱受战争的蹂躏却又那样的诱人。这样三角恋颠覆了本就已经摇摇欲坠的现实，也威胁着他们偏安国家革命一隅的安全感。在一次恶毒的背叛中，桑德尔作为地下编辑的活动暴露了，那之后每个人物的生活都再也无法回到从前。
本书是篇有风格的杰作也是莱斯•普莱斯科的收山之作。堪比彼得•纳德斯的《记忆之书》（A Book of Memories）(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：《藏书楼杂志》：普莱斯科被期待已久的小说是他对自己祖国历史伟大的思考，是人性的畅想。真正的文学小说读者会很高兴的。
“写作对他来说是灵魂的活动，是记忆的活动，是呐喊与梦想的活动。一位绅士，他付出了如此多——他的时间，他的友谊，激情，智慧和独到的幽默。他的存在提醒着我们要珍惜深度和真实。——詹妮特•芬奇
Library Journal: "Plesko’s long-awaited novel is a powerful meditation on his own country’s history and the expansiveness of humanity...serious readers of literary fiction will rejoice."
"Writing for him was an activity of soul, of memory, of sound and dreaming. A gentle man, he gave so much — his time, his friendship, passion, subtle intelligence, a wacky humor. His presence reminded us to treasure the deep and the true." - Janet Fitch
The full Library Journal review – STARRED – just came in today for Plesko. It will go live on November 1. They call it "a masterwork in in language and imagery." .
About the Author/作者介绍： 莱斯•普莱斯科（1954-2013），处女作为《邦戈最后的日落》（The Last Bongo Sunset）（西蒙舒斯特出版公司 1995）被翻译为荷兰语和德育。他其他的小说还有《我是谁》（Who I Was）、《迟钝的谎言侦探》（Slow Lie Detector），他的小说发表在《象鼻虫》、《皮尔努瓦尔》、《哥伦比亚评论》和《纽约客》上。他在加州大学洛杉矶分校从教近20年，是该校创新写作杰出教师奖的得主。他去世的时候，整个洛杉矶作协为之伤悲。如果你搜索普莱斯科你会发现关于他的赞颂，影像，回忆录，甚至有普莱斯科研究网。他即是一位良师，也是一位益友。Les Plesko (1954-2013) is the author of the critically-acclaimed debut novel The Last Bongo Sunset (Simon & Schuster 1995) which was translated into Dutch and German. His other novels include Who I Was and Slow Lie Detector and his stories have appeared in Zyzzyva, Pear Noir!, Columbia Review and The Newer York. He taught for close to twenty years at UCLA, and was the recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. When he died, the whole LA writer community was in tears. If you google Plesko you’ll find tributes, images, memorials, even a site for Pleskoisms. He was quite the mentor and teacher.
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