THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO
Book ID/图书代码： 04320214B76351
English Summary/英文概要： When professor Joe Chayefski’s neuroscience lab in Baltimore is attacked by animal rights activists, he doesn’t connect the dots at first. But when he receives a phone call from Alina, his Finnish ex-wife, he begins to gradually realize that the threats on his career and new family are connected to Samuel, the son he left behind in Finland two decades ago. Joe soon learns that his son’s life has gone badly astray, and that Samuel has devoted himself to extreme animal rights activism. Samuel is now somewhere in the United States, but neither Alina nor the authorities know his exact location. Joe realizes that he has to take action to protect his wife and two daughters from his estranged son, by any means necessary.
With Joe, Alina, and Samuel intensely struggling to understand an increasingly confusing world, They Know Not What They Do offers readers piercing psychological insight and a dystopian satire of a world in which nothing is private and everything is for sale.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当住在美国巴尔的摩市神经科学实验室的教授Joe Chayefski 遭到动物权利保护人士的袭击时，起初并不以为然。但当他接到了芬兰的前妻，Alina打来的电话，他开始逐渐意识到自己的职业生涯和新家所即将面临的威胁，原来都与他二十年前留在芬兰的儿子 Samuel 有关。Joe很快就了解到儿子的人生已严重误入歧途，Samuel 已经完全陷入到动物维权极端行动中。Samuel现在来到了美国，但Alina和当局都不知道他确切的位置。Joe意识到他必须采取行动，以避免这个和自己关系疏离的儿子，伤害到他现任妻子和两个女儿。而随之而来的是Joe、Alina和 Samuel 三人在日益混乱的世界中更为激烈的互相互之间的倾轧，《他们无所适从》向读者展现了对心理层面上洞悉，以及对在一个反乌托邦的世界里，任意一切均可待售的一种讽刺。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：author Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do (He eivät tiedä mitä tekevät, Tammi, September 2014) has won the Finlandia Prize. Worth 30,000 euros, the Finlandia Prize is the country’s highest-profile literary honour.
Since its publication in fall 2014 the book has impressively sold more than 100,000 copies!
“Valtonen engages in a necessary conversation about a world in which even authenticity is made into a commodity….the book believes in the idea that a human is, underneath all of his or her roles, a vulnerable creature with needs – that a person’s hope is in another human and not a machine.”– Savon Sanomat newspaper, Finland
“A comprehensive picture of our time and a diagnosis of what is ailing this brave new world.”– Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, Finland
“They Know Not What They Do is a novel that is strongly rooted in our time and its phenomena; its partially dystopic techno world may be closer than we can imagine.”
- Kirjavinkit literature blog, Finland
“Contemporary literature simply doesn’t get better than this. A stunning work.”
- Jukka Petäjä, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, “Critics’ Favourites 2014″
“Jonathan Franzen is one of Jussi’s favourite authors, and it shows here – in the best way.”
– Editor Hannu Harju, Tammi
About the Author/作者介绍： 生于1974年的Jussi Valtonen，是一位来自赫尔辛基的作家和心理学家。曾在美国和英国研究过神经心理学和编剧。他之前出版过两部小说和短篇故事集。Jussi Valtonen (b. 1974) is an author and psychologist from Helsinki. He has studied neuropsychology in the United States and screenwriting in the UK. His previous works include two novels and a short story collection. His novel, Carried by Wings (Siipien kantamat, Tammi 2007) was given second place in Bonnier’s novel competition, and received a warm reception from both critics and bloggers.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：OPTIONED
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
FINLAND, Tammi (Original publisher)
CZECH REPUBLIC, Leda
FRANCE, Fayard
GERMANY, Piper Verlag
HUNGARY, Cser Publishing
LITHUANIA, Alma Littera
NETHERLANDS, Signatuur/A.W. Bruna
POLAND, Foksal
VIETNAM, Chibooks
WORLD ENGLISH, Oneworld
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