Salvage the Bones: A Novel

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jesmyn Ward 著
• 出版社 Bloomsbury Publishing
• 出版时间 2012-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781608196265
• 定价 126.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Winnerofthe2011NationalBookAwardAhurricaneisbuildingovertheGulfofMexico,threateningthecoastaltownofBoisSauvage,Mississippi,andEsch'sfatherisgrowingconcerned.Aharddrinker,largelyabsent,hedoesn'tshowconcernformuchelse.Eschandherthreebrothersarestockingfood,butthereisn'tmuchtosave.Lately,Eschcan'tkeepdownwhatfoodshegets;she'sfourteenandpregnant.HerbrotherSkeetahissneakingscrapsforhisprizedpitbull'snewlitter,dyingonebyoneinthedirt.Meanwhile,brothersRandallandJuniortrytostaketheirclaiminafamilylongonchild'splayandshortonparenting.Asthetwelvedaysthatmakeupthenovel'sframeworkyieldtotheirdramaticconclusion,thisunforgettablefamily-motherlesschildrensacrificingforoneanotherastheycan,protectingandnurturingwhereloveisscarce-pullsitselfuptofaceanotherday.Abig-heartednovelaboutfamilialloveandcommunityagainstallodds,andawrenchinglookatthelonesome,brutal,andrestrictiverealitiesofruralpoverty,SalvagetheBonesismuscledwithpoetry,revelatory,andreal.

【作者简介】

JesmynWardgrewupinDeLisle,Mississippi.ShereceivedherMFAfromtheUniversityofMichigan,whereshewonfiveHopwoodawardsforessays,drama,andfiction.AStegnerFellowatStanford,from2008-2010,shehasbeennamedthe2010-11GrishamWriter-in-ResidenceattheUniversityofMississippi.Herdebutnovel,WheretheLineBleeds,wasanEssenceMagazineBookClubselection,aBlackCaucusoftheALAHonorAwardrecipient,andafinalistforboththeVCUCabellFirstNovelistAwardandtheHurston-WrightLegacyAward.