Congratulations to THE BEAR by Andrew Krivak, published by Bellevue Literary Press, winner of the Massachusetts Book Awards!
21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards Announced
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Massachusetts Center for the Book is pleased to announce the Award and Honors titles in the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. The Awards recognize achievement in five categories of literature written by current residents of the Commonwealth and published in 2020.
"The Massachusetts Book Awards is a perennial reminder of the enviable talent of the many writers living and working in the commonwealth," said Sharon Shaloo, Executive Director of Mass Center for the Book. “During yet another extraordinary year, the MassBooks are both timely and resonant."
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The Fiction Award winner is The Bear (Bellevue Literary Press) by Andrew Krivak of Somerville. This fable about seeking harmony with nature by Earth's last human inhabitants - a father and daughter - has lessons of love, loss, family and survival.
Praise for The Bear:
Winner of the 2020 Mountain Book Competition for Fiction & Poetry
A NYPL Best Book of the Year 2020
An August 2020 Library Journal Editors’ Pick
A February 2020 LibraryReads Top 10 Pick
Apple Books “Best Books of February” selection
Audible “Editors Select” pick
One of Buzzfeed's Most Highly Anticipated Books of 2020
One of Library Journal’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020
Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist 2021
Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize 2021
Finalist for the Julia Ward Howe Book Award 2021
A Mass Book Awards WINNER 2021
最新授权:
Querido (Dutch), Editions Globe (French), Epsilon Publishing
(Turkish), Polyandria No Age (Russian), Diederichs (German)
中文书名:《熊》
英文书名:THE BEAR
作 者:Andrew Krivak
出 版 社:Bellevue Literary Press
代理公司:DeFiore /ANA/Lauren Li
页 数:224页
出版时间:2020年2月
代理地区:中国大陆、台湾
审读资料:电子稿
类 型:大众文学
内容简介:
在一个伊甸园式的未来,一个女孩和她的父亲住在一座孤山的山脚下。他们拥有一些文明社会的残存物品:一些书,一块玻璃,一套燧石和钢,以及一把梳子。她的父亲希望她能够和自然和谐地相处,顺利长大成人,因为他们是最后的人类了,为此,他不断教给她各种知识——教女孩如何钓鱼、打猎,还教给了她季节和星星的秘密——让她做好准备。
但是,当女孩发现孤身一人身处一个未知的环境里的时候,能带领她回家的只有一头熊,只要她能学会倾听——他们必须穿过一片广阔的荒野,并经历各种艰难险阻。这是一个关于人类的脆弱、爱与失去的带有警示性的故事,也是对大自然之美令人惊叹的赞颂。
作者简介:
安德鲁·克里瓦克(Andrew Krivak)曾入围国家图书奖(National Book Award)决选名单,并荣获肖陶扩奖(Chautauqua Prize)和戴顿文学和平奖(Dayton Literary Peace Prize)。他的作品有回忆录《漫长的隐居:寻找宗教生活》(A Long Retreat: In Search of a Religious Life),该书介绍了他在耶稣会里八年的生活。他还曾编辑过《威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯写给埃德加·欧文·威廉姆斯的信,1902-1912年》(The Letters of William Carlos Williams to Edgar Irving Williams, 1902–1912),这本书获得了路易斯·L. 马兹奖(Louis L. Martz Prize)。克里瓦克与他的妻子及三个子女生活在马萨诸塞州和新罕布什尔州莫纳达克山山脚下,这里的自然环境激发了《熊》中许多场景的创作灵感。
媒体评价:
“安德鲁·克里瓦克用简洁而可爱的文字,将尘封的过去和遥远的未来折叠成一个非凡的寓言,讲述了人类在精神和动物世界和谐回归的过程中所继承的遗产。这个故事会在很长一段时间里萦绕在你的脑海中,就像冰层下的河流。”
----亚当·约翰森(Adam Johnson),
《孤儿领袖的儿子》(The Orphan Master’s Son)和《幸运的微笑》(Fortune Smiles)的作者
“阅读《熊》这本书,会让你回忆起充满奇迹的童年经历,那些挥之不去的印记,改变了我们对这个世界的理解,把我们塑造成我们现在的样子。这就是克里瓦克出人意料且充满希望的小说所具有的简单而深刻的力量。这本精心构思的书就像一张最好的橡木弓,它既经典永恒,又充满张力,既清晰又温柔,既有原型又非传统,它是一个先知讲述的睡前故事。这本身就是一个奇迹。”
----乔什·韦伊(Josh Weil),
《新山谷》(The New Valley)和《永恒光明的时代》(The Age of Perpetual Light)的作者