凯伦·乔伊·福勒的小说《布斯家族》入围了布克奖长名单！

The 2022 Booker Longlist judges: “What shapes us? And who gets to choose the stories we tell about our place in the world? With an eagle eye and a bone-dry wit, Fowler introduces the Booths, a 19th-century family forged by theatrical ambition and agonising grief within a household steeped in the racism and myth-making of the disunited States. As the novel unfolds, we know - and they don’t - that one day the ninth child, John Wilkes, will step forward with a gun in his hand to bring the narratives of dynasty and country decisively together.”

除此之外，该作品还进入了多个榜单！
Most Anticipated Books 2022
Kirkus Reviews • Entertainment Weekly •Virginia Living • Veranda • The Millions • Medium • CNN
One of New York Post’s Best Books of the Month

接下来为大家分享一些该作品的媒体评论，其中有一些是星级评论！

Shelf Awareness (starred review): “One could write an old-fashioned horror novel, but an even better way to terrify modern readers is to show them the parallels between a gut-wrenching period of American history and today, as Karen Joy Fowler does in Booth.”

Kirkus Reviews (starred review): "The historical context [Fowler] offers is of a pre–Civil War America of deep moral divides, political differences tearing close families apart, populism and fanaticism run amok. The similarities to today are riveting and chilling."

Publishers Weekly (starred review): "Razor-sharp…Fowler sets the stage in remarkable prose….The nuanced plot is both historically rigorous and richly imagined. This is a winner."

BookPage (starred review): “Like the very best historical novels, Booth is a literary feast, offering much more than a riveting story and richly drawn characters. It offers a wealth of commentary about not only our past but also where we are today, and where we may be headed.”

San Francisco Chronicle: “Masterful…Fowler’s excavation of this material is astonishing in its breadth and specificity, treating events of historical record with the same detail and care as secret bedtime talks and plays staged in treetops.”

Christian Science Monitor: “Solid research mixed with empathetic imagination enriches Booth.” 

Entertainment Weekly: “She weaves an intimate, engaging portrait of a tribe whose aims and alliances were always shifting, buffeted by tragedy (several beloved siblings died young) and fickle fortunes.”

Washington Post: “[E]xquisite… The actors have long left the stage, Fowler notes, but the ghosts remain, still haunting us today.”

USA Today: “Booth doesn’t hold anyone in judgment; like all the best literature, it seeks to better understand the human heart in all its flawed complexity. It’s a haunting book, not just for all its literal ghosts, but for its suggestion that those ghosts still have not been exorcised from this country.”

People Magazine: "Slow-burning and rich, it illuminates America's core contradictions."

Booklist: “Fowler presents an omniscient, bird’s-eye view of these lives, along with a nod to what could be apocryphal. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a nineteenth-century family living through the U.S.’ most turbulent era.”

Historical Novels Review: "Booth is a sad, astonishing, and beautifully written look at a complicated, secretive family that failed to save one of their own from himself. Highly recommended."

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