"When I was sixteen, my father went to the moon." Thus begins
this debut novel about the mysterious disappearance of the men from
a working-class suburb of Detroit. They go gradually, one by one,
leaving for parts unknown—though more than one mentions the rocky
orb up above. Michael Smolij''s father is one of the last to vanish;
once he''s gone, Michael''s musician mother plays "Norwegian Wood" on
her violin, then takes two jobs to make ends meet. Michael, like
all the boys in the neighborho
內容簡介：
T he summer Michael Smolij turns seventeen, his father DEAN
BAKOPOULOS, a former book-disappears. One by one other men also
vanish from the seller, was named one of America''s blue-collar
neighborhood outside Detroit where their fathers best new fiction
writers by Virginia before them had lived, raised families, and, in
a more prom-Quarterly in 2004. He lives in Madison, ising era,
worked. One man props open the door to his shoe Wisconsin. store
and leaves a note. "I''m going to the moon," it reads. "I took the
cash." The abandoned wives drink, brawl, and sleep around,
gradually settling down to make new lives and shaking off the
belief in an American dream that, like their husbands, has proven
to be a thing of the past. Unable to leave the neighborhood their
fathers abandoned, Michael and his friends stumble through their
twenties until the restlessness of the fathers blooms in them,
threatening to carry them away. Hailed as "a triumph" by O, The
Oprah Magazine, this haunting, unforgettable debut novel is for
anyone who has ever been left longing.
關於作者：
Dean Bakopoulos is a former bookseller, and has published
fiction is Zoetrope and other journals. In 2004 he was named one of
America''s best new novel writers by Virginia Quarterly. He lives in
Wisconsin.
目錄：
1 please don''t come back from the moon
2 some memories of my father
3 summer, 1992
4 the calming effect of jelly doughnuts
5 a newcomer''s guide to ann arbor
6 the boy with the backward chakra
7 capable of love
8 knights of labor
9 the warning signs and symptoms of depression
10 please don''t come back from the moon reprise
購物車/收銀台(0) | 在線留言板
| 付款方式
| 運費計算
| 聯絡我們
| 幫助中心 |
加入書簽
HOME
新書上架
