A Wedding in December 十二月的婚礼 [ 2006-12-27 11:19 ]
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Author: Anita Shreve
List Price: $25.95
Pages: 336
Publisher: Little, Brown and
Company
ISBN: 0316738999
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Bill and Bridget were sweethearts at Maine's Kidd
Academy who rediscovered one another at their 25th reunion. Bridget
was already divorced; Bill left his family; the two have now
gathered their Kidd coterie to witness their hasty wedding—Bridget
has breast cancer—at widow Nora's western Massachusetts inn. The
death of charismatic schoolmate Stephen at a drunken high school
party hovers over the event. Stephen's then-roommate, Harrison, now
a married literary publisher, remains particularly tormented by it,
especially since he had (and still has) romantic feelings for Nora,
who was Stephen's then-girlfriend. Abrasive Wall Street businessman
Jerry, now-out-of-the-closet pianist Rob, single Agnes (who teaches
at Kidd and has a secret of her own) and various children round
things out. Tensions build as the group gets snowed in, and someone
gets drunk enough to say what everyone's been thinking. |
七位高中同学在分离二十七年后,因为一场婚礼而相聚。新郎Bill与新娘Bridge曾是一对情侣,却在毕业后分手,不过Bill在两年前重新向与癌症奋斗的单亲妈妈Bridge求婚。他们决定在婚礼中把高中死党找来重聚。七人中最具领导特质的Stephen已在一次意外中丧生,出席婚礼的成员包括在原高中教历史的Agnes;在纽约经商的Jerry与他太太;钢琴师Rob与他的伙伴;出版商Harrison与新娘的儿子Matt。这次的相聚,Stephen的去世仍深深影响了他们,他们彼此之间也充满了秘密,在这次聚会中渐渐发酵。
About
Author
Anita Shreve is the author
of The Pilot's Wife (1998), Fortune's Rocks (1999), The Last Time
They Met (2001), Sea Glass (2002) . Anita Shreve began writing
fiction while working as a high school teacher. Now she lives in
Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
美国小说家Anita Shreve,曾出版过多部优秀作品,如Sea
Glass,Fortune's Rocks等。现居住在马萨诸塞州。
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