BBC推荐：6月必读书单

5. Julia Fierro, The Gypsy Moth Summer
《舞毒蛾入侵的夏天》茱莉亚•菲耶罗

In June 1992, gypsy moths invaded Avalon Island, caterpillars stripping trees, covering houses and pavements, and raining down upon the residents. This is the summer, writes Fierro in her luminous second novel, when Leslie Day Marshall, "golden-haired prodigal daughter, returns with her black husband and brown children to claim her seat as First Lady." Leslie's son Brooks falls in love with Avalon's Maddie, the daughter of a wealthy mother and a working-class father. Their Romeo and Juliet story plays out as Grudder Aviation, the island's major employer, is blamed for a cluster of insidious cancers and for dozens of women, including Leslie, suffering repeated miscarriages. Fierro laces her lyrical tale of revenge and rebellion with gritty details, mythic settings and a nuanced sense of how class and racial divisions shape us. (Credit: St. Martins)
这部精彩的小说是菲耶罗的第二部小说。1992年6月，舞毒蛾入侵阿瓦隆岛，这种蛾虫吃光树木，覆盖在房子和人行道上，如雨点一般掉落在居民身上。菲耶罗写道，就在这个夏天，“叛逆的金发女儿莱斯利•玛西尔带着她的黑人丈夫，棕色皮肤的小孩们回来了，坐上第一夫人的位子。”莱斯利的儿子布鲁克斯爱上了岛上的姑娘麦蒂，她的妈妈是个富人，而爸爸是工薪阶级。阿瓦隆岛上的一群人在不知不觉中患上癌症，几十名女性经历多次流产，其中包括莱斯利，岛上的用工大户格路德飞机制造公司被指为罪魁祸首。菲耶罗通过栩栩如生的细节、神秘的背景设定以及对阶级种族分化如何塑造人类的细微刻画，书写了一部充满感情的复仇和反抗的故事。（来源：圣马丁斯出版社）