副标题: A Novel
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作者:FrancineProse
出版时间:2011-4-26
书籍简介:
An Albanian living surreptitiously in New York City on an expiring tourist visa, twenty-six year old Lula hopes to make a better life for herself in America. When she lands a job as caretaker to Zach, a rebellious high school senior in suburban New Jersey, it seems that the security, comfort, and happiness of the American dream might finally be within reach. Her new boss, Mister Stanley, an idealistic college professor turned Wall Street executive, assumes that Lula is a destitute refugee of Balkan wars. He enlists his childhood friend, Don Settebello, a hotshot lawyer who prides himself on defending political underdogs to straighten out Lula's legal situation. In true American fashion, everyone gets what he wants and feels good about it. Things take a different turn, however, when Lula's Albanian brothers show up in a brand-new black Lexus SUV. Hoodie, Leather Jacket, and the Cute One remind her that all Albanians are family, but what they ask of her is no small favor. Lula's new American life suddenly becomes more complicated, as she struggles to find her footing as a stranger in a strange new land. Is it possible that her new American life is not as different from her old Albanian one as she once imagined? Set in the aftermath of 9/11, "My New American Life" offers a vivid, darkly humorous, bitingly real portrait of a particular moment in history, when a nation's dreams and ideals gave way to a culture of cynicism, lies and fear. Beneath its high comic surface, the novel is a more serious consideration of immigration, of what it was like to live through the Bush-Cheney years, and of what it means to be American.
作者简介:
弗朗西恩•普罗斯，生于1947年，美国知名作家、《纽约时报》畅销书作者、美国笔会前任会长。共著有十六部小说，反映了一系列广泛的题材，受到高度好评，其中《忧郁的天使》入围2000年美国国家图书奖的决选名单，2006年普罗斯又凭借《洗心革面》赢得代顿文学奖。她的短篇小说作品经常刊载于《纽约客》、《大西洋》、《巴黎评论》等期刊，已集结成两本书：《妇幼优先》和《宁静的王国》。普罗斯还是一位多产的散文作家，这些文章散见于《纽约时报杂志》、《哈泼》、《ELLE》、《GQ》、《华尔街日报》和《纽约客》等。普罗斯曾获得各种荣誉无数，包括古根海姆与富布赖特奖学金及国际笔会翻译奖金等，最近还获得著名的华盛顿大学国际人文奖章。目前她居住于纽约市。
