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　　分類: 图书,进口原版,Literature & Fiction（文学与虚构类）,Genre Fiction（类型小说）,
　　品牌: Melissa Bank

基本信息出版社:Penguin Books (2006年5月30日)平装:324页正文语种:英语ISBN:0143037218条形码:9780143037217商品尺寸:19.7 x 13.2 x 1.6 cm商品重量:227 g品牌:Penguin (Non-Classics)ASIN:0143037218商品描述内容简介Melissa Bankas debut, "The Girlsa Guide to Hunting and Fishing," was a literary landmark and a runaway bestseller. Now, in "The Wonder Spot," she reminds us why she has been compared to John Cheever and Raymond Carver. Shaped by Bankas trademark blend of emotional depth and wry humor, "The Wonder Spot" traces the coming-of-age of Sophie, black sheep of the Applebaum family of Surrey, Pennsylvania. As we follow her from the sweet bewildering moments of adolescence through the rigors of life and love in New York City, we are treated to a profoundly intelligent, page-turning triumph that confirms Melissa Bankas reputation as a singular talent.编辑推荐Six years after her amazingly successful debut,The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Melissa Bank rewards her fans for their patience withThe Wonder Spot, a refreshingly honest interpretation of one young woman's journey into adulthood. As we follow heroine Sophie Applebaum through a comfortable, yet awkward childhood in suburban Pennsylvania to the challenges of finding love and a career in midtown Manhattan,The Wonder Spotis never guilty of the self-indulgent traps set by other members of the Chick Lit genre Bank helped launch.We first meet the Applebaum clan on their way to cousin Rebecca's bat mitzvah in Chappaqua, New York, where Sophie ends up sneaking cigarettes in the woods with a handsome eighth grader one year her senior. Yet even this minor rebellion is more charming than anything else; as with most of her future transgressions, Sophie is less the instigator than the innocent witness. Defining moments in Sophie's life are revealed through her relationships: an almost mythical college roommate named Venice; her charismatic yet capricious older brother; her brilliant younger brother; her unpenetrable father; and her hilarious grandmother, who takes it upon herself to save her "Sophila" from "impending spinsterhood." Of course no real journey into young womanhood is complete without a series of committment phobic, potentially deliquent, overly nice men whose appearances seem less about love than about demonstrating our heroine's inability to ever truly be comfortable with herself. As Sophie observes during a seventh grade skating party, "I felt sure that everyone was looking at me and then realized that no one was, and i experienced the distinct shame of each."Undeniably clever, occasionally hilarious, and often poignant,The Wonder Spotis captivating enough for readers to forgive Sophie's indecisive, self-destructive tendancies and simply bask in her sincerity.--Gisele TouegWonder Woman: An Amazon.com Interview with Melissa Bank

Melissa Bank's bestselling 1999 debut,The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, took readers by storm and heralded the wave of Chick Lit to follow in its wake. Bank is back with her new book,The Wonder Spot, a series of interconnected stories chronicling the bittersweet misadventures of middle-child Sophie Applebaum, from adolescence to adulthood. Amazon.com senior editor Brad Thomas Parsons exchanged e-mail with Bank totalk aboutwriter's block, Curtis Sittenfeld's very public take-down in the SundayTimes, and the dreaded "c" word--Chick Lit.

Read our Amazon.com interview with Melissa Bank

Wonder Woman: An Amazon.com Interview with Melissa Bank

 

 

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