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Where There Was Fire

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內容簡介 資本主義下的瘡痍，哥國家族三代傷痕記憶酷兒詩人阿里亞斯的首部小說，深刻批判美國農業在哥斯大黎加的過度開發，也描寫屢遭失親創傷的家庭如何掙扎與重新凝聚。1968年，美國水果公司在哥斯大黎加最賺錢的香蕉園發生大火。萊拉和卡門的父親在她們面前殺害外婆後失蹤，崩潰的母親則拋下她們移居美國。1995年，卡門早已自殺身亡，撫養10歲外甥的萊拉仍未放棄找出大火那一晚的真相。Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company’s most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverde’s family is changed for ever.Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are still picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, is unable to reconcile the past. What unfolds is a story of a mother and daughter trying to forgive what they do not yet understand, and the mystery at the heart of one family’s rupture, steeped in machismo, jealousy and greed.Where There Was Fire brims with ancestral spirits, omens and the forces of nature. John Manuel Arias’s extraordinary debut novel weaves a brilliant tapestry of love – lost and found again – and, ultimately, redemption.

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各界推薦 "A striking debut rich in secrets and sadness." ―Kirkus"John Manuel Arias weaves an ambitious story that exposes the costs of corporate greed while revealing the power of personal agency and the enduring bonds of family. This is a book you’ll want to read again and again." ―Cleyvis Natera, author of Neruda on the Park“This novel showcases its author’s lyrical gifts and deep, personal knowledge of Costa Rican history and agribusiness. In scintillating prose, John Manuel Arias, who is also a poet, tells the story of a family rent apart by the ruthless banana industry and a deadly fire that impacts multiple generations.” ―The San Francisco Chronicle"A haunting, operatic saga of family, history and place. Where There Was Fire beautifully braids love, lust, magic and the destructive power of man to wondrous and, at times, heartbreaking effect. Arias has created an utterly original, unforgettable tale of family that will sear a place in the reader's soul.” ―Xochitl Gonzalez, bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming

作者介紹

作者介紹 John Manuel AriasJohn Manuel Arias is a queer, Costa Rican American poet and writer. He is a Canto Mundo fellow & alumnus of the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop. His prose and poetry have been published in PANK, The Rumpus, F(r)iction, Joyland Magazine, and Akashic Books. He has lived in Washington D.C., Brooklyn New York, and in San José, Costa Rica with his grandmother and four ghosts. Where There Was Fire is his first novel.

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最佳賣點 : 刻寫家族記憶與當代議題，繼承南美洲文學優秀的魔幻寫實傳統，令人驚艷的出道作！