大約在30年前,奧普拉·溫弗瑞剛創(chuàng)辦自己的讀書俱樂部,她有時(shí)會(huì)在電話簿中查找書籍作者的電話號(hào)碼(當(dāng)時(shí)電話簿還很常用),然后通過(guò)打電話來(lái)給他們通知消息。
至于她最新選書的作者內(nèi)森·希爾,溫弗瑞則是以現(xiàn)代化的方式向其傳達(dá)消息的:她與希爾的出版商阿爾弗雷德·A·克諾夫出版社(Alfred A. Knopf)約定好,突然出現(xiàn)在一場(chǎng)Zoom會(huì)議里,并告知希爾她選中了希爾的小說(shuō)《健康》(Wellness)——這本600頁(yè)的長(zhǎng)篇小說(shuō)講述了芝加哥一對(duì)陷入困境的夫婦的故事。
在美聯(lián)社(Associated Press)分享的一段視頻中,希爾正在與他在克諾夫出版社的宣傳人員談?wù)搶?duì)將在本周出版的《健康》的預(yù)期和宣傳。一個(gè)新的畫面框突然出現(xiàn),畫面里是拿著希爾小說(shuō)的溫弗瑞。
她說(shuō):“我有個(gè)主意,何不選這本書作為奧普拉讀書俱樂部的推薦選書呢?”
驚訝的希爾答道:“你是在開玩笑吧。”
溫弗瑞告訴他:“這真是一本好書!”并補(bǔ)充道,這本小說(shuō)讓她懷念起自己曾經(jīng)錄制脫口秀的城市芝加哥。“你是我們這個(gè)時(shí)代了不起的作家,你的語(yǔ)言和文字的力量令人驚嘆。這本書非常有震撼力,非常動(dòng)人。”
《健康》是第102本被溫弗瑞選為讀書俱樂部推薦選書的書籍,也是她自今年5月選中亞伯拉罕·韋爾蓋塞的《水之約》(The Covenant of Water)以來(lái)挑中的第一本書。溫弗瑞在9月19日宣布她的選擇時(shí)表示,希爾的書“以現(xiàn)代化的表現(xiàn)方式詮釋了愛情、婚姻和社會(huì)對(duì)改善人們生活的方方面面的執(zhí)著,以及科技和社交媒體對(duì)我們的文化和生活的影響。”
溫弗瑞補(bǔ)充道:“這本精彩的小說(shuō)會(huì)讓你開始思考生活以及我們對(duì)自己和彼此敘說(shuō)的故事的真相。”
《健康》是希爾繼備受贊譽(yù)的處女作《尼克斯》(The Nix,2016年出版)之后的第一部作品。《尼克斯》講述了一個(gè)男人試圖更多地了解久未見面的母親的故事,獲得了《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》圖書獎(jiǎng)(Los Angeles Times Book Prize)的“最佳處女作小說(shuō)大獎(jiǎng)”。
溫弗瑞的讀書俱樂部網(wǎng)上社區(qū)OprahDaily.com將會(huì)發(fā)布更多關(guān)于希爾及其作品的詳細(xì)信息。
希爾在一份聲明里說(shuō):“奧普拉·溫弗瑞突然現(xiàn)身Zoom會(huì)議,告知我她把我的小說(shuō)選為其讀書俱樂部的推薦選書,這將是我一生中最大且最不真實(shí)的驚喜。謝謝奧普拉給予我這一殊榮,以及多年來(lái)一直支持作家。她的讀書俱樂部是對(duì)讀者的一種饋贈(zèng),邀請(qǐng)的作者中也有我自己在文學(xué)界的一些偶像。與這些人為伍令人既慚愧又心潮澎湃。”(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-劉嘉歡
大約在30年前,奧普拉·溫弗瑞剛創(chuàng)辦自己的讀書俱樂部,她有時(shí)會(huì)在電話簿中查找書籍作者的電話號(hào)碼(當(dāng)時(shí)電話簿還很常用),然后通過(guò)打電話來(lái)給他們通知消息。
至于她最新選書的作者內(nèi)森·希爾,溫弗瑞則是以現(xiàn)代化的方式向其傳達(dá)消息的:她與希爾的出版商阿爾弗雷德·A·克諾夫出版社(Alfred A. Knopf)約定好,突然出現(xiàn)在一場(chǎng)Zoom會(huì)議里,并告知希爾她選中了希爾的小說(shuō)《健康》(Wellness)——這本600頁(yè)的長(zhǎng)篇小說(shuō)講述了芝加哥一對(duì)陷入困境的夫婦的故事。
在美聯(lián)社(Associated Press)分享的一段視頻中,希爾正在與他在克諾夫出版社的宣傳人員談?wù)搶?duì)將在本周出版的《健康》的預(yù)期和宣傳。一個(gè)新的畫面框突然出現(xiàn),畫面里是拿著希爾小說(shuō)的溫弗瑞。
她說(shuō):“我有個(gè)主意,何不選這本書作為奧普拉讀書俱樂部的推薦選書呢?”
驚訝的希爾答道:“你是在開玩笑吧。”
溫弗瑞告訴他:“這真是一本好書!”并補(bǔ)充道,這本小說(shuō)讓她懷念起自己曾經(jīng)錄制脫口秀的城市芝加哥。“你是我們這個(gè)時(shí)代了不起的作家,你的語(yǔ)言和文字的力量令人驚嘆。這本書非常有震撼力,非常動(dòng)人。”
《健康》是第102本被溫弗瑞選為讀書俱樂部推薦選書的書籍,也是她自今年5月選中亞伯拉罕·韋爾蓋塞的《水之約》(The Covenant of Water)以來(lái)挑中的第一本書。溫弗瑞在9月19日宣布她的選擇時(shí)表示,希爾的書“以現(xiàn)代化的表現(xiàn)方式詮釋了愛情、婚姻和社會(huì)對(duì)改善人們生活的方方面面的執(zhí)著,以及科技和社交媒體對(duì)我們的文化和生活的影響。”
溫弗瑞補(bǔ)充道:“這本精彩的小說(shuō)會(huì)讓你開始思考生活以及我們對(duì)自己和彼此敘說(shuō)的故事的真相。”
《健康》是希爾繼備受贊譽(yù)的處女作《尼克斯》(The Nix,2016年出版)之后的第一部作品。《尼克斯》講述了一個(gè)男人試圖更多地了解久未見面的母親的故事,獲得了《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》圖書獎(jiǎng)(Los Angeles Times Book Prize)的“最佳處女作小說(shuō)大獎(jiǎng)”。
溫弗瑞的讀書俱樂部網(wǎng)上社區(qū)OprahDaily.com將會(huì)發(fā)布更多關(guān)于希爾及其作品的詳細(xì)信息。
希爾在一份聲明里說(shuō):“奧普拉·溫弗瑞突然現(xiàn)身Zoom會(huì)議,告知我她把我的小說(shuō)選為其讀書俱樂部的推薦選書,這將是我一生中最大且最不真實(shí)的驚喜。謝謝奧普拉給予我這一殊榮,以及多年來(lái)一直支持作家。她的讀書俱樂部是對(duì)讀者的一種饋贈(zèng),邀請(qǐng)的作者中也有我自己在文學(xué)界的一些偶像。與這些人為伍令人既慚愧又心潮澎湃。”(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-劉嘉歡
When she started her book club nearly 30 years ago, Oprah Winfrey would sometimes inform the authors by looking up their numbers in the phone book — when phone books were in common use — and calling them up.
For her latest pick, Winfrey broke the news to author Nathan Hill in modern style: She arranged with his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, to pop up during a Zoom meeting and tell Hill that she had chosen his novel “Wellness,” a sweeping, 600-page narrative about an embattled married couple in Chicago .
In a video shared with The Associated Press, Hill is chatting with his publicist at Knopf about anticipation and promotion for “Wellness,” which comes out this week. A new box suddenly appears and there is Winfrey, holding Hill’s novel in front of her.
“I have an idea, why not choose it for Oprah’s book club?” she says.
“You’re kidding,” an astonished Hill responds.
“What. A. Book!” Winfrey tells him, adding that the novel made her nostalgic for Chicago, where she used to film her talk show. “You are an incredible writer for our times, what you are able to do with language, with your words. It’s so powerful, so moving.”
“Wellness” is Winfrey’s 102nd book club pick, and the first since she selected Abraham Verghese’s “The Covenant of Water” in May. In announcing her selection on September 19, Winfrey called Hill’s book a “modern take on love, marriage, and society’s obsession on improving almost every aspect of our lives – and the impact technology and social media has on our culture and in our lives.”
“This brilliant novel will leave you thinking about the truth of your own life and the stories we tell ourselves and each other,” Winfrey added.
“Wellness” is Hill’s first book since his acclaimed debut from 2016, “The Nix.” The story of a man’s quest to learn more about his long-lost mother, “The Nix” received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best first novel.
OprahDaily.com, the online hub of Winfrey’s book club, will include additional detail about Hill and his work.
“Having Oprah Winfrey crash a Zoom meeting to tell me she’d picked my novel for her book club will go down as the greatest – and most surreal – shock of my life,” Hill said in a statement. “Thank you to Oprah for this amazing honor, and for championing authors for so many years. Her book club has been such a gift to readers, and includes some of my own literary idols. To be in such company is both humbling and heart-swelling.”