AT BREAK OF DAY
Book ID/图书代码： 02630513B62302
English Summary/英文概要： In the summer of 1913, the world seems full of possibility for four very different young men.
Young Jean-Baptiste dreams of the day he’ll leave his Picardy home and row down-river to the sea.
Earnest and hard-working Frank has come to London to take up an apprenticeship in Regent Street. His ambitions are self-improvement, a wife and, above all, a bicycle.
Organ scholar Benedict is anxious yet enthralled by the sensations of his synaesthesia. He is uncertain both about God and the nature of his friendship with the brilliant and mercurial Theo.
Harry has turned his back on his wealthy English family, has a thriving business in New York and a beautiful American wife. But his nationality is still British.
Three years later, on the first of July 1916, their lives have been taken in entirely unexpected directions. Now in uniform they are waiting for dawn on the battlefield of the Somme. The generals tell them that victory will soon be theirs but the men are accompanied by regrets, fears and secrets as they move towards the line.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1913年的夏天，世界对于四个截然不同的年轻人来说似乎充满了可能性。
年轻的琴.巴普蒂斯特梦想有朝一日能离开自己的皮卡，四处游历。
勤奋肯干的弗兰克来到伦敦，在摄政大街上当起了学徒。他立志成为自强不息的男人，能在伦敦立足，娶一个老婆，并买一辆自行车。
奥根因为自己的通感而迷惑。他对上帝，和自己聪明而善变的朋友西奥都感到不确定。
哈利离开自己富裕的家庭，离开英国来到纽约有了一番事业，并娶了漂亮的美国老婆。但他依然是个彻底的英国人。
3年后，1916年的夏天，他们4人的生活向着无法意料的方向发展。他们现在穿着军服，在索姆河的战壕中等待黎明。将军告诉他们胜利很快就是他们的了。但此刻伴随着这四个年轻人的只有悔恨、恐惧还有那些难以言明的秘密。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：“就像鸟鸣声一般，这是比以往更好的作品。”——《独立报》对《上尉约翰.艾美特的回归》的赞誉
“一个崇信过去的家庭，暴力的阴影，阴暗的秘密，这部作品相当吸引人。”——《每日邮报》对《凯蒂.伊斯顿的奇怪命运》
“这部作品令人心痛，语言优美，动人，绝对能抓住读者的眼球。”——《星期日镜报》
About the Author/作者介绍： 伊丽莎白.斯佩莱旅居在柏林，罗马和巴黎，之后在剑桥大学攻读古典文学专业。她曾为多家报刊，如《独立报》、《大事件》、《泰晤士报文学增刊》和《风尚》写过文章。斯佩莱也曾在剑桥，伯明翰和布里托尔大学授课。斯佩莱日前在华威大学成立了一个皇家文学基金奖学金，于是她现在的生活便来往于格洛斯特郡和希腊之间。斯佩莱的第一部小说是《上尉约翰.艾美特的回归》，之后又出版了《凯蒂.伊斯顿的奇怪命运》。Elizabeth Speller lived in Berlin, Rome and Paris before reading Classics at Cambridge. She has written for publications as varied as the Independent, Big Issue, TLS and Vogue and has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Bristol. She currently has a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship at Warwick and divides her life between Gloucestershire and Greece. Her first novel was THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN JOHN EMMETT which was followed by THE STRANGE FATE OF KITTY EASTON.
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