BBC推荐：五月必读书单[7]

BBC推荐：五月必读书单

Ten books to read in May

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Barbara Gowdy, Little Sister
巴巴拉·高迪《小妹妹》

Gowdy is a magical storyteller. In her latest novel, Rose Bowan, who manages her family's cinema in Toronto, begins to experience out-of-body episodes triggered by thunderstorms. She becomes another person – Harriet Smith – and experiences everything Harriet does through her own body, from sharper eyesight to satisfying sex. Harriet is a real person; Rose tracks her, while her boyfriend Victor, a meteorologist, helps research her possible condition – and forecasts weeks of storms ahead. Fiona, her mother, is falling into dementia – losing herself while Rose is "finding another self". When Harriet begins to resemble her sister Ava, who died in an accident when they were young, Rose is pulled into a vortex of memory. Little Sister is a gem, powered by Gowdy's incredible fabulist imagination. (Credit: Tin House)
高迪是一名神奇的故事叙述者。在她最新的小说《小妹妹》中，罗丝·柏万在多伦多管理家族的电影院，她开始因为雷雨天气而出现灵魂出窍的经历。她成为另一个人——哈丽特·史密斯，从更加清晰的视力到性满足，罗丝在哈丽特的身体里体验了她所做的一切。哈丽特是真实存在的人；罗丝开始追踪哈丽特，而她的男朋友——气象学家维克多帮她研究可能出现这种情况的原因，并提前数周预测暴风雨天气。在罗丝“寻找另一个自我”时，她的母亲菲奥娜得了老年痴呆，正在“丧失自我”。哈丽特的妹妹小时候死于一场意外，当哈丽特长得开始像妹妹时，罗丝被卷入一场记忆的漩涡。高迪预言家般惊人的想象力让《小妹妹》成为一部佳作。（来源：Tin House）