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''Anthropology of an American Girl'' is the first novel by American author Hilary Thayer Hamann. It is the story of a search for authenticity told in the first-person voice of teenaged protagonist Eveline Auerbach. The semi-autobiographical literary novel contains an examination of the social and cultural pressures that prevent individuals from living meaningfully.〔Ciuraru, Carmela. ("Book Review: ''Anthropology of an American Girl'' by Hilary Thayer Hamann" ), ''The Dallas Morning News'', Dallas, 13 June 2010.〕 It was independently published in 2003,〔Taylor, Elizabeth. ("''Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel'' by Hilary Thayer Hamann" ), ''Chicago Tribune'', Chicago, 21 May 2010.〕 and re-released in 2010 by Spiegel & Grau, a division of Random House, both times to critical praise.〔''Publishers Weekly'' Staff. ("Fiction Reviews" ), ''Publishers Weekly'', New York, 1 March 2010.〕 The novel has been compared to J.D. Salinger's ''The Catcher in the Rye''.〔Barron, John. "Thoroughly Modern Manners", ''Chicago Sun-Times'', Chicago, 6 June 2010.〕 Hamann wrote ''Anthropology of an American Girl'', a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about Eveline Auerbach, a young woman growing up in Reagan-era America.〔 Hamann was inspired to write the novel after taking graduate anthropology courses at NYU.〔Staff. "New Voices, A Conversation with Hilary Thayer Hamann, Author of ''Anthropology of an American Girl''", ''Ingram Advance'', New York, May 2010.〕 The novel was first published by Vernacular Press in 2003. Hamann did not send the manuscript to agents or publishers until Vernacular closed in June 2007.〔Maier, Marissa. ("A Conversation with Hilary Thayer Hamann" ), ''The Sag Harbor Express'', New York, 4 June 2010.〕 ''Anthropology'' was purchased for publication two months later by Spiegel & Grau, and was re-released in May 2010.〔Crispin, Jessa. ("What It Feels Like for a Girl" ), ''Need to Know on PBS'', 25 May 2010.〕 The paperback version was released in June 2011. The new version was edited by Cindy Spiegel, senior vice president and publisher of Spiegel & Grau, and former vice president and publisher of Riverhead Books, where she edited Khaled Hosseini's ''The Kite Runner''.〔Neyfakh, Leon. ("Lit Ladies Spiegel and Grau Launch List at Doubleday" ), ''The New York Observer'', New York, 15 January 2008.〕 The book has been published in Australia by Allen & Unwin, in Italy by Fandango Libri, and in the UK by Constable & Robinson.〔(Allen & Unwin: ''Anthropology of an American Girl'' )〕〔(Hilary Thayer Hamann homepage )〕〔(Constable & Robinson: ''Anthropology of an American Girl'' )〕 == Critical Reception--Original Version == ''Anthropology of an American Girl'' received strong reviews upon initial publication. ''Library Journal'' called the novel "Henry James meets the 21st Century," "intelligent and insightful."〔Hoffert, Barbara. ("Prepub Exploded: May 2010, Pt. 2" ), ''Library Journal'', New York, 17 December 2009.〕 Also according to ''Library Journal'', "Eveline, or Evie, is not a stereotypical 'American Girl'; nor is the book a standard coming-of-age story."〔Blakeslee, Sarah. "Fiction Reviews: ''Anthropology of an American Girl''", ''Library Journal'', New York, 1 November 2003.〕 ''The Providence Journal'' cited the novel for its "gorgeous detail and nuanced thought" and “poetically rendered, astute perceptions." It stated that "''Anthropology of an American Girl'' is an extraordinary debut, updating the 19th-century social-psychological novel of romance and manners. Like Jane Austen, George Eliot or Edith Wharton, H.T. Hamann critiques her era and culture through the tale of a precocious young woman buffeted by the accidents, values and consequences of her age."〔Taylor, Beth. "Book Review: ''Anthropology of an American Girl''", ''The Providence Journal'', Providence, RI, 2004.〕 ''Anthropology'' was praised by publications with diverse demographics. ''Ms. Magazine'' cited it for its “gorgeous language and brilliant observation,”〔Gonzales, Sarah. ("Summer Must Read List" ), ''Ms. Magazine'', Los Angeles, Summer 2004.〕 and ''Romantic Times Book Club Magazine'' called it a “magnificently intense love story," awarding the novel its highest possible rating.〔Benninger, Gerry. ("Book Review: ''Anthropology of an American Girl''" ), ''RT Book Reviews Magazine'', Brooklyn, 1 November 2003.〕 The novel won a “Notable Fiction Award” from ''Writers' Notes'' (2004);〔Staff. ("A Closer Look at the Writers’ Notes Book Awards Winners" ), ''Writers’ Notes Magazine'', Titusville, NJ, 2004.〕 ''ForeWord Magazine'' named it a Book of the Year “Fiction Finalist” (2003),〔Staff. "Book of the Year Award Finalists Announced: Literary Fiction", ''ForeWord This Week'', Traverse City, MI, 9 March 2004.〕 and it was given “Honorable Mention” for General Fiction by the Eric Hoffer Award (2004.)〔Staff. ("Book of the Year, General Fiction, Honorable Mention, 2004" ), ''The Eric Hoffer Award for Short Prose & Independent Books'', Titusville, NJ, 2004.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthropology of an American Girl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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