翻訳と辞書 |
The Death of Bees : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Death of Bees
''The Death of Bees'' is a 2013 debut novel by Lisa O’Donnell.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/40504-first-writes-lisa-odonnell-author-of-the-death-of-bees/ )〕 The book was published on January 2, 2013, in the United Kingdom and United States by Windmill Books.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/11/books/fiction/fiction-reviews-november-1-2012/ )〕 Told through multiple viewpoints, ''The Death of Bees'' focuses on how the death of two local drug addicts affects their children and those around them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/special-features/book-club/book-club-the-death-of-bees-by-lisa-857378 )〕 The novel won the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize (Canada and Europe region).〔 ==Plot== After Marnie discovers the dead bodies of her parents, she and her sister decide against reporting the deaths to the police and instead bury their bodies. Reporting it would mean social services stepping in and placing them in foster care. The sisters lie about the disappearance of their parents is initially believed because their parents are considered unreliable drug addicts by many in the community. This lie is eventually uncovered by their homosexual neighbor Lennie, who takes them in and cares for them. Despite Lennie's care and kindness, Marnie and Nelly are both haunted by the ghosts of their past. Nelly wakes up screaming in the night because of memories of her father molesting her while Marnie drowns her sorrows by drinking, selling drugs, and sleeping with a married man. When their maternal grandfather discovers the situation and insists on taking the two girls in, Lennie becomes intent on keeping them by his side.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Death-of-Bees-Lisa-ODonnell/pid=5703361 )〕
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「The Death of Bees」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|