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Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems

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內容簡介 這本尖銳、強烈的首部詩集，結合神話重述與人物研究，將荷馬《伊利亞特》中特洛伊的海倫置換為1990年代美國田納西州一位不滿現實的年輕家庭主婦。《紐約時報書評》編輯選書：「將特洛伊的海倫故事的基本輪廓轉移到田納西州的小鎮，Zoccola 凸顯了低俗廉價的連鎖商店美式文化與希臘神話中平凡而複雜的人性的神話維度，尖銳且充滿樂趣。」1990年代初期，位於田納西州斯巴達的丘陵中，海倫決定擺脫束縛她的生活：婚姻、母職、南方家庭主婦的單調職責。但離開並不等於永遠離開……這本震懾人心的詩集，在豐富的自然景觀描繪中，探討海倫的孤立與反叛，她那開放的個性與小鎮社會的僵化格格不入，衝突不斷。在層次豐富的詩篇中，背景從美式足球比賽到Chuck E. Cheese遊樂場，再到Motel 6的浴室，海倫作為一位對家庭生活感到失望的主婦，邁入成年。她嫁給了錯誤的男人，生下了一個她還沒有準備好做父母的孩子，並開始一段讓她的生活陷入混亂的婚外情。但她從不放棄掌控自己故事和選擇的權利，堅持對讀者說：「如果你從未擁有過鋒利如骨的傳記…… 我不想聽，我要你安靜。 我要你聽我說。」模糊了希臘神話與現代的邊界，《Helen of Troy, 1993》是一本難以忘懷的詩集，讓你以前所未有的方式看見荷馬史詩中的海倫，由女性作家以第一人稱發聲的現代海倫。*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Pick*“By turns hilarious and provocative, it’s an affecting character study and modern mythic retelling.” —Publishers Weekly, Books That Should Be on Your Radar in 2025Part myth retelling, part character study, this sharp, visceral debut poetry collection reimagines Helen of Troy from Homer’s Iliad as a disgruntled housewife in 1990s Tennessee.In the hills of Sparta, Tennessee, during the early nineties, Helen decides to break free from the life that stifles her: marriage, motherhood, the monotonous duties of a Southern housewife. But leaving isn’t the same thing as staying gone…Rooted in a lush natural landscape, this stunning poetry collection explores Helen’s isolation and rebellion as her expansive personality clashes with the social rigidity of her small town. In richly layered poems with settings that range from football games to Chuck E. Cheese to the bathroom of a Motel 6, Helen enters adulthood as a disaffected homemaker grasping for agency. She marries the wrong man, gives birth to a child she is not ready to parent, and embarks on an affair that throws her life into chaos. But she never surrenders ownership of her story or her choices, insisting to the reader: “if you never owned a bone-sharp biography… i don’t want to hear it. i want you silent. i want you listening to me.”Blurring the line between mythology and modernity, Helen of Troy, 1993 is an unforgettable collection that shows the Homeric Helen like she’s never been seen before.

各界推薦

各界推薦 "By transferring the basic outlines of Helen’s story to small-town Tennessee, Zoccola’s book plays up the mythic dimensions of grubby chain-store Americana and the mundane, complicated humanity of Greek myth. It’s sharp and a lot of fun." —New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)"Exceptional . . . Zoccola provides a winning combination of humor and enough pathos to make Homer proud. Accessible yet deep, this will be adored by seasoned poetry fans and casual readers alike." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

作者介紹

作者介紹 Maria ZoccolaMaria Zoccola is a poet and educator from Memphis, Tennessee. She has writing degrees from Emory University and Falmouth University and has spent several years leading creative writing workshops for middle and high school youth. Maria’s work has previously appeared in Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, The Iowa Review, The Sewanee Review, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere, and has received a special mention for the Pushcart Prize. Helen of Troy, 1993 is her debut poetry collection.

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最佳賣點 : 《紐約時報書評》編輯選書！
將荷馬史詩中特洛伊的海倫置換為1990年代美國田納西州一位不滿現實的年輕家庭主婦，同樣以詩，現代版海倫第一人稱發聲。

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