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2015 – Harvest
Author: Jim Crace
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2015 Longlist     2015 Shortlist     Judging Panel   Nominating Libraries
Judges’ Citation
Set in an unspecified time in the past, in a green corner of England, Harvest is the story of the last days of a village and the death of an age-old way of life.

It is late summer and the Enclosure Act is making itself known, cutting up and fencing off land, removing it from the reaches of the common man and securing it for the privileged few. But the harvest, at least, has been gathered and as weary villagers rest their bones in ready for the following night’s celebrations, three strangers arrive and set up camp on the outskirts of the village. These strangers: two men and one disturbingly alluring woman, are themselves, victims of the Enclosure Act and have been driven from their homes to live the lives of vagrants. That same night, a fire breaks out in the barn owned by Master Kent, the Lord of the Manor. Suspicion and fear begin to stir; fingers point at the newcomers – they will be made to pay.

One man, Walter Thirsk, knows who is really to blame for the fire. Thirsk, himself a blow-in of a mere dozen years, is now a widower. He is also a born survivor. Keeping himself to himself, divulging only what needs to be divulged, he confides in no-one, except of course, the reader.

Walter Thirsk is the ideal narrator; he tucks us under his wing and takes us through the landscape of the story, pointing out the dangers and the deceits; filling us in on village gossip; shining a light on the powers that be. He draws us right into the dark heart of this village where betrayal, cruelty, greed, cowardice and lust are ever lurking – vices that have been, and always will be with us and thereby bringing a contemporary relevance to the novel.

At times, Harvest reads like a long prose poem; it plays on the ear like a river of words. But then again, Jim Crace is a consummate wordsmith; his understanding of human nature is uncanny and he never drops a stitch from start to finish. All human life is here: its graces and disgraces and there is life too in every small stone, flower and blade of grass. A powerful and compelling novel, Harvest is a worthy winner of the International DUBLIN IMPAC Prize

About the Book
As late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threat. A trio of outsiders – two men and a dangerously magnetic woman – arrive on the woodland borders and puts up a make-shift camp. That same night, the local manor house is set on fire.

Over the course of seven days, Walter Thirsk sees his hamlet unmade: the harvest blackened by smoke and fear, the new arrivals cruelly punished, and his neighbours held captive on suspicion of witchcraft. But something even darker is at the heart of his story, and he will be the only man left to tell it . . .

Told in Jim Crace’s hypnotic prose, Harvest evokes the tragedy of land pillaged and communities scattered, as England’s fields are irrevocably enclosed. Timeless yet singular, mythical yet deeply personal, this beautiful novel of one man and his unnamed village speaks for a way of life lost for ever.

(from publisher)

About the Author
Jim Crace is the prize-winning author of numerous books, including Continent (winner of the 1986 Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize), Quarantine (winner of the 1998 Whitbread Novel of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize) and Being Dead (winner of the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award). He lives in Birmingham.

Librarians’ Comments
As with Crace’s other novels, Harvest is deftly written, in language – formal, slightly archaic even – that reflects the setting it describes. It’s also tightly plotted; less than a week passes from the moment smoke is sighted until the books’ fateful outcome, and yet once underway, we have the sense that everything is inevitable.

Harvest looks at people as the century transitions and its impact on them.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Author       
Jim Crace

Country       
GB

Nominating Library       
Switzerland, Universitätsbibliothek Bern

Publisher       
Picador, UK

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2015年 - 收获
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收获》的背景是在过去一个不确定的时间，在英格兰的一个绿色角落，讲述了一个村庄的最后日子和一种古老的生活方式的死亡。

现在是夏末，《圈地法》正在实施，它将土地割开，用栅栏围起来，把它从普通人的手中移走，为少数特权者提供保障。但是，至少收获已经完成。当疲惫不堪的村民在为第二天晚上的庆祝活动做准备时，三个陌生人来到了村子的郊外，并在那里扎下了营。这些陌生人：两个男人和一个令人不安的诱人女人，他们自己也是《圈地法》的受害者，被赶出家园，过着流浪者的生活。同一天晚上，庄园主肯特先生的谷仓发生了火灾。怀疑和恐惧开始蠢蠢欲动；矛头指向了新来的人--他们将被追究责任。

有一个人，Walter Thirsk，知道谁是这场火灾的真正罪魁祸首。Thirsk自己也是一个只有十几年历史的打击者，现在是一个鳏夫。他也是一个天生的幸存者。他把自己封闭起来，只透露需要透露的东西，他不向任何人倾诉，当然，除了读者。

沃尔特-瑟斯克是一个理想的叙述者；他把我们放在他的翅膀下，带我们穿越故事的风景，指出危险和欺骗；让我们了解村里的八卦；照亮当权者的眼睛。他把我们带入这个村庄的黑暗中心，那里永远潜伏着背叛、残忍、贪婪、懦弱和欲望--这些恶习一直存在，并将永远伴随着我们，从而使小说具有当代意义。

有时，《收获》读起来像一首长长的散文诗；它像一条文字的河流一样在耳边流淌。但话说回来，吉姆-克雷斯是一个完美的文字工作者；他对人性的理解是不可思议的，他从头到尾没有落下一针一线。所有的人类生活都在这里：它的恩惠和耻辱，每一块小石头、花朵和草叶中也都有生命。收获》是一部强有力的、引人注目的小说，是当之无愧的国际DUBLIN IMPAC奖得主。

关于此书
随着夏末的到来和最后一粒大麦的收割，一个村庄受到了威胁。三个外来者--两个男人和一个具有危险性的女人--来到林地边界，建立了一个临时营地。同一天晚上，当地的庄园被放火烧了。

在七天的时间里，沃尔特-瑟斯克看到他的小村庄被毁坏了：庄稼被烟雾和恐惧熏黑，新来的人受到残酷的惩罚，他的邻居们因被怀疑有巫术而被囚禁。但是，他的故事的核心是更黑暗的东西，而他将是唯一留下来讲述它的人。

收获》以吉姆-克雷斯的催眠散文讲述，唤起了土地被掠夺、社区被驱散的悲剧，因为英格兰的田地被不可逆转地封闭了。这部关于一个人和他的无名村庄的美丽小说，永恒而独特，神话而深刻的个人，为永远失去的生活方式代言。

(来自出版商)

关于作者
吉姆-克雷斯是众多获奖作品的作者，包括《大陆》（1986年惠特布雷德第一小说奖和卫报小说奖得主）、《隔离》（1998年惠特布雷德年度小说奖得主，入围布克奖）和《死亡》（2001年国家书评人协会奖得主）。他住在伯明翰。

图书管理员的评论
与克雷斯的其他小说一样，《收获》写得很巧妙，其语言--正式的、甚至略显古板的--反映了其描述的环境。它的情节也很紧凑；从看到烟雾的那一刻起，到书中的决定性结果，只过了不到一周的时间，但一旦开始，我们就会感觉到一切是不可避免的。

收获》着眼于世纪过渡时的人，以及其对他们的影响。

其他信息
作者       
吉姆-克莱斯

国家       
英国

提名图书馆       
瑞士，伯尔尼大学图书资料馆

出版商       
英国Picador公司

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