《黑河》

Black River

《黑河》

Author： S. M. Hulse

Publisher： Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A tense Western and an assured debut， Black River tells the story of a man marked by a prison riot as he returns to the town， and the convict， who shaped him.

When Wes Carver returns to Black River， he carries two things in the cab of his truck： his wife’s ashes and a letter from the prison parole board. The convict who held him hostage during a riot， twenty years ago， is being considered for release.

How can a man who once embodied evil ever come to good？ How can he pay for such crimes with anything but his life？ As Wes considers his own choices and grieves for all he’s lost， he must decide what he believes and whether he can let Williams walk away.

With spare prose and stunning detail， S. M. Hulse drops us deep into the heart and darkness of an American town.

當Wes Carver回到黑河的時候，在他的卡車駕駛室里有兩樣東西：他妻子的骨灰和監獄假釋委員會的一封信。那個在20年前的暴亂中將他當作人質關押的罪犯將要被釋放了。一個邪惡的人怎么會變好？除了他的人生之外他要拿什么來償還之前的罪行？當Wes考慮自己的選擇以及感慨自己失去的東西時，他必須決定應該去相信什么。

作者用強大的細節描寫，為大家展示了一個美國小鎮的黑暗與人們的內心世界。