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Emma Pattee's 'Tilt' imagines the aftermath of a life-changing earthquake

2025/4/9
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Andrew Limbaugh: 我妻子看完《Tilt》后强烈推荐我阅读这本书，因为它讲述了一个孕妇在地震后经历的故事，探讨了大型灾难如何改变生活，即使你毫发无损，也会促使你做出改变。 Emma Pattee: 小说灵感来源于我怀孕时在宜家购物时经历的一次地震，虽然只是虚惊一场，但这激发了我创作小说的想法。小说主人公Annie代表着千禧一代的迷茫和对生活现状的失望，这种感觉并非千禧一代独有，她的经历反映了现实生活中许多人面临的困境，例如经济衰退、房价上涨等，这种普遍性超越了年龄代沟。小说结构借鉴了史诗的叙事模式，主人公的经历如同一次史诗般的旅程，最终改变了她的人生轨迹。小说旨在展现生活中的“冲击点”时刻，这些时刻能让人看清现实，并做出改变。我创作这本书是为了缓解自己对太平洋西北地区即将发生大地震的焦虑，在创作中力求科学准确，对地震及其影响进行了深入研究，甚至参考了宜家建筑图纸。我选择写小说而不是非虚构作品，是因为小说可以想象未来，探讨人们对未来巨大灾难的准备和应对。在创作过程中逐渐理解了人们对巨大灾难的无力感和恐惧感，并对其产生同情。 Mary Louise Kelly: 在访谈中，我与作者探讨了小说的创作灵感、主人公的形象、小说的结构以及作者对科学准确性的追求等方面。 Andrew Limbaugh: 这本书探讨了大型灾难如何改变生活，即使你毫发无损，也会促使你做出改变。

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Annie is 37 weeks pregnant. She's shopping at IKEA in Portland, Oregon, when everything around her begins to shake. It's an earthquake – the big one. Unable to get in touch with her husband or anyone else, she starts to walk. This is the setup for Emma Pattee's new novel Tilt, which the author says was inspired by the major earthquake predicted to hit the Pacific Northwest in the next 50 years. In today's episode, Pattee talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about millennial disappointment, striving for scientific accuracy in the writing process, and what it means to prepare for disaster.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)