Sweetbitter

　　當我們第一次見到泰絲，那是在2006年夏天，在沒有任何計畫的狀況下她離家前往紐約，在曼哈頓市中心一家知名餐廳找到工作。22歲的她，完全沒料到這竟會徹底改變她的人生。

　　《Sweetbitter》記錄下泰絲狂熱的一年：充滿了生蠔、香檳、愛情與美酒，疲憊而又熱情的瘋狂一年。這是那些沒有真正在餐廳工作過的人所無法想像的困難，尤其當你服務的是一家高級餐廳，從洗碗工、侍者、經理到管理人員，他們所面臨的壓力，是多數人無法想像的殘酷。

　　在這一年裡，泰絲無助地陷入一段黑暗卻誘人的三角戀情，也發現包括她自己在內的許多餐廳員工，總是日復一日對抗難搞的客人，並在彼此世界的爭戰中掙扎。(文/博客來編譯)

　　Twenty-two, and knowing no one, Tess leaves home to begin her adult life in New York City. Thus begins a year that is both enchanting and punishing, in a low-level job at “the best restaurant in New York City.” Grueling hours and a steep culinary learning curve awaken her to the beauty of oysters, the finest Champagnes, the appellations of Burgundy. At the same time, she opens herself to friendships—and love—set against the backdrop of dive bars and late nights.  As her appetites sharpen—for food and wine, but also for knowledge, experience, and belonging—Tess is drawn into a darkly alluring love triangle that will prove to be her most exhilarating and painful lesson of all.

　　Stephanie Danler deftly conjures the nonstop and purely adrenalized world of the restaurant—conversations interrupted, phrases overheard, and suggestions below the surface. Evoking the infinite possibility of being young in New York with heart-stopping accuracy, Sweetbitter is ultimately about the power of what remains after disillusionment, and the wisdom that comes from experience, sweet and bitter.

作者簡介

　　STEPHANIE DANLER is a writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School.