2014年英国最重要的文学奖之一百利女性小说奖颁发给了爱尔兰小说家艾米尔·麦克布莱德的处女作《女孩是半成品》。小说聚焦一个爱尔兰女孩的成长以及女孩对患脑瘤去世的哥哥的深情回忆。小说出版后受到不少评论家好评,但小说的意识流手法、碎片化的语言以及怪异的叙述风格也让读者的评论出现两极化。 One of the most important literary awards in Britain in 2014 was the 100th Hollywood Novel Award presented to Irish novelist Emile McBride’s debut titled “Girls Are Semi-Finished Products.” The novel focuses on the growth of an Irish girl and the affectionate memory of the girl about her elder brother who died of a brain tumor. After the publication of the novel by many critics, but the novel’s stream of consciousness flow, fragmented language and weird narrative style also allows readers to comment on the polarization.