succumb to#2
作家のAmy Masonさんが，Dundee International Book Prize awardを受賞したという記事です。彼女は，16歳で学校を退学し，25歳から小説を書き始めたとありました。
記事の中で気になった単語は"succumb to"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）によると「（誘惑・圧力・攻撃などに）不本意ながら屈する，負ける」などという意味がありました。ここでは，「アルコールに溺れる」などと訳せると思います。小説の内容の紹介ですね。（Ume）
Amy Mason scoops Dundee International Book Prize award
A woman who dropped out of school at 16 and took up writing at 25 has won the Dundee International Book Prize.
Amy Mason, from Oxford, won the £10,000 prize and a publishing deal for her debut novel The Other Ida.
The 32-year-old saw off competition from 400 entries from across the world in the annual contest, which was judged by a panel including novelist Neil Gaiman and broadcaster Kirsty Lang.
Ms Mason was presented with her prize at the Dundee Literary Festival.
The Other Ida follows a woman named after a hit play written by her hard-drinking mother as she returns home when the older woman succumbs to alcoholism.
Evening class
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-29755337
