The Almost Moon

The Almost Moon
定價:439
NT $ 439
  • 作者:Alice Sebold
  • 出版社:Macmillan UK
  • 出版日期:2008-10-03
  • 語言:英文
  • ISBN10:0330451359
  • ISBN13:9780330451352
  • 裝訂:平裝 / 304頁 / 19.6 x 13 x 2.2 cm / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
 

內容簡介

  繼第一本小說《蘇西的世界》暢銷後,艾莉絲.西柏德經過四年的沉澱才出新書,這一次她大膽嘗試描寫中年女性的困境。

  克萊兒和海倫是一對被關在一場殘酷關係中的母女,彼此卻已成了對方生活的中心。但是在大大出人意表的開場中,海倫跨過了一道她從未想過會踰越的界線。她幾乎毫無意識地採取行動,彷彿她長久以來就想這麼做了。海倫與她年邁失智的母親克萊兒,透過一場母女的慘劇檢視女性的一生,直視生命的殘酷。

  接下來的24小時內,海倫來到一個新的十字路口,當她面臨抉擇時,過往的生命片段一一浮現眼前。過去這麼多年來她處心積慮要贏得母親的愛,如今她自由了,但這卻是太危險也太不能把握的自由。

  希柏德在《近月》一書中探討了家人之間的情感糾結、犧牲的意義,以及把我們與潛藏的瘋狂衝動分開的那條細細的界線。蘇西如果沒有在14歲死去,或許就會是49歲的海倫。同樣是暴力事件,希柏德這次從加害者的心理角度出發,如同希柏德自己經歷過的暴力事件,她總是想探出女性與暴力的深層關係。

  不同於《蘇西的世界》,《近月》技巧難度更高,主述者海倫的記憶顯得凌亂不連貫,甚至是不完整,且49歲的女性,內心累積的失望與快樂,比14歲的世界更幽微。

  ★本書中譯本《近月》由「時報出版」

  A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of "The Lovely Bones and Lucky".

  Helen Knightly has spent a lifetime trying to win the love of a mother who had none to spare. And as this electrifying novel opens, she steps over a boundary she never dreamt she would even approach. But while her act is almost unconscious, it also seems like the fulfillment of a lifetime's buried desire. Over the next twenty-four hours, her life rushes in at her as she confronts the choices that have brought her to this crossroads.

  'Sebold writes brilliantly ..."The Almost Moon" is a mature, salutary and timely novel' - Helen Dunmore, "The Times".

  'Exhilarating, unforgettable ...This is a remarkable novel in which every word is vital, each nuance felt ...Candid, gut-wrenching, at times horribly funny and often beautifully touching ...The genius which guides "The Almost Moon" is its absolute, horrible, multiple truths; its staggering clarity' - Eileen Battersby, "Irish Times".

  'As moving as it is unquestionably gripping' - "Observer".

作者簡介

艾莉絲.希柏德 (Alice Sebold)

  畢業於加州大學Irvine分校,1999年曾將自己大學時代遭受強暴的經驗寫成自傳Lucky(中文版譯名為《折翼女孩不流淚》),《村聲雜誌》曾推薦她為「最具潛力的作家」,小說處女作《蘇西的世界》,未上市先轟動,女作家Anna Quindlen在電視節目力薦這部作品給觀眾,甫上市就擊敗暢銷排行榜的老牌作家,榮登冠軍寶座,在紐約時報排行榜上全年聲勢不墜,書評界一片讚嘆,美國書卷獎得主Jonathan Franzen更力挺她的作品有大師風格。希柏德在接受《出版者周刊》訪問時曾說,她之所以會書寫暴力,是因為她相信暴力並非不尋常之事。她視暴力為生命的一部分,而且她認為若我們要將遭受暴力的人和沒有遭受暴力的人分開來,將會有麻煩。

  希柏德曾為《紐約時報》及《芝加哥論壇報》撰稿,現與先生、也是知名作家Glen David Gold住在加州。

  Alice Sebold is the author of the multi-million-copy international bestseller The Lovely Bones and the memoir Lucky. She lives in California with her husband, Glen David Gold.

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