Pure
- 作者:Andrew Miller
- 出版社:Hodder&Stoughton
- 出版日期:2012-01-05
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:1444724282
- ISBN13:9781444724288
- 裝訂:平裝 / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
本書榮獲英國文學最高榮譽2011科斯達文學獎(前身是惠特筆文學獎)最佳小說!
《從月亮來的男孩》作者最完美鉅獻!從磅礡的歷史中一窺難能可貴的人性光輝
英國衛報、泰唔士報等各家媒體爭相推薦!繼曼布克獎《狼廳》之後,另一本讀起來讓人大呼過癮的史詩鉅作!
《1785年,巴黎》
這是個不安的年代,到處瀰漫墳土及屍臭殘骸;即使神父也無法歌頌安撫靈魂。
這是個殘忍的年代,強暴案件、自殺、臨奇死亡幾乎每分每秒都會發生。
但,這也是最溫暖的年代,在社會邊緣最黑暗的深處,隱晦微弱但堅強的人性光輝。
巴瑞特是位才華洋溢的年輕工程師,對未來總是憧憬無限希望,直到有一天,法國國王突然召他入宮,凡爾賽宮的金碧輝煌、雕琢之美,令他嘖嘖稱奇,但在富麗堂皇的大廳上,國王只派給他了一份沒人敢勝任的可怕工作:「拆除純潔墓園。」
位居巴黎市中心,純潔墓園堪稱最古老的往生之地,每年有數十萬名死者下葬,其中又以死於瘟疫的無名屍最多,所以一直被巴黎居民認為是不祥之地。
奉國王命令拆除墓園的巴瑞特,原本以為自己可以帶來光明的轉機,但萬萬沒想到最終竟是邁向自我毀滅的序曲‧‧‧
繼暢銷小說《從月亮來的男孩》之後,安卓‧米勒再度運用純熟的文字,敘述法國大革命前夕,以極權保守聞名的波旁王朝和巴黎市民對於改變的內心掙扎,不同以往歷史小說的沉重故事,安卓‧米勒勾勒出動亂時代下,市井小民真摯友情、愛情及人性成長。
本書流暢的筆觸、創新的題裁、對人性精闢的描述,不但讓國外各大媒體爭相推薦,更憑此在第一輪決選就強勢擊敗曼布克獎得主朱利恩‧拔恩斯及英國首位女桂冠詩人達菲,榮獲2011年科斯達文學獎(前身為惠特筆文學獎)最佳小說!。(文/妙角)
Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it.
At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
作者簡介
安卓.米勒 Andrew Miller
第一本小說《從月亮來的男孩》(Ingenious pain),甫一出版就獲得各國好評,雖然出版作品並不多,但往往憑著動人筆觸及創新的故事情節深獲讀者喜愛,而最新小說《Pure》更被作者視為顛峰之作。
Andrew Miller was born in Bristol in 1960. His first novel, INGENIOUS PAIN, was published by Sceptre in 1997 and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the International IMPAC Award and the Grinzane Cavour prize in Italy. His second novel, CASANOVA, was published in 1998, and OXYGEN, his third, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whibread Novel Award in 2001. His fourth and most recent novel, THE OPTIMISTS, followed to great acclaim in 2005.