Intimacy

　　「這是最傷感的夜晚，因為我就要離開這裡，而且不再回來了……」他準備離開另一半和兩個幼小的兒子。在離家前的漫漫長夜，他想起自己與新舊情人間所夾雜的快樂與悲傷的關係。在反芻和遲疑中，展露出男女之間共同生活的痛苦與快樂。

　　《愛在藍色時代》作者哈尼夫．庫雷西又一鉅著以本書將男女之間的親密關係重新加以詮釋：愛是一種在黑暗中摸索的行為，你可能會不小心把手弄髒，但如果你把手縮起來，就不會發生有趣的事了。熱戀時的愛情，是否會隨時間產生質變？對戀人已失去感覺之時，是否應該就此離開？傷害，其實是一種不情願的親密關係。

　　(本書中文版由新雨出版)

　　An unsettling and emotionally charged look at the end of a relationship, from the acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia.

　　'It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back.'

　　Jay is leaving his partner and their two sons. As the long night before his departure unfolds he remembers the ups and downs of his relationship with Susan. In an unforgettable, and often pitiless, reflection of their time together he analyses the agonies and the joys of trying to make a life with another person.