白先勇世紀傑作《台北人》首度登陸英國！全新譯本。 歡迎來到台灣台北。第二次國共內戰雖已結束多年，但其陰影仍籠罩著這座城市裡迷失的靈魂。 這部華文短篇小說的傑作——現今首次在英國出版——《台北人》追隨了那些在 1949 年共產黨接管中國後，逃往台北的人們的生活與失落。 這部收錄了十四個故事的小說集，字裡行間穿插著渴望與鄉愁，充斥著逝去的愛與半被遺忘的面孔、陰暗的過去和更顯黯淡的現在，是一首獻給這座流亡者之城的頌歌。 這些故事是寫給所有曾經離開家園的人、寫給所有不得不說再見的人，以及寫給所有未能好好告別的人。 「肖像塑造大師。」—— 亨利·米勒 「當代華文短篇小說的最高成就。」—— 韓南 Welcome to Taipei, Taiwan. The Chinese Civil War is now long over, but its shadow still haunts the city’s lost souls. A masterwork of Chinese short fiction - now published in the UK for the very first time - Taipei People follows the lives and losses of those who fled to Taipei after the 1949 Communist takeover of China. Threaded through with yearning and nostaglia, brimming with lost loves and half-forgotten faces, with dark pasts and darker presents, this collection of fourteen tales is an ode to a city of exiles. These are stories for anyone who has ever left home, for anyone who has had to say goodbye, and for all those who were not able to. 'A master of portraiture' Henry Miller 'The highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story' Patrick Hanan

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