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十字路

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內容簡介 《紐約時報》、《紐約客》、歐巴馬、歐普拉推薦囊括各大重量級媒體年度選書《大西洋月刊》讚嘆這是自「世紀小說」《自由》後：「法蘭岑至今最好的作品！」一個1970年代勤懇保守的中西部家庭，一群在反越戰文化浪潮中追求自我的青年世代。虔誠善良、思想新穎、受人喜愛樂觀助人的信念在歲月中被尊嚴、憤怒與孤單所取代兩代人在十字路衝突、徬徨，一家人在傷害中尋不到和解與愛，幸福，如何在復活節到來？「讓人讀到心碎。」——《紐約時報書評》「我們這個時代的文學天才。」——英國《衛報》「他讓我們想起最初追讀小說的真正樂趣。」——《時代周刊》各大媒體年度選書● 歐巴馬（Barack Obama）年度選書 ●《Slate》年度選書 ●《Vulture》年度選書 ●《Vogue》雜誌年度選書 ●《衛報》年度選書 ●《華盛頓郵報》年度選書 ●《金融時報》年度選書 ●《獨立報》年度選書 ●《聖路易快報》年度選書 ●《聖路易電郵報》年度選書 ●《時代》雜誌年度選書 ●《出版者周刊》年度選書 ●《柯克斯書評》年度選書 ●《Newsweek》年度選書 ●美國國家廣播頻道年度選書 ●Literary Hub文學網年度選書 ●Bookpage書評網年度選書 ●《歐普拉日報》年度選書■故事簡介1971年底，芝加哥郊區白人為主的富裕小鎮「新展望」正準備迎接聖誕節。鎮上教會副牧師、四個孩子的父親羅斯．希爾布蘭特在將12月23日將臨節這一天，和一位新寡的女教友單獨去南區分發物資。但氣象預報即將會有極惡劣的天氣。新展望鎮的「十字路」是鎮上教會所屬的青少年團契。負責人原本是羅斯．希爾布蘭特，三年前他因故遭排擠，現在由年輕資淺的安布羅斯接替職務。在羅斯安排與女教友獨處四個小時的同一天，羅斯的太太瑪莉安則去秘密會見她的心理醫師，因為她隱藏了20年的秘密最近強烈困擾她；羅斯的大兒子克藍也在這一天從大學返家，他剛辦理退學，準備對抗父親的旨意赴越南參戰；老二貝琪是高中校園的人氣女王，為了迷戀的樂團加入了曾經羞辱父親的團契；學霸老三裴里惹上藥物麻煩，他給自己的聖誕禮物是：想成為全新的人；至於9歲的老么，他正旁觀著這個家庭陷入的危機……一連串風暴，從小鎮的「十字路」展開。本中文書介出自《十字路》新經典圖文傳播有限公司出版‘His best novel yet … A Middlemarch-like triumph’ Telegraph‘A pleasure bomb of a novel’ Vogue‘A true modern master’ IndependentSet in a historical moment of moral crisis, Crossroads is the stunning foundation of a sweeping investigation of human mythologies, as the Hildebrandt family navigate the political and social crosscurrents of the past fifty yearsIt’s December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless – unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem’s sister, Becky, long the social queen of her high-school class, has sharply veered into the counterculture, while their brilliant younger brother Perry, who’s been selling drugs to seventh-graders, has resolved to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate.Jonathan Franzen’s novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and their keen-eyed take on the complexities of contemporary America. Now, for the first time, in Crossroads, Franzen explores the history of a generation. With characteristic humour and complexity, and with even greater warmth, he conjures a world that feels no less immediate.A tour de force of interwoven perspectives and sustained suspense, Crossroads is the story of a Midwestern family at a historical moment of moral crisis. Jonathan Franzen’s gift for melding the small picture and the big picture has never been more dazzlingly evident.‘Funny, moving, crackling with life, it has what all great fiction should have’ Financial Times‘Intoxicating – a luxuriant domestic drama’ GuardianTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 • AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR • A WHITE REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR • A LIT HUB BOOK OF THE YEAR"

作者介紹

作者介紹 Jonathan FranzenJonathan Franzen is the author of five novels--Purity, Freedom, The Corrections, The Twenty-Seventh City, and Strong Motion--and five works of nonfiction and translation, including Farther Away, How to Be Alone, and The Discomfort Zone, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the German Akademie der Kunste, and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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