Dream Count

四名奈及利亞女子的愛與想望！《美國佬》作者奇瑪曼達．恩格茲．阿迪契睽違十年新作

一場十年醞釀的出版盛事——由《美國佬》和《我們都應該是女性主義者》這兩本暢銷書及獲獎作家的全新傑作。

奇亞瑪卡是一位住在美國的尼日利亞旅行作家。在疫情期間孤獨一人，她回憶起過去的愛人，並與自己的選擇和遺憾作鬥爭。她的摯友茲科拉是一名律師，曾經事事成功，但在遭遇背叛和心碎後，她不得不求助於她曾認為最不需要的人。歐梅洛戈，奇亞瑪卡大膽直言的表妹，是尼日利亞的一位金融大亨，開始質疑自己到底有多了解自己。而卡迪亞圖，奇亞瑪卡的保姆，驕傲地在美國撫養著女兒，卻面臨著一個無法想像的困境，威脅著她所努力奮鬥的一切。

在Dream Count中，阿迪契將她銳利的目光投向這些女性，創作出一部閃耀而超越的小說，探討愛的本質。真正的幸福是否可得，還是它只是短暫的狀態？為了愛和被愛，我們必須對自己有多少誠實？這是一部對我們所做的選擇以及為我們做出的選擇、對母女關係、對我們這個相互聯繫的世界的尖銳反思，Dream Count以情感的緊迫性和對人心的敏銳觀察，語言之美和力量交織，撼動人心。它確立了阿迪契作為當今文學界最具活力和動態的作家之一的地位。

A publishing event ten years in the making—a searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires

Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until—betrayed and brokenhearted—she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America—but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.

In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations of the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape.