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Primeval and Other Times

內容簡介

內容簡介 諾貝爾獎得主最接地氣也最空靈的佳作，展開一段穿梭於神話般的波蘭村莊、橫跨三代人生活的虛構旅程。對於「太古」（Primeval）的居民而言，其田野與森林之外的世界不過是一場夢境。被排斥的「麥穗」（Cornspike）在森林的生靈與神靈之間撫養女兒。鄉紳波皮爾斯基（Popielski）失去了信仰，沉迷於一個只有夢到對的夢境才能前進的遊戲。非人類的生命——樹木、蘑菇和天使——也有屬於牠們的「時間」（Times），無生命之物亦然，甚至可能「對世界而言比人類更重要」。然而，在1914年戰爭將磨坊主米哈烏（Michał）從家人身邊帶走之後，牠們的故事或「時間」便受到了20世紀野蠻歷史的衝擊。流血、背叛和日常生活的起伏，標誌著「太古」微小世界與時間的誕生、生活與衰落，促使我們重新審視我們用來理解自己生活的故事。《太古與其他時間》（Primeval and Other Times）洋溢著使朵卡萩（Tokarczuk）享譽國際的寬廣胸懷與想像力，對粉絲和新讀者而言，這絕對是又珍貴無比的文學寶藏。The Nobel Prize winner at her earthiest and most ethereal, in a fictional journey through three generations in the life of a mythical Polish villageFor the denizens of Primeval, the world beyond its fields and forests is but a dream. The outcast Cornspike raises her daughter among the creatures and spirits of the forest. The squire Popielski loses his faith and becomes obsessed with a game where progress is attained only by dreaming the right kind of dream. Nonhuman beings—trees and mushrooms and archangels—have their Times too, as do inanimate objects, which may be “more important for the world than people.” Yet their stories—or Times—are buffeted by the feral history of the twentieth century, after war carries Michał the miller away from his family in 1914. Bloodshed, betrayal, and the dramas of daily life mark the birth, life, and decline of Primeval’s little world and Times, making us consider afresh the stories by which we comprehend our own.Rich with the capaciousness and imagination that have brought Tokarczuk to sustained international fame, Primeval and Other Times is yet another treasure for fans and new converts alike.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Olga Tokarczuk has won the Nobel Prize in Literature and the International Booker Prize, among many other honors. She is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction, two collections of essays, and a children’s book; her work has been translated into more than fifty languages.Antonia Lloyd-Jones is an award-winning translator of Polish fiction, reportage, poetry, and children’s books. A longtime mentor for the UK's Emerging Translators’ Mentorship Program, she is also a former co-chair of the UK Translators Association.

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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : 諾貝爾文學獎得主奧爾嘉·朵卡萩的神話史詩。以一個波蘭神話村莊「太古」為舞台，描繪橫跨三代人與森林生靈、非人類生命及無生命之物的交織命運。牠們的故事飽受20世紀野蠻歷史的流血與戰爭衝擊，在誕生與衰落之間，展現最接地氣也最空靈的想像力，促使讀者重新審視生命本質。

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