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The Safekeep

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內容簡介 入圍2024年布克獎決選名單 入圍2025年女子小說獎決選名單 入圍2025年狄倫・湯瑪斯獎決選名單 入圍2025年溫蓋特獎初選名單一則令人興奮的故事，描繪扭曲的慾望、歷史與家屋，以及報復意想不到的樣貌——獻給喜愛帕特莉夏・海史密斯、莎拉・華特斯與伊恩・麥克尤恩《贖罪》的讀者。故事發生在二次世界大戰結束十五年後，伊莎貝爾（Isabel）在亡母的鄉間老宅中，打造出一段孤寂的生活，嚴守紀律與例行公事，生活中每一個叉子擺放的位置、每一句話的措辭都不容差錯。然而，一切在某天全被打亂——她的兄長路易斯帶來了他毫無教養的新女友伊娃（Eva），並將她留在伊莎貝爾的家中——作為今夏的寄宿客。 在悶熱的夏季中，伊莎貝爾對控制的渴望漸漸逼近臨界點。她與伊娃之間所發生的事情，引發了一項足以動搖她對這個世界所有認知的揭露。「令人屏息的、銳利精準、結構完美的小說處女作。」 ——《星期日泰晤士報》「動人、不安，並極度性感。」 ——崔西・雪瓦利耶，《戴珍珠耳環的少女》暢銷作家 「一部勇敢又扣人心弦的處女作，直面歷史真相與自身渴望……Van der Wouden 以驚人的筆力與掌控，寫出一部關於創傷與壓抑的精彩作品，令人愛不釋手。」 ——賈絲汀・喬丹，2024年布克獎評審SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 2025An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge - for readers of Patricia Highsmith, Sarah Waters and Ian McEwan's Atonement.It is fifteen years after the Second World War, and Isabel has built herself a solitary life of discipline and strict routine in her late mother's country home, with not a fork or a word out of place. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel's doorstep - as a guest, there to stay for the season…In the sweltering heat of summer, Isabel's desperate need for control reaches boiling point. What happens between the two women leads to a revelation which threatens to unravel all she has ever known.'A thrilling, razor-sharp, perfectly plotted debut novel' Sunday Times'Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy' Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING'A brave and thrilling debut about facing up to the truth of history, and to one's own desires… Van der Wouden brings stunning power and control to her page-turner about trauma and repression' Justine Jordan, Booker Prize Judge 2024

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各界推薦 書評我知道我加入這場盛會已經晚了，但天啊，這本書真是驚人。它是一部不可思議的小說，既細膩又堅韌，滿佈敘事陷阱，讓我徹底震撼。這是我許久以來最投入的一次閱讀體驗，我立刻要求我所有的朋友都去讀這本書。——瑪姬．歐法雷爾（Maggie O'Farrell）驚奇、冷冽又電力十足。《The Safekeep》絕對是一部精彩絕倫的文學作品。——愛麗絲．溫恩（Alice Winn），《IN MEMORIAM》暢銷作家《The Safekeep》是一部夢一般的小說——令人著迷，震撼得令人難以置信——它以詩意的語言輕柔引導，卻又以原始的激情與憤怒將你驚醒。它既是無聲的尖叫，也是令人屏息的愛情故事。——米蘭達．柯莉．海勒（Miranda Cowley Heller），《紙宮殿》暢銷作家令人縈繞不去，哀而不傷。——克萊兒．富勒（Claire Fuller）動人、不安，並極度性感。——崔西．雪瓦利耶（Tracy Chevalier），《戴珍珠耳環的少女》作者故事的結局既大膽又溫柔，不只是巧妙，更讓人銘記。——《紐約時報》令人印象深刻的處女作；我已經開始期待 Van der Wouden 的下一部作品。——《衛報》《The Safekeep》是一本美麗的小說，充滿電力、緊張感、令人震驚與心碎……這是那種彷彿一直在那裡、只等待被賦予聲音的罕見作品。而它所擁有的聲音，無比動人。——瑞秋．喬伊斯（Rachel Joyce）令人著迷的出道作……《The Safekeep》不僅是復仇小說，更是一場救贖之旅，節奏緊湊、情節翻轉如驚悚小說般精彩。——《BookPage》充滿誘惑……喜歡帕特莉夏．海史密斯與奧塔莎．莫什菲格《艾琳》的讀者將在此書中發現諸多值得讚賞之處。——《Vulture》ReviewI realise I’m quite late to this party but, my god, what a book. It’s an incredible novel, delicate yet tough, and pitted with narrative landmines. It blew me away. I haven’t been as enthralled by a novel for a long time. I have immediately insisted that everyone I know reads it. -- Maggie O'FarrellSurprising, chilling, and electric. The Safekeep is a simply fantastic work of literature. -- Alice Winn, bestselling author of IN MEMORIAMThe Safekeep is a dream of a novel ― mesmerizing and shockingly good ― it lulls you with the lyrical beauty of its words and then slams you awake with its raw passion and rage. Part silent scream, part breathless love story -- Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of THE PAPER PALACEHaunting and exquisitely poignant -- Claire FullerMoving, unnerving and deeply sexy -- Tracy Chevalier, author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGThe story is resolved in such a bold and tender way that it becomes not merely clever, but indelible -- New York TimesAn impressive debut; I already look forward to Van der Wouden’s next ― GuardianThe Safekeep is a beautiful book, highly charged, tense, shocking and heartbreaking in equal measure.…One of those rare books that feels as if it’s been there all along, waiting to be given a voice. And what a voice this is. -- Rachel Joyce[A] mesmerizing debut....A novel of redemption as much as revenge, The Safekeep has the pacing and twists of a thriller ― BookpageTantalizing... fans of Patricia Highsmith and Ottesa Moshfegh's Eileen will find much to admire here. ― Vulture

作者介紹

作者介紹 關於作者雅艾．范．德．烏登（Yael van der Wouden），1987年出生，現居荷蘭並從事寫作與教學工作。《The Safekeep》為她的小說處女作，榮獲2024年布克獎決選，並入圍狄倫．湯瑪斯獎、溫蓋特獎與沃爾特．史考特歷史小說獎初選。她現任教於創意寫作與比較文學領域。About the AuthorYael van der Wouden was born in 1987 and lives and works in The Netherlands. The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024. It was also longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Wingate Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. She lectures in creative writing and comparative literature.

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最佳賣點 : 《The Safekeep》為荷蘭作家雅艾．范．德．烏登震撼文壇的小說處女作，入圍2024布克獎與2025女子小說獎等多項文學大獎。故事設定於二戰後十五年，講述伊莎貝爾在母親遺宅中追求秩序的孤寂生活，因弟弟帶來的新女友伊娃而逐漸崩解，一場夏日女性間的情感角力，揭開壓抑與慾望交織的真相。

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