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The Correspondent

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內容簡介 入圍 2026 年女性小說獎（Women's Prize for Fiction）長名單 《紐約時報》暢銷榜第 1 名 全球銷量突破 50 萬冊 《泰晤士報》年度選書 《愛爾蘭時報》暢銷書 BBC Radio 2 讀書俱樂部選書「如寶石般溫暖、幽默的小說傑作。」—— 勞拉·哈克特，《泰晤士報》 「大師之作……我深受感動與啟發。」——《紐約時報》 「再多讚美都不夠，這是一場徹頭徹尾的勝利。」—— 克萊兒·錢伯斯 「多棒的小說！溫柔、冷靜、犀利……雖然令人心碎，卻依然令人感到美好。」—— 潘朵拉·賽克斯 「精彩絕倫！」—— 弗雷德里克·貝克曼 「向我們展示了變老可以是一件多麼輝煌的事。」—— 弗洛倫斯·奈普 「今年沒人預料到、橫空出世的黑馬小說。」——《華爾街日報》每天清晨，賽比兒（Sybil Van Antwerp）都會坐下來寫信——寫給哥哥、寫給好友、寫給那位拒絕讓她旁聽渴望課程的大學校長，或是寫給她最愛的作家們，分享對新書的看法。此外，還有一位對象，她頻繁地寫信給對方，卻從未將信寄出。現年 73 歲的賽比兒，透過這些睿智且幽默的書信與世界接軌。然而在文字之外，過去三十年來，她始終與深愛她的人保持距離……直到一封來自舊識的信，迫使她重新審視人生中最痛苦的那段歲月。現在，賽比兒必須寄出那封懸宕多年的信，並在內心尋求寬恕，以便勇敢邁向未來。賽比兒的書信人生或許平凡，但她絕對會是你讀過最難忘的角色之一。LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORDLWIDEA TIMESBOOK OF THE YEARIRISH TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'A warm, funny gem of a novel'LAURA HACKETT, THE TIMES'Masterful . . . I was delighted and moved'NEW YORK TIMES'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'CLARE CHAMBERS'What a novel! Tender, dry, sharp...devastating, but still feel good.'PANDORA SYKES'Tremendous'FREDRIK BACKMAN'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'FLORENCE KNAPP'The year's breakout novel no one saw coming'WALL STREET JOURNAL–Every morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters – to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.Because at seventy-three, Sybil has used her correspondence – witty and wise – to make sense of the world. But beyond the page, she has spent the last thirty years keeping the people who love her at arms’ length... Until letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life.Now, Sybil must send the letter she has been writing for all these years - and find forgiveness within herself in order to move on.Sybil Van Antwerp’s life of letters might not be an extraordinary one, but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Virginia EvansVirginia Evans is from the east coast of the United States. She attended James Madison University for her bachelor’s in English literature. After starting a family, she went back to school for her master’s of philosophy in creative writing at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, where she had the good fortune to study under Carlo Gébler, Eoin McNamee, Claire Keegan, Harry Clifton and Kevin Power. She now lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with her husband, Mark, two children, Jack and Mae, and her Red Labrador, Brigid.

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最佳賣點 : 入圍 2026 女性小說獎、全球熱銷 50 萬冊！73 歲的賽比兒每日以書信剖析世界，字裡行間幽默睿智，現實中卻與人疏離三十年。當往事的信件叩門，她被迫寄出那封寫了一輩子、遲遲未發的關鍵信，在寬恕中找回變老的輝煌與自由。

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