The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working-Class Woman

評論

「一個坦率且動人的故事……一份為了讓老年人獲得更多尊重對待的迫切訴求。」—— 海倫．布朗（Helen Brown），《電訊報》（Telegraph）

「極其誠實……我發現它引人入勝，難以直視卻又讓人愛不釋手。」—— 諾瑪．克拉克（Norma Clarke），《文學評論》（Literary Review）

「他同時以一個兒子與一名社會學者的身份，記述了母親的生與死……這種體裁特別適合我們的時代，因為我們日益理解社會階級如何形塑人生的路徑。」—— 賽門．庫柏（Simon Kuper），《金融時報》（Financial Times）

「獨特且動人……文化引用的廣度令人驚嘆，且其解讀極具層次……他對老年如何在公眾討論中被忽視（這對任何人均無益處）的診斷非常精準，特別是考慮到數十年來關於英國社會照護模式永續性的爭論。」—— 富蘭克林．尼爾森（Franklin Nelson），《觀察家報》（Spectator）

「艾里本的這本書充滿了憂鬱，但它不僅強調了團結與政治鬥爭的重要性，更強調了生存的基本社會維度，以及當我們與他人斷絕聯繫時所失去的一切。」—— 巴托羅密歐．薩拉（Bartolomeo Sala），《雅各賓》（Jacobin）

對《回歸漢斯》（Returning to Reims）的讚譽：

「一本深具智慧且深刻探索的書，它會讓你重新審視自己的人生敘事，並重構你對自己講述的故事……迪迪耶．艾里本理解不平等的根源有多深。」—— 希拉蕊．曼特爾（Hilary Mantel）

「艾里本展現了一個由理論解放而出的啟蒙生活範例，其寫作風格靈巧地在親密感、社會性與政治性之間遊走。」—— 安妮．艾諾（Annie Ernaux）

「《回歸漢斯》在我的生命中扮演了至關重要的角色……我被這本書徹底震撼，感覺自己正在閱讀我的人生故事。」—— 愛德華．路易（Edouard Louis）

Review
A frank and moving story . . . an urgent plea for the elderly to be treated with more respect -- Helen Brown ― Telegraph

Searingly honest . . . I found it compelling, hard to read and hard to put down -- Norma Clarke ― Literary Review

He recounts his mother’s life and death both as a son and as a sociologist . . . a genre that’s particularly suited to our age, with its growing understanding of how social class shapes life-paths -- Simon Kuper ― Financial Times

Uniquely moving... the breadth of cultural references... is stunning, and the readings of them are nuanced... His diagnosis of how old age, to nobody's benefit, is neglected in public discourse is spot on, especially in view of the decades-old debate about a sustainable British social care model -- Franklin Nelson ― Spectator

Eribon’s is a book laden with melancholy, but one that stresses the importance not just of solidarity and political struggle but also the fundamental social dimension of existence, and what we lose when we are cut off from others -- Bartolomeo Sala ― Jacobin

Praise for Returning to Reims -- - ― :

A deeply intelligent and searching book, one that makes you re-consider the narrative of your own life and reframe the story you tell yourself... Didier Eribon understands how deep the roots of inequality go -- Hilary Mantel

Eribon offers up a magnificent example of an enlightened life liberated by theory, written in a style that deftly moves between the intimate, the social and the political -- Annie Ernaux

Returning to Reims played a capital role in my life... I was overwhelmed by this book. I felt I was reading the story of my life -- Edouard Louis

迪迪耶．艾希邦 (Didier Eribon)
法國亞眠大學（University of Amiens）社會學教授。他的著作豐富，包括暢銷全球的《回歸漢斯》（Returning to Reims）、權威傳記《米歇爾．傅柯》（Michael Foucault），以及《侮辱與同志自我的形塑》（Insult and the Making of the Gay Self）等多部批判理論專著。

Didier Eribon (Author)
Didier Eribon is Professor of Sociology at the University of Amiens. His books include the bestselling Returning to Reims, the biography Michael Foucault, Insult and the Making of the Gay Self, and numerous other books of critical theory.