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Kitten

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內容簡介 凱蒂隻身遠離家鄉，剛從大學畢業，極度渴望逃避成年生活的種種要求。情況並不太樂觀，她已經許久不和母親說話，還欠了室友兼摯友幾個月的房租。幸好，她那自信又大方的男友詹姆斯似乎很樂意為兩人的生活做決定。當詹姆斯帶凱蒂去他家族的海濱別墅度假時，他帶上了兒時養的貓Silver，凱蒂隨即發現自己與這隻貓產生一種突然、奇特且令人興奮的連結。Silver 並不在乎凱蒂似乎找不到工作、在晚宴上表現笨拙，或是不跟母親和解。牠整天無所事事、任性搗蛋、裝可愛、行為粗俗，卻依然有人餵養疼愛，牠的生活正是凱蒂渴望的模樣。牠們變得越來越形影不離，凱蒂內心封閉的某些地方似乎被敲開了……而某些地方就此碎裂。要說凱蒂從母親身上學到過什麼，那就是「投入感情」是要付出代價的。隨著凱蒂對Silver的情感加深，她的其他關係開始出現裂痕，直到她不得不去面對自己對人生真正的渴望——而要順從內心的渴望就必須承擔風險。Stacey Yu 這部不容錯過的出道之作，充斥黑色幽默的趣味、帶著諷刺的敏銳觀察，卻出乎意料地溫暖。深刻探討「任由自己無能為力」的誘惑，以及在一個既讓人迷失方向、卻又充滿希望與連結的世界中，如何探索自我。An enchanting debut novel about a young woman whose growing obsession with her boyfriend’s cat opens new possibilities for her life—but not without threatening to unravel it.“Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!” —Weike Wang, author of Chemistry“Yu’s novel is both a kind of Gen Z parable of existential nihilism and a psychologically deft portrait of mother-daughter trauma. . . this spiky debut refuses to be boxed in”—Kirkus ReviewsA HARPER’S BAZAAR MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKKatie is far from home, fresh out of college, and desperate to skirt the demands of adult life. It doesn’t help that she’s no longer speaking to her mother. Or that she owes her roommate and closest friend months of rent money. Luckily, her self-assured, generous boyfriend James seems happy to make decisions for them both. When James takes Katie on vacation to his family’s seaside house, he brings Silver, his childhood cat, and Katie discovers a sudden, strange, and giddy connection.Silver doesn’t mind that Katie can’t seem to get a job, hold her own at dinner parties, or make amends with her mother. Silver, who gets to lie around all day, misbehave spectacularly, act cute, be gross, and still get fed, seems to have the life Katie increasingly longs for. Soon enough, they’re inseparable, and something inside Katie begins to crack open . . . or maybe just crack.Because if Katie has learned anything from her mother, it’s that devotion comes at a price. As Katie's affection for Silver deepens, her other relationships begin to falter, until she’s forced to confront what she really desires from life—and what she might have to risk to get it.Darkly playful, wryly observant, and unexpectedly heartfelt, this debut from an irresistible new voice in fiction is a timeless reckoning with the uncertainty of becoming a person in an age that is as disorienting and lonely as it is full of hope and promise.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Stacey YuStacey Yu is a Chinese American writer. She grew up between Texas, Arkansas, and California and currently lives in London. Kitten is her debut novel.

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最佳賣點 : 大學剛畢業的凱蒂幾乎身無分文。與母親失和久未連絡，遠離家鄉、前途茫茫的她，住進男友家的海邊別墅，近乎病態地迷戀起男友養的貓：她將內心不想長大、渴望被無條件寵溺的欲望投射在貓身上。作者 Stacey Yu 的出道小說細膩鋪陳年輕生命在踏入社會前的脆弱無助，在母親、愛與階級之間徬徨尋找自我的旅程。