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Evenings and Weekends

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內容簡介 《夜晚與週末》（Evenings and Weekends）——一場關於愛、慾望與城市生命的狂熱交響倫敦，2019年六月最熾熱的週末。這座城市喧囂不止，滿街是醉客、嬉皮與閃閃發亮的派對人群。 瑪姬，30歲、懷孕又失業，在回到過去與迎向未來之間搖擺。她的男友艾德仍對過去糾纏不清；而菲爾——她的摯友，也正陷入一場三角情感的混亂。 菲爾的母親羅莎琳，則在得知癌症消息後，決定重新掌握屬於自己的故事。在這座從不為誰停下腳步的城市裡，他們的命運即將迎來一場驟變。絕讚書評： 「我完全放不下」——尚．費伊 「一部傑作。對愛、性與階級的深刻描繪將歷久彌新」——歐文．瓊斯 「文字動人，充滿人性光輝」——柯柯．梅勒斯 「電光火石般親密動人」——《衛報》 「美得不可言喻」——羅素．T．戴維斯 「令人沉醉」——《愛爾蘭時報》入選 DAZED、GQ、Metro、Novara Media 年度最佳圖書讀者盛讚：「讀完後陷入一週宿醉」、「書中每個字我都深深喜愛」、「這本書豐富了我的人生」— 這是關於城市與慾望、愛與選擇、人與人之間距離的小說——強烈推薦給喜愛莎莉．魯尼、奧莉薇亞．萊恩或布倫特．班奈特作品的讀者。'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' SHON FAYE'A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME' OWEN JONES'I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY ITS BEAUTY AND HUMANITY' COCO MELLORS'Electric and intimate' Guardian'Impossibly, ineffably beautiful’ Russell T Davies'Intoxicating' Irish TimesSet across two scorching hot days in the feverish capital, Evenings and Weekends is a vivid portrait of a city and its inhabitants that announces the arrival of a vital new literary talent.This city stops for no-one. Not the half-naked boozers, stoners, and cruisers, the hen parties glugging from bejewelled bottles, the drag queens puffing on hurried fags. It’s June 2019 in London and everyone has converged on the parks, beer gardens and street corners to revel in the collective joys of being alive.Everyone but Maggie. She’s 30, pregnant and broke. Faced with moving back to the town she fought to escape, she’s wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is trying to run from his past with Maggie’s best friend Phil and harbouring secret dreams of his own.Phil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there’s a problem: Keith has a boyfriend and there might not be room for three people in the relationship. Then there’s Rosaleen, Phil’s mother, who’s tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She’s just been diagnosed with cancer and is travelling to London to tell Phil, if she can ever get hold of him.As Saturday night approaches, all their lives are set to change forever. It’s the hottest summer on record and the weekend is about to begin…A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO DAZED, METRO, GQ, NOVARA MEDIAWhat readers are saying…'I’ve had a week long book hangover. Read it!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A book I will carry with me in my heart' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best book I've read in recent years' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'My life got just a bit richer from having read this book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I absolutely loved it, every word' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

各界推薦

各界推薦 好評如潮──《夜晚與週末》書評精選如同薩迪史密斯筆下的萬花筒倫敦 —— 妮雅坎貝爾一部傑作 對愛 性與階級的炙熱書寫將歷久彌新 —— 歐文瓊斯文字閃耀得令人忍不住畫線註記 美得動人心弦 —— 柯柯梅勒斯電光火石般親密 捕捉年輕慾望與可能性的狂喜與不穩 —— 衛報我從未見過如此鮮活的倫敦 骯髒 性感 令人窒息 完全放不下 —— 尚費伊對這座城市的複雜情書 情感細膩又飽含洞察 —— Vogue不可能形容的美麗與智慧 這本書太美了 —— 羅素T戴維斯震撼 迷人 充滿能量與幽默 極為出色的處女作 —— 愛爾蘭時報讀到落淚 不是因為悲傷 而是因為人性太真實 —— 安妮洛德今夏必讀之書 時尚圈內人一致推薦 —— Dazed Stylist—這是一部關於倫敦 關於愛 關於我們每個人在城市中如何尋找彼此與自己的小說 真摯動人 無比鮮活Review'A gorgeous, kaleidoscopic vision of London written in shimmering prose I felt compelled to underline. I was deeply moved by its beauty and humanity.’ Coco Mellors, author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein'A masterpiece. This searing tale of love, sex and class will resonate for generations to come' Owen Jones'Electric and intimate. Bottles the exhilaration of youthful desire and possibility, as well as the accompanying instability' Guardian‘I’ve never seen London so vividly rendered: grubby, sexy, suffocating. I couldn’t put it down. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant’ Shon Faye'Full of rich observations and emotional detail. A complex love letter to the city.' Vogue‘A beautiful, wise book. Impossibly, ineffably beautiful.’ Russell T Davies'Compelling, brilliant, hypnotic. An impressive debut, pulsating with energy, humour and erotic charge.' Irish Times‘I loved it so much I didn't want it to end. It made me choke up not from tragedy but from the sheer humanity of it' Annie Lord'The only beach (or back garden) read for those in the know' Sunday Times Magazine'A book you itch to return to' Eva Wiseman, Guardian'The book of the summer' Dazed'McKenna’s evocative prose paints a love letter to London in all its grimy glory’ Service 95'Tender and addictive. Perfect summer reading.' i Paper'Heartfelt, vivid and sexy' London Standard‘A love letter to cities and people and heartbreaks. It made me cry’ Eileen Myles‘Astonishing. A magnificent read’ Russell Tovey'The book insiders will be passing on to everyone this summer' Stylist‘Sexy, clever and shockingly alive. I have never read a book that captures what London feels like so compellingly’ Tomasz Jedrowski'The aching, swelling humanity of this book swallowed me whole' Saba Sams'Zadie Smith-esque in its kaleidoscope of London. Compassionate, intelligent, hilarious' Niamh Campbell'A novel brimming with life' Nicola Dinan'Stunning. Guaranteed to be one of the books of the summer' Hero'I was entirely consumed by it.’ Kate Young

作者介紹

作者介紹 作者介紹：奧辛．麥肯納（Oisín McKenna）成長於愛爾蘭德羅赫達，現居倫敦。憑藉處女作《夜晚與週末》，他獲得愛爾蘭藝術委員會頒發的「次世代補助金」，該獎為愛爾蘭對新興藝術家最高級別的肯定，並獲英國藝術委員會追加資助開發。此書亦榮獲2022年倫敦作家獎，專門扶植最具潛力的弱勢聲音。2017年，他被《愛爾蘭時報》譽為全國最佳朗誦詩人之一。他曾創作並演出四部劇場作品，包括於2019年都柏林藝穗節獲獎的《ADMIN》，並曾於《愛爾蘭時報》等媒體發表文章，關注城市高級化與都柏林年輕人的疏離處境。Oisín McKenna grew up in Drogheda, Ireland, and lives in London. He was awarded the Next Generation Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland to write Evenings and Weekends – the highest award for an emerging artist in Ireland – and it was developed with further funding from Arts Council England. Evenings and Weekends has been awarded a 2022 London Writers Award, which supports London’s most promising underrepresented writers. In 2017, Oisín was named in the Irish Times one of the best-spoken word artists in the country. He has written and performed four theatre shows, including ADMIN, an award-winning production at Dublin Fringe 2019, and has written for outlets including the Irish Times on issues such as gentrification and the alienation of Dublin’s youth.

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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : 令人驚艷的文壇首作，以熱浪下的倫敦為背景，描繪一群年輕人在愛、性、階級與城市變遷中的情感交織。媒體盛讚其文字細膩動人、節奏緊湊，如薩迪．史密斯般展現倫敦的萬花筒視角。這是一封獻給城市與人性、慾望與失落的深情情書，令人深深著迷。