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A Private Man

內容簡介

內容簡介 獲選《觀察家報》(The Observer) 2026年度最佳新人小說家之一。科克斯評論(Kirkus Review)星級好評！改編自作者祖父母的真實故事。故事細膩地描繪了一位被解除神職的神父與一位神學教師之間的婚姻，背景跨越了 1960 年代的英格蘭與 21 世紀的法國。一段細膩優雅、細火慢熬的禁忌戀情，在激情與信仰之間交織纏繞。1953 年，羅馬。 大衛年輕貌美、魅力非凡，並且立誓終身守貞。他剛被授與神職，正準備回到英國展開神父生涯。對他而言，獻身上帝是他生命中唯一認知的歸宿。倫敦。 瑪格麗特正深陷一段不可能有結果的苦戀。她決心以自己的方式生活，同時不願犧牲信仰，因此受一個女性運動組織吸引，投身於挑戰教會陳腐規則的志業中。當兩人的生命在寧靜鄉村的一所天主教學院交會時，一股不可抑制的情愫在彼此間滋長。一場關於禁忌之愛、犧牲與秘密的故事就此展開，而其後的餘波，將在數代人之間迴盪不息。史蒂芬妮．賽奎亞（Stephanie Sy-Quia）的《A Private Man》是一個關於虔誠與犧牲的動人故事，深刻探討了我們的行動如何像漣漪般，跨越世代影響著未來。An exquisite slow-burn forbidden love story, laced with passion and faith.Rome, 1953. David is young, handsome, charismatic and sworn to celibacy. He is freshly ordained, and about to return to England to begin life as a priest. Devotion to God is all he’s ever known.In London, Margaret is entangled in an impossible love affair. Committed to living on her own terms without sacrificing her faith, she becomes drawn to a women’s movement challenging the archaic rules of the Church.When their lives are thrown together at a Catholic college in a quiet village, an undeniable connection forms between them. And so begins a story of forbidden love, sacrifice and secrets, with consequences that will reverberate across the generations.Stephanie Sy-Quia’s A Private Man is a stunning story of devotion and sacrifice, and of the consequences of our actions that ripple throughout generations.

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各界推薦 "...A tender, surprising excavation of minds meeting and hearts singing through disappointments to very human deaths." —— Kirkus Review

作者介紹

作者介紹 Stephanie Sy-QuiaStephanie Sy-Quia's first book of poetry, Amnion, won the 2021 Forward Prize for Best First Collection, an Eric Gregory Award, and a Somerset Maugham Award. It was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, the Laurel Prize, and the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize. Her writing has appeared in the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Boston Review, The White Review, Five Dials and Granta, among others. She lives in London.

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最佳賣點 : 獲選《觀察家報》(The Observer) 2026年度最佳新人小說家之一。改編自作者祖父母的真實故事，跨越1960年代英格蘭與21世紀法國，深刻描繪一位被解除神職的神父與一位神學教師之間從禁忌之戀進入婚姻，面對各種現實的故事。科克斯評論星級好評！

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