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Though the Bodies Fall

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內容簡介 愛爾蘭文學新星！訴說關於創傷、缺席的愛與如何修補 邁克爾的老家住在愛爾蘭的凱里郡峽角附近，那裡是知名的觀光景點，也是知名的自殺聖地。父母以拯救這些「觀光客」為他們的志業，但他卻對這個地方一點好感也沒有，讀大學的時候就趕緊逃到另一個城市，畢業後成為老師、認識了妻子、逐漸在成市定居下來。在他的父親過世後，剩下母親獨自一人留守這座老房子，並繼續她拯救生命的志業。直到碰上雷曼兄弟引發全球經濟動盪蕭條，邁克爾失去工作，和妻子關係失和，這時，又傳來他母親去世的消息。他決定回到這個老家，不知不覺，他開始做起已過世爸媽在做的事，對那些神色有異的「觀光客」多說幾句話，一點關心，不知為何讓他覺得好過許多；但邁克爾的妹妹卻只想趕緊把老家賣掉換現金，邁克爾必面臨最終抉擇...From an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, a powerful novel set on an Irish clifftop - a story about duty, despair and the chance encounters upon which fate turns.Micheál Burns lives alone in his family's bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side to them: for generations they have been a suicide black spot. Micheál's mother saw the saving of these lost souls - these visitors - as her spiritual duty, and now, in the wreckage of his life, Micheál finds himself continuing her work. When his sisters tell him that they want to sell the land, he must choose between his siblings and the visitors, a future or a past.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Noel O'ReganNoel O'Regan was raised in Co. Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. He is the recipient of a number of prizes, including a 2022 Arts Council Next Generation Artist Award. His fiction has been published in the Stinging Fly, Ambit and the London Magazine.

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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : 他並不想繼承父母親的「人生志業」，不知不覺卻成為前來此地自殺者的最後防護網...