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The Granddaughter: A Novel

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內容簡介 「引人入勝……始終令人感興趣，隨著讀者對接下來的發展充滿疑問而逐步營造出懸念。」——《書單》（Booklist，星級評論）「徐林克擅長講述扣人心弦的故事……《孫女》（The Granddaughter）是一部回報豐厚且極具可讀性的小說。」——《衛報》（The Guardian）「對一個支離破碎的國家的精彩剖析，透過一絲希望照亮這個陰鬱但完全難忘的故事。」——《柯克斯評論》（Kirkus，星級評論）從《我願意為妳朗讀》的暢銷作者徐林克再度帶來的一部引人深思的小說，透過一名德國書商試圖與極端化孫女建立聯繫的故事，探索過去對當代生活的影響。妻子比吉特（Birgit）突然去世後，卡斯帕（Kaspar）才發現她當年為了從東德逃往西德與他團聚所付出的代價：她不得不遺棄自己的孩子。在悲痛之餘，卡斯帕燃起了新的希望，他關閉了位於現代柏林的書店，踏上了尋找失散孩子的旅程。他的尋找將他帶到一個新納粹聚集的農村社區，那些人試圖奪回並定居東部的祖傳土地。在那裡，卡斯帕遇見了斯文婭（Svenja），一位無論是眼睛、頭髮還是聲音都讓他想起比吉特的女人。在她身邊，是一個紅髮、15歲、懶散的女孩。這是他的孫女嗎？他們的世界差距極大——彼此間橫亙著一道意識形態的不信任深淵——但卡斯帕決心將她視為自己的親人。繼《我願意為妳朗讀》出版超過25年後，徐林克再度獻上一部扣人心弦的小說，強有力地探討了過去對現代生活的影響，帶領讀者從1960年代分裂的德國到現代的澳大利亞，發人深省地詢問——是什麼將我們聯繫起來，又是什麼將我們分隔開來。由夏洛特·柯林斯（Charlotte Collins）翻譯自德文。“Compelling . . . unfailingly interesting, building suspense as readers wonder what will happen” —Booklist (starred review)“Schlink knows how to tell a gripping yarn . . . [The Grandaughter] is a rewarding and wonderfully readable novel.” —The Guardian“A brilliant dissection of a fragmented nation in which a glimmer of hope relieves a somber but wholly memorable tale.” —Kirkus (starred review)From the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller’s attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter.It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east.His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter? Their worlds could not be more different— an ideological gulf of mistrust yawns between them— but he is determined to accept her as his own.More than twenty-five years after The Reader, Bernhard Schlink once again offers a masterfully gripping novel that powerfully probes the past’s role in contemporary life, transporting us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to modern day Australia, and asking what unites or separates us.Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

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各界推薦 評論「對一個支離破碎國家的精彩剖析，透過一絲希望照亮了這個陰鬱但完全令人難忘的故事。」——《柯克斯評論》（Kirkus Reviews，星級評論）「《孫女》（The Granddaughter）成功捕捉了當代德國的重要面貌，這一點在無數關於曾經強大的經濟衰退與極右翼政黨德國另類選擇黨（AfD）迅速崛起的新聞報導中經常被忽略，尤其是在東德地區。過去的重擔並未消失，而是改變了形態。罪行的加害者已不在人世，但其罪行的記錄依然存在。如何面對這一切？施林克讓他的替身角色給出了一個答案。」——《華盛頓郵報》「引人入勝……施林克在人物塑造方面表現出色，並敏感地描繪了卡斯帕與西格倫之間不斷演變的關係……情節設計精妙，始終令人感興趣，隨著讀者對西格倫成年後的命運感到好奇而逐步營造懸念。」——《書單》（Booklist，星級評論）「施林克擅長講述扣人心弦的故事……《孫女》是一部豐厚回報且極具可讀性的小說……施林克依然是現代德國敏銳的時代記錄者。」——《衛報》（The Guardian）「《孫女》的主題對施林克以往的作品讀者來說會感到熟悉——包括暢銷的《我願意為妳朗讀》（1995年）——他的大多數作品都透過個人關係來檢視二戰與冷戰在德國留下的餘波……施林克擅長講述寓意深刻的故事，巧妙地提出棘手問題並給出引人深思的答案。」——《紐約時報書評》（New York Times Book Review）「施林克毫不掩飾地展示了新納粹運動及人們為愛所做的妥協。這是一個關於失落與渴望前行的動人故事。」——《出版人週刊》（Publishers Weekly）「施林克的時機選擇極其巧妙……隨著反猶主義與右翼民族主義在歐洲與美國的抬頭，《孫女》展現出更廣泛且深刻的共鳴。」——《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal）「徐林克……或許最為人熟知的是他那本被改編成由凱特·溫斯蕾與拉爾夫·費因斯主演的廣受好評電影的小說《我願意為妳朗讀》。而《孫女》則是對其作品的完美延續。」——《城鎮與鄉村》（Town & Country）「《孫女》是一部描寫德國統一後時代的偉大小說……完美融合了悲傷與溫柔。」——《費加羅報》（Le Figaro）「一些偉大的小說成功地濃縮了一個時代，展現出歷史如何滲透進家庭與個人的內心世界。《戰爭與和平》在其史詩風格中做到了這一點，而徐林克的新作《孫女》則以完全不同的主題達到了同樣的效果。」——《世界報》（Le Monde）「徐林克是當代德國文學界最傑出的天才之一。他是一位敏銳且極富洞察力的故事講述者，文字清晰、精確且優雅動人。」——《法蘭克福新報》（Frankfurter Neue Presse）Review“A brilliant dissection of a fragmented nation in which a glimmer of hope relieves a somber but wholly memorable tale.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“[The Grandaughter] captures something important about contemporary Germany, lost amid countless news articles about the woes of a once mighty economy and the swift rise of the far-right party AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), especially among the Ossis, as those from the East are called. The weight of the past hasn’t disappeared, it has shape-shifted. Perpetrators are dead, but the record of their evil deeds lives on. How best to cope? Schlink has his doppelgänger provide an answer.” — Washington Post“Compelling…Schlink does a superb job of character development and sensitively charts the evolving relationship between Kaspar and Sigrun. . . . well plotted and unfailingly interesting, building suspense as readers wonder what will happen to Sigrun as she becomes a young woman.” — Booklist (starred review)“Schlink knows how to tell a gripping yarn . . . [The Grandaughter] is a rewarding and wonderfully readable novel . . . Schlink remains a perceptive chronicler of modern Germany.” — The Guardian“[The Granddaughter's] premise will feel familiar to readers of Schlink's previous novels --including the best-selling The Reader (1995) . . .-- many of which use individual relationships as proxies for examining the ongoing legacies of World War II and the Cold War in his native country . . . [Schlink] writes instructive tales that adeptly raise difficult questions and propose appealing answers.” — New York Times Book Review“Schlink offers an unflinching look at the neo-Nazi movement and the compromises people make out of love. It’s a powerful story of loss and the desire to move forward.” — Publishers Weekly“Mr. Schlink’s timing is . . . astute. The rise of antisemitism and right-wing nationalism across Europe and the U.S. imbues The Granddaughter with a wider, more profound resonance.” — Wall Street Journal“Author Bernhard Schlink . . . is perhaps best known for his book The Reader, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes. The Granddaughter is a worthy follow up.” — Town & Country"The Granddaughter is the great novel of German reunification . . . a perfect blend of sadness and tenderness." — Le Figaro"Some great novels manage to encapsulate an entire era, showing how history makes its way into the innermost recesses of families and individuals. Such is the case with War and Peace, in its epic style, and such is the case, for a very different subject, with Bernhard Schlink's new book, The Granddaughter." — Le Monde“Bernhard Schlink is one of the greatest talents in contemporary German literature. He is a sensitive, keenly observant and extremely intelligent storyteller. His prose is clear, precise and beautifully elegant.” — Frankfurter Neue Presse

作者介紹

作者介紹 徐林克（Bernhard Schlink）於1944年出生於德國。他是柏林洪堡大學與紐約卡多佐法學院的法學名譽教授，著有《我願意為妳朗讀》（The Reader），該書全球銷量超過數百萬冊，並被改編為由凱特．溫斯蕾與拉爾夫．費因斯主演、榮獲奧斯卡獎的電影。此外，他還創作了《樓梯上的女人》（The Woman on the Stairs）等作品。目前徐林克居住於柏林與紐約兩地。Bernhard Schlink was born in Germany in 1944. A professor emeritus of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of The Reader, which became a multi-million copy international bestseller and an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and The Woman on the Stairs. He lives in Berlin and New York.

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