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內容簡介 林奕含《房思琪的初戀樂園》一部震撼台灣社會的文學作品，也是#MeToo時代無法忽視的經典之聲。十三歲的房思琪，生活在一個看似體面、秩序井然的中產社區。她與好友劉怡婷熱愛閱讀，在普魯斯特與馬奎斯的文字世界中尋找理解人生的方式。然而，真正的世界並不在書本裡。當備受推崇的補習班國文老師李國華進入她的生命，知識與權威成為掩護，親密與暴力開始交錯。思琪在無法辨識的情感與傷害之間掙扎，只能透過文學為自己編織理解——甚至將傷痛誤認為「愛」。這是一部關於性暴力與權力結構的殘酷書寫，也是一場對「愛情敘事」的徹底顛覆。林奕含以極其冷靜而鋒利的語言，揭露女性在制度與文化縫隙中的脆弱與抵抗。當文學無法提供答案，我們是否仍能看見真相？"A harrowing portrait of sexual violence and its thunderous reverberations. Through Jenna Tang's incisive translation, the reader is brought along a heartbreaking and unflinching journey."--Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me*Shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Books Prize*The most influential book of Taiwan's #MeToo movement--a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolita narrative upside down as it explores women's vulnerability, victimization, and the lengths they will go to survive.Thirteen-year-old Fang Si-Chi lives with her family in an upscale apartment complex in Taiwan, a tightknit community of strict yet doting parents and privileged children raised to be ambitious, dutiful, and virtuous. She and her neighbor Liu Yi-Ting bond over their love of learning and books, devouring classic works--Proust, Gabriel García Márquez, the very best Chinese writers. Yet, it is their lack of real-world education that makes them true kindred spirits.Si-Chi's innocence is irresistible to Lee Guo-hua, a revered cram literature teacher and serial predator who lives in her building. When he offers to tutor the academic-minded girls for free, their parents--unaware of Lee's true nature--happily accept. While Yi-Ting's studies with Lee are straightforward, Si-Chi learns about things no one teaches them in school--lessons about sex and love that will change the course of her life. Confused and uncertain, Si-Chi turns to her beloved books for guidance. But literature tells her nothing honest about rape or how to cope with the trauma of abuse. For her own salvation, the young girl begins to think of her personal hell as her "first love paradise," where the power of love, no matter how twisted, gives her the strength to survive.One of the biggest books to come out of Taiwan in the last decade, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise is a chilling tale of grooming and its lingering trauma, and the power structures that allow it to flourish. Insightful, unsettling, emotionally raw, it is a staggering work of literature that reverberates across cultures and forces us to confront painful truths about the vulnerability and strength of women and those who use and hurt them.Translated from the Chinese by Jenna TangSponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan)
