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Kitten

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內容簡介 《貓咪》如果可以像貓一樣，被愛，卻不必長大華裔美籍作者Stacey Yu倍受矚目出道作！以黑色幽默描繪踏入社會前的脆弱無助大學剛畢業的凱蒂幾乎身無分文。她與母親失和、積欠好友數月房租，既找不到工作，也不知道人生該往哪裡去。幸好，自信大方的男友詹姆斯似乎樂於替兩人做決定。直到她住進詹姆斯家的海濱別墅，遇見他從小養大的貓Silver。Silver不必工作、不必討好任何人，可以整天睡覺、任性搗蛋，甚至表現得粗俗不堪，依然有人餵養、寵愛。牠活成了凱蒂最渴望的模樣——無須承擔長大成人的責任，也能獲得毫無保留的愛。凱蒂逐漸對Silver產生近乎病態的迷戀，將自己渴望依賴、逃避成年生活的欲望投射在牠身上。然而，當她與Silver愈加形影不離，與男友、好友及母親的關係也開始出現裂痕。這段奇異的依戀，究竟為她打開了新的可能，還是正讓她的人生徹底崩解？Stacey Yu備受矚目的出道小說，以黑色幽默與冷冽敏銳的觀察，描繪年輕生命踏入社會前的脆弱無助。在愛、母女創傷與階級差距之間，《Kitten》直視「任由自己無能為力」的誘惑，以及一個人為了活成真正想要的模樣，必須付出什麼代價。 《貓咪》如果可以像貓一樣，被愛，卻不必長大華裔美籍作者Stacey Yu倍受矚目出道作！以黑色幽默描繪踏入社會前的脆弱無助大學剛畢業的凱蒂幾乎身無分文。她與母親失和、積欠好友數月房租，既找不到工作，也不知道人生該往哪裡去。幸好，自信大方的男友詹姆斯似乎樂於替兩人做決定。直到她住進詹姆斯家的海濱別墅，遇見他從小養大的貓Silver。Silver不必工作、不必討好任何人，可以整天睡覺、任性搗蛋，甚至表現得粗俗不堪，依然有人餵養、寵愛。牠活成了凱蒂最渴望的模樣——無須承擔長大成人的責任，也能獲得毫無保留的愛。凱蒂逐漸對Silver產生近乎病態的迷戀，將自己渴望依賴、逃避成年生活的欲望投射在牠身上。然而，當她與Silver愈加形影不離，與男友、好友及母親的關係也開始出現裂痕。這段奇異的依戀，究竟為她打開了新的可能，還是正讓她的人生徹底崩解？Stacey Yu備受矚目的出道小說，以黑色幽默與冷冽敏銳的觀察，描繪年輕生命踏入社會前的脆弱無助。在愛、母女創傷與階級差距之間，《Kitten》直視「任由自己無能為力」的誘惑，以及一個人為了活成真正想要的模樣，必須付出什麼代價。 An enchanting debut novel about a young woman whose growing obsession with her boyfriend's cat opens new possibilities for her life--but not without threatening to unravel it. "Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!" --Weike Wang, author of Chemistry "Yu's novel is both a kind of Gen Z parable of existential nihilism and a psychologically deft portrait of mother-daughter trauma. . . this spiky debut refuses to be boxed in"--Kirkus Reviews LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE - A HARPER'S BAZAAR MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK Katie is far from home, fresh out of college, and desperate to skirt the demands of adult life. It doesn't help that she's no longer speaking to her mother. Or that she owes her roommate and closest friend months of rent money. Luckily, her self-assured, generous boyfriend James seems happy to make decisions for them both. When James takes Katie on vacation to his family's seaside house, he brings Silver, his childhood cat, and Katie discovers a sudden, strange, and giddy connection. Silver doesn't mind that Katie can't seem to get a job, hold her own at dinner parties, or make amends with her mother. Silver, who gets to lie around all day, misbehave spectacularly, act cute, be gross, and still get fed, seems to have the life Katie increasingly longs for. Soon enough, they're inseparable, and something inside Katie begins to crack open . . . or maybe just crack. Because if Katie has learned anything from her mother, it's that devotion comes at a price. As Katie's affection for Silver deepens, her other relationships begin to falter, until she's forced to confront what she really desires from life--and what she might have to risk to get it. Darkly playful, wryly observant, and unexpectedly heartfelt, this debut from an irresistible new voice in fiction is a timeless reckoning with the uncertainty of becoming a person in an age that is as disorienting and lonely as it is full of hope and promise.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Stacey Yu is a Chinese American writer. She grew up between Texas, Arkansas, and California and currently lives in London. Kitten is her debut novel.

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