Lincoln in the Bardo | 誠品線上

林肯在中陰

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內容簡介 【比爾蓋茲推薦書單：歷年推薦】◎ 2017年英國曼布克獎得獎小說◎ 獲選《紐約時報》《衛報》《TIME》等數十個權威媒體年度選書「十二月十日」作者喬治‧桑德斯、《時代雜誌》推崇當代最偉大短篇小說家淬鍊寫作生涯25年首部長篇小說。贏得全球權威書評及重量級作家一致推崇。苦悶時代的最燦爛煙火死者，大鳴大放反烏托邦小說大師的神奇裝置－－以「中陰」為舞台在世間飽受壓迫、奴役、漠視與錯待的小人物，在作者的創意布局下，死後化作眾陰靈們，形性俱變，滔滔訴苦，徘徊中陰。徜若世人皆受苦，我們如何看待彼此？人如何生憐憫心？對改變已經絕望的人們，無處歸去的人們，該如何從困境中得到解脫？比爾‧蓋茲2018年度唯一文學選書－－原創性＋想像力＝21世紀小說書寫的新起點－－榮登「紐約時報」暢銷榜冠軍！即將搬上「紐約大都會歌劇院」！春寒二月，墓園一夜痛失稚子的總統，竟獨自奔赴墓園，不可思議的超自然事件接踵而至。「我突然渴望他認識我。我的人生。認識我們。我們的命運。當那位紳士穿過我的身體，我決定多留一會。待在他的身體裡…」 唐納森堡勝戰傷亡報告公布當天，林肯最疼愛的稚子威利病故下葬。時值1862年2月，美國內戰爆發未滿一年；聯邦政府已經逐漸意識到，這是一場漫長而血腥的苦戰。三千名士兵陣亡，舉國皆遭逢喪子之巨痛，傷亡代價誰來承擔？被憂慮及哀傷壓垮的他不容片刻暫離國事。當夜，華盛頓的橡樹丘墓園裡，出現一位11歲的新訪客。社區裡三位急功好義的住客：老光棍漢斯‧沃門、美少年羅傑•貝文斯三世和艾維力•湯姆斯牧師，苦勸男孩「此地危險，不宜久留」。就在孩子聽話決定離開之際，一位高大的紳士竟獨自進入墓園…男孩親眼看著塊頭大、力氣十足的男人，從牆槽裡拉出他的「養病箱」，跪下、打開、失控地撫摸著自己，他喊道：「父親！」紳士猶若未聞，不久後形容凌亂地離去。男孩決定留下，空寂的墓園掀起前所未有的騷動。「把玩歷史與虛幻，以極具原創性的形式、機智而詼諧的敘事，深刻觸動人心。」－－英國曼布克獎評審團150年來，林肯夜訪墓園悼念亡子不過是歷史文獻中一筆蒼白紀錄。這本小說竟以「鬼」的視角重述史實，解放了文學與歷史、虛構與真實的界線。「我兒只是其中一人，我便已痛徹心肺。」書中一段林肯總統企圖讓孩子復活，希望喚醒病體站起的描述，教人不禁掩卷落淚。一本關於偉大的愛與失去的故事，全書以扣人心弦的手法探索死亡與悲傷，以及生命背後深層的意義與可能性。眼前一切都不是真的，卻又真實得難以置信萬物皆始於虛無。我們為它們命名，給它們愛，它們因而成形。眾生皆苦，誰來慰藉？俯身棺槨前，一個父親的眼淚，讓已然絕望的世人，願意等待奇蹟出現一則當代迫切需要的故事：認清世事本質，永遠行正確之事。人該自由。在黑暗中苦惱，是為了尋找光。絕對是你今年必讀的一本最奇特、最出色的書。本中文書介出自《林肯在中陰》時報文化出版企業股份有限公司出版#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEThe “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and inventedNamed One of Paste’s Best Novels of the Decade • Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, USA Today, and Maureen Corrigan, NPR • One of Time’s Ten Best Novels of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book • One of O: The Oprah Magazine’s Best Books of the YearFebruary 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.” Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy’s body.From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state—called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo—a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie’s soul.Lincoln in the Bardo is an astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. Formally daring, generous in spirit, deeply concerned with matters of the heart, it is a testament to fiction’s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. Saunders has invented a thrilling new form that deploys a kaleidoscopic, theatrical panorama of voices to ask a timeless, profound question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end?“A luminous feat of generosity and humanism.”—Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review“A masterpiece.”—Zadie Smith"

作者介紹

作者介紹 George SaundersGeorge Saunders is the author of eight books, including the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2006 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the PEN Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and was included in Time’s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

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