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The Friend

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內容簡介 哀傷很痛，思念更痛，但是不再想你，一點也沒辦法讓我快樂起來。一夕間引爆文壇的驚人之作，連續三年不斷入圍歐美重要獎項國際IMPAC都柏林文學獎決選作／誠品選書／普立茲小說獎得獎作家阮越清「寫作者必讀」推薦／美國國家圖書獎、福克納小說獎得主哈金「2018年讀到最好的小說」／琥碧戈柏推薦夏日閱讀書單必看好書／《紐約時報》年度矚目小說／《紐約時報》暢銷榜小說／法國費米娜獎決選／法國最佳外國圖書獎決選／紐約公共圖書館最佳書籍／美國國家公共廣播電台最佳好書／科克斯書評年度好書／《金融時報》嚴選好書（持續增加中……）問：如果那種感覺消失了會怎麼樣？答：我不想讓那種事發生。我告訴心理師，不再想他，一點也沒辦法讓我快樂起來。正如那首老歌所說：愛催不得，哀傷同樣也催不得。一名教導寫作的文學老師毫無預警地獲知：好友過世了。他是長年陪伴她的摯友與導師。即便對方數十年歷經紛擾複雜的婚姻及親密關係，兩人親近且深刻的友誼，仍持續不斷。因此當對方的三號妻子在追思會後，突然來電請託一項重責大任，她竟無法回絕。這項責任著實龐大──照顧摯友遺留下的大丹狗阿波羅，目測體重超過八十公斤。在哀悼與自我修復的艱難處境中，她的悲傷因阿波羅而變得更加濃稠。她發現阿波羅不能明白主人突如其來的離去，並因之深深受創，嘗試以牠特有的緘默，木然承受這些變化。想像與理解這頭巨犬的傷痛，讓她寧願違反禁養寵物規則，冒著被逐出租屋處的風險，也要繼續與阿波羅相伴。陷溺於失落傷痛的他們，竟然漸漸成為彼此的救贖……我終於明白，你比我更能讀懂心思，這也才發現，你的悲傷可能比我還深，還濃……本中文書介出自《摯友》寂寞出版股份有限公司出版WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A beautiful book … a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love.” —Wall Street Journal“A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory…Nunez has a wry, withering wit.” —NPR“Dry, allusive and charming…the comedy here writes itself.” The New York TimesA moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog’s care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Sigrid NunezSigrid Nunez is the author of the novels Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, A Feather on the Breath of God, and For Rouenna, among others. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. She has been the recipient of several awards, including a Whiting Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship. Nunez lives in New York City.

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