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內容簡介 「我們沒有權利選擇自己的出生，但是我們依然有權選擇今後的人生。我們仍然能夠有所作為，然後試著認同並接納自己」Stephen Chbosky的第一本小說，1991年出版的作品，不過最近美國重新出版後引起相當大的迴響。主角Charlie十五歲，是位內向的高中生，早熟聰明，Charlie面對許多一般青少年也同樣必須面對的各種課題，包括了第一次派對就目睹女孩被他的男友強暴、最喜愛的阿姨在他六歲時幫他買禮物車禍身亡與他最好的朋友在一年前自殺身亡。他的英文老師發現Charlie對於寫作的熱愛與天分，希望他可以每天試著寫下觀察到身邊發生的事情，藉此也認識了新的好友，他像壁花男孩一樣，默默觀察，並且以書信的方式寫給不知名的人物，不過當中的所有內容都是Charlie這位十五歲少年最深刻的體悟。讀者透過這一封封真摯的書信，分享了Charlie的徬徨無助、與朋友的喜樂及單戀的苦惱，媲美麥田捕手的青澀記憶。該書出版後登上AMAZON青少年閱讀推薦第一名，也登上了暢銷書榜。Read the cult-favorite coming-of-age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Now a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.A years-long #1 New York Times bestseller, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Best Book for Reluctant Readers, and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or “wallflowers” of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
