Something to Live For Richard Roper

基本信息

Author: Richard Roper

Format：Paperback | 368 pages

Publisher: ORION

ISBN10 1409185613

ISBN13 9781409185611

Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 26mm | 260g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍介绍

书中的安德鲁只想做个正常人。这就是为什么他的同事们相信，在漫长的一天之后，他有一个完美的妻子和两个孩子在家里等着他。但事实是，他的生活并不完全像人们所想的那样…他那善意的小谎言就要让他吃苦头了。因为在安德鲁努力融入社会的过程中，他忘记了一件重要的事情：如何真正地生活。也许，他终于该开始了......

All Andrew wants is to be normal. That's why his coworkers believe he has the perfect wife and two children waiting at home for him after a long day. But the truth is, his life isn't exactly as people think . . . and his little white lie is about to catch up with him. Because in all of Andrew's efforts to fit in, he's forgotten one important thing: how to really live. And maybe, it's finally time for him to start.

媒体评价

“罗珀揭示了安德鲁的内心生活，揭示的不是他是多么古怪，而是我们都是多么古怪。”——《纽约时报》书评

"Roper illuminates Andrew's interior life to reveal not what an odd duck he is, but what odd ducks we all are." --The New York Times Book Review

“...给人类精神的坚韧和胜利起了好名声。”——《华尔街日报》

"Off-beat and winning...Gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name." --The Wall Street Journal

作者简介

理查德·罗珀读到一篇关于委员会工作人员处理孤独死亡情况的文章，受到了启发。他们的日子都花在筛选那些匆匆溜走的人的短暂生命上，寻找他们近亲的蛛丝马迹。目前，理查德·罗珀住在伦敦，他的处女作是《安德鲁不想孤独终老》。

Richard Roper was inspired by an article he read about the council workers who deal with situations when someone dies alone. Their days are spent sifting through the ephemera of those who've slipped through the cracks, searching for clues to a next of kin. Council workers are under no obligation to attend the funerals. Yet they do, sometimes dozens of them a year, just to make sure at least someone is there. Richard Roper lives in London. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR is his first novel.