The Dutch House: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020

基本信息

Format Paperback | 224 pages

Dimensions 132 x 203 x 16mm | 245g

Publication date 30 Jun 2020

Publisher Anchor Books

Language English

Edition Statement Reprint

ISBN10 0345804341

ISBN13 9780345804341

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《失落的秘境》作者安·帕奇特 (Ann Patchett)全新长篇小说

告诉我，我们是否有可能以真实发生之事的角度，看待过去，不被记忆美化、不为伤痛影响？

二战后期，由于好运与精明的投资，西里尔·康罗伊(Cyril Conroy)建立了庞大的房地产帝国，也使他的家人脱离贫穷、进入富有的世界。西里尔于是买下了「荷兰之家」(The Dutch House)，一处位在费城郊区的豪华房产，裡头留下了原本的全套家具、舞厅、员工，以及原屋主的肖像画，作为给妻子艾娜(Elna)的惊喜。他没有想到的是，这栋房子，却将毁灭所有他深爱的人。

艾娜恨透那栋房子。她对荷兰之家的反感，促使她抛弃10岁的女儿梅芙(Maeve)，和3岁的儿子丹尼(Danny)，逃离家里。五年后，梅芙和丹尼见到了他们的继母，与艾娜相反，她非常喜爱荷兰之家。当西里尔过世，她设法得到了房子，并剥夺姐弟两人对所有遗产的继承权，只除了丹尼的就学基金。

丹尼，与他聪慧犀利、充满自信的姊姊梅芙，因而被逐出他们自小成长之处，他们被迫回到父母曾经努力带领他们逃离的贫穷处境，唯一仅剩能够依靠的，只有彼此。这个不可动摇的连结，拯救了他们，同时也让他们的未来受到种种阻挠。

透过丹尼的叙述，关于姊弟俩所经历的一切逐渐清晰，他也不讳言在这过程中犯下的错误──即便外在世界给予成功的契机，丹尼和梅芙却只有在彼此身边，才能感觉放松。

这部写入人心的杰作，深入挖掘关于所继承之物、爱、宽恕，小说横跨五十年，诉说了聪慧、却无法摆脱过去的丹尼与梅芙的故事。他们一生不断以幽默和愤怒去回顾失去的一切，但当最终他们必须面对将他们遗弃的人们，两人的感情，也因而受到考验。

Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime - the unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller

'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature' Guardian

Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020

A STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CAN'T LET GO.

Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns. We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our mother, not our father. We pretended that what we had lost had been taken from us by the person who still lived inside.

'The best book I've read in years' Rosamund Lupton

'Her finest novel yet' Sunday Times

'The buzz around The Dutch House is totally justified. Her best yet, which is saying something' John Boyne

'A masterpiece' Cathy Re

作者简介

安·帕奇特，美国当代最受瞩目的小说家，作品被译为30多种语言，先后荣获福克纳笔会奖、柑橘奖、卡夫卡奖、国家书评奖、幼狮奖等多项荣誉，2012年凭借作品《失落的秘境》获选《时代周刊》全球百大影响力人物。

Ann Patchett is the author of seven novels and three works of non-fiction. She has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction three times; with The Magician's Assistant in 1998, winning the prize with Bel Canto in 2002, and was most recently shortlisted with State of Wonder in 2012. She is also the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl.