Anxious People : A Novel

基本信息

Format:Hardback 352 pages

Publisher:Atria Books

Imprint:Atria Books

ISBN:9781501160837

Published: 8 Sep 2020

Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Weight:524g

Dimensions:229 x 152 x 33 (mm)

Firm Sale:Yes

Language:English

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

房地产通常不是生死攸关的问题，但当一个失败的银行劫匪冲进公寓，并劫持一群陌生人作为人质时，公寓开放日就变成了生死攸关的问题。这些“俘虏”中包括一对最近退休的夫妇，他们为了逃避无法修复自己婚姻的痛苦事实，一直在不懈地寻找能解决问题的人。一对即将迎来第一个孩子的年轻夫妇似乎在任何事情上意见都不一致，从他们想住在哪里到他们最初是如何相识的。

此外，还有一位87岁高龄的老妇人，她活得很长，不怕有人拿枪指着她的脸;还有一位神情慌张但仍准备做些交易的房地产经纪人;还有一位神秘男子把自己锁在公寓的浴室里，这是世界上糟糕的一群人质。

他们的一生充满了怨愤、伤痛、秘密和激情。他们中没有一个完全是他们表面上的样子。包括银行抢劫犯在内的所有人都绝望地渴望得到某种救助。

随着当局和媒体围绕这一前提展开报道，这些不情愿的盟友将披露有关自己的令人惊讶的真相，并引发一连串意想不到的事件，甚至连他们自己也难以解释接下来会发生什么。

《焦虑的人们》由弗雷德里克·贝克曼(Fredrik Backman)的《完美对话》(;pitch-perfect dialogue)和对人性无与伦比的理解(Shelf Awareness)组成，巧妙地讲述了友谊、宽恕和希望的持久力量，即使在最焦虑的时期也是如此。

Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix their own marriage. There's a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can't seem to agree on anything, from where they want to live to how they met in the first place.

Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom, and you've got the worst group of hostages in the world.

Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of themthe bank robber includeddesperately crave some sort of rescue.

As the authorities and the media surround the premises these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next.

Rich with Fredrik Backman's ';pitch-perfect dialogue and an unparalleled understanding of human nature' (Shelf Awareness), Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hopethe things that save us, even in the most anxious times.

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这本书探讨了一个共同的事件如何能同时改变许多人的生活。如果你喜欢强烈刻画的角色，喜欢幽默和心碎的混合，这一部就是你的。”——《The Skimm》

一个无限娱乐的情绪助推器。——《Real Simple》

“贝克曼再次抓住了人类混乱的本质……它既聪明又感人，既能让你笑出声来，又能让你哭出来。”——《华盛顿邮报》

“贝克曼是写令人愉快的、有洞察力的、深情的、以人物为主导的故事的大师……他以幽默而尖锐的笔法描写了生活、婚姻、为人父母、爱情和死亡，准备好被一位坚忍的哲学家/小说家绑架吧，他提醒我们，我们都是“白痴”，因为做人“白痴般困难”。”——《今日美国》

"This book examines how a shared event can change the course of many lives at once. And if you like strongly drawn characters and a mix of humor and heartbreak, this one's for you." -The Skimm

"An endlessly entertaining mood booster." --Real Simple

"Backman again captures the messy essence of being human...It's clever and affecting, as likely to make you laugh out loud as it is to make you cry." --Washington Post

"Backman is a master of writing delightful, insightful, soulful, character-driven narratives...[He] writes so humorously and poignantly about life, marriage, parenthood, love and death, prepare to be taken hostage by a stand-up philosopher/novelist who reminds us we are all 'idiots' because being human is 'idiotically difficult.'" --USA Today

作者简介

弗雷德里克·贝克曼(Fredrik Backman)是纽约时报的畅销书作者，他写了《一个叫Ove的人》，《我的祖母让我告诉你她很抱歉》，《Britt-Marie在这里》，《Beartown》，《我们反对你》，还有两部中篇小说，《每天早晨回家的路越来越长》《这本书对我来说是一生的交易》，还有一部非小说作品，《我儿子需要了解这个世界》。他的书在四十多个国家出版。他的全新小说《焦虑的人们》一出版便登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜首。目前，他与妻子和两个孩子住在瑞典的斯德哥尔摩。

Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, and two novellas, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer and The Deal of a Lifetime, as well as one work of nonfiction, Things My Son Needs to Know About the World. His books are published in more than forty countries. His latest novel, Anxious People, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children.