约翰·欧文：以斯帖王后Queen EstherJohn Irving

基本信息

Book Details

ISBN-13: 9781471179136

ISBN-10: 1471179133

Author: John Irving

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Imprint: Scribner UK

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 432

Release Date: 11 November 2025

Weight: 470g

Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 26mm

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书籍简介

时隔四十年，约翰·欧文重返他畅销经典小说及奥斯卡获奖影片《苹果酒屋法则》的世界，再次来到缅因州圣克劳德的孤儿院。威尔伯·拉奇医生在这里收养了以斯帖——一位出生于维也纳的犹太女孩，她的人生深受反犹主义的影响。

以斯帖·纳赫特于1905年出生于维也纳。她的父亲在前往缅因州波特兰的船上去世；她的母亲在波特兰被反犹分子杀害。拉奇医生知道找到一个愿意收养以斯帖的犹太家庭并非易事；事实上，他根本找不到任何愿意收养她的家庭。

在以斯帖十四岁，即将成为国家监护对象之际，拉奇医生遇到了温斯洛一家。温斯洛一家是新英格兰地区一个热心公益的家庭，长期以来一直为无人收养的孤儿提供寄养服务。温斯洛一家并非犹太人，但他们痛恨反犹主义。埃丝特对温斯洛一家的感激之情永无止境；即便她追溯自己的根源回到维也纳，她也从未停止过对温斯洛一家的爱与守护。在故事的后一章，时间设定在1981年的耶路撒冷，埃丝特·纳赫特已是七十六岁高龄。

约翰·欧文的第十六部小说再次证明了他塑造复杂人物和构建引人入胜、发人深省的叙事的能力。《埃丝特女王》不仅讲述了一个关于生存的故事，更是一次对身份认同、归属感以及历史对我们个人生活深远影响的深刻探索，展现了欧文为何至今仍是世界上受喜爱、具启发性和引人入胜的作家之一——一位属于我们这个时代，也属于所有时代的讲故事者。

Summary

Queen Esther: A Novel of Survival and Identity

After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther—a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism.

Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board the ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr. Larch knows it won’t be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther; in fact, he won’t find any family who’ll adopt her.

When Esther is fourteen, soon to be a ward of the state, Dr. Larch meets the Winslows, a philanthropic New England family with a history of providing foster care for unadopted orphans. The Winslows aren’t Jewish, but they despise anti-Semitism. Esther’s gratitude for the Winslows is unending; even as she retraces her roots back to Vienna, she never stops loving and protecting the Winslows. In the final chapter, set in Jerusalem in 1981, Esther Nacht is seventy-six.

John Irving’s sixteenth novel is a testament to his enduring ability to weave complex characters and intricate narratives that challenge and captivate. Queen Esther is not just a story of survival but a profound exploration of identity, belonging, and the enduring impact of history on our personal lives showcasing why Irving remains one of the world’s most beloved, provocative, and entertaining authors—a storyteller of our time and for all time.

作者简介

约翰·欧文于1942年出生于新罕布什尔州埃克塞特。他的小说《释放熊》（Setting Free the Bears）于1968年出版，当时他26岁。他曾从事摔跤运动20年，并担任摔跤教练直至47岁。1992年，他入选位于俄克拉荷马州斯蒂尔沃特的国家摔跤名人堂。

欧文曾三次获得美国国家图书奖提名，并于1980年凭借《盖普眼中的世界》（The World According to Garp）获奖。2000年，他凭借电影《苹果酒屋法则》（The Cider House Rules）获得奥斯卡改编剧本奖。2013年，他凭借《一个人》（In One Person）获文学奖。他的作品享誉国际，已被翻译成35多种语言。《为欧文·米尼祈祷》（A Prayer for Owen Meany）是他所有语言版本中畅销的小说。

约翰·欧文拥有美国和加拿大国籍，现居多伦多。 《最后的缆车》是他的第十五部小说。

John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968 when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. In 1992 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times, winning in 1980 for The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Literary Award for In One Person. Internationally renowned, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. A Prayer for Owen Meany is his bestselling novel, in every language.

A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto. The Last Chairlift is his fifteenth novel.