阿梅丽·诺冬：某种活法 英文原版 Life Form Amélie Nothomb

基本信息

Format Paperback | 125 pages

Dimensions 132 x 208 x 13mm | 181g

Publication date 05 Feb 2013

Publisher Europa Editions

Language English

ISBN10 1609450884

ISBN13 9781609450885

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这是阿梅丽•诺冬的第十九本小说。

故事通过“我”与一个在伊拉克的美军士兵的通信来展开，而这个士兵身处战区，却是诺冬的忠实读者。之后，先是美军大兵忽然失踪，后又发现大兵是假的。知名女作家“我”不弃不舍，赶往美国看望那个肥胖得走不动的假大兵。女作家和胖子之间的关系超过了常规，双方都有期待，彼此为对方心跳，这不一定就是爱情。人与人之间是渴望理解的，感情寻找着寄托。正是这种理解和连系使人生有了意义，作者在书中借胖子之口，肯定了对阿米巴和原生动物的基本生存方式：“我喜欢这种生存方式，我怀念它。信件的交换就像是分裂生殖：我寄给您一点点生命粒子，您一阅读，它就翻倍了，而您一回信，它就增加了三倍，像滚雪球一样。由于您，我虚无的生命当中有了一点肉汤培养基（适宜的环境），我浸泡在与人分享的文字汁中。一种wu与伦比的快乐：幻想着自己有了意义。”

这部小说摆脱了先前的反战、厌战、减肥和沉迷网络的虚幌，直探人生。所以，“某种活法”指的不仅仅是“某种生活方式”，而更多是探讨“某种生命形态”。

Life Form, Amélie Nothomb's nineteenth novel is a smart, singular, surreal novel about personality and philosophy, trauma and healing, solitude and human connection from one of the most widely read and beloved authors working today.

One morning, the heroine of this book, a famous author named Amélie Nothomb, receives a letter from a fan, Melvin Mapple, an American soldier stationed in Iraq. Horrified by the endless violence around him, he takes comfort in eating. He eats and eats until his ever-growing bulk starts to suffocate him and he can barely fit into his oversized clothes. Disgusted with himself, but unable to control his eating, he labels his excess self Scheherazade as a type of coping mechanism.

Repulsed but also fascinated by Mapple's story, Nothomb begins to exchange letters with him. She opens up to Melvin about the challenges of being in the public spotlight and about her artistic processes. An epistolary friendship of sorts develops, one that delves into universal questions about human relationships. The bond between Mapple and Nothomb will undergo a sea of change when the novelist discovers bizarre facts lurking behind Mapple's complex personal story.

Life Form is a riveting and topical novel by an author who never fails both to delight and to surprise her readers.

作者简介

阿梅丽•诺冬是比利时法语小说家，至今已出版二十一部小说，每本都高居各大文学畅销榜之首。她曾获法兰西学院小说大奖、法国书商奖、阿兰•富尼埃奖、“花神”奖等文学奖，二〇〇八年更以所有作品获让•吉奥诺文学奖。她的不少作品被改编成电影或戏剧，已有三十七个国家翻译出版诺冬的作品。

Amélie Nothomb's books have been translated into thirty-nine languages. She is the winner of countless literary prizes, including the 2008 Grand Prix Giono. She was born in Japan of Belgian parents in 1967 and now lives in Paris.