文城 余华 张晓刚封面

City of Fiction

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 428 pages

Publisher:Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

Imprint:Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

ISBN:9781787705654

Published:24 Apr 2025

Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Weight:422g

Dimensions:210 x 134 x 30 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“引人入胜……一本非常有趣的小说。”——《爱尔兰时报》

20世纪初期，中国正经历着一场重大的社会文化变革，千年帝国分崩离析，民族面临着巨大的变革。现代化的边缘。在这样的背景下，一位来自北方的沉默寡言男子，在狂风暴雨中，踏上了前往南方城市的危险旅程。他怀着一个新生婴儿，寻找孩子的母亲和一座已不存在的城市。

这是一个关于两个人的故事：一个男人在回到抛弃他的女人的故乡后，获得了意想不到的成功；另一个男人在寻找的女人，却神秘失踪，踏上了充满波折的旅程。这是一个关于消失的工艺和古老的风俗的故事，关于暴力、爱情和友情。重要的是，这是一个关于变化和叙事本身的故事，充满了生动的人物和出人意料的转折——一个史诗般的故事，如时间本身般无情，又如经典的冒险故事般扣人心弦。

“Engrossing…. a terrifically entertaining novel.”--Irish TimesIn 

the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop, a quiet man from the North embarks on a perilous journey to a Southern city in the grip of a savage snowstorm. He carries with him a newborn baby: he is looking for the child’s mother and a city that isn’t there.

This is a story of two people: a man who finds unexpected success after having journeyed to the hometown of the woman who abandoned him; and the woman he is searching for, who mysteriously disappeared to embark on her own eventful journey. This is a story about vanished crafts and ancient customs, about violence, love, and friendship. Above all, it’s a story about change and about storytelling itself, full of vivid characters and surprising twists—an epic tale, as inexorable as time itself and as gripping as a classic adventure story.

作者简介

余华著有五部长篇小说、六部短篇小说集和四部散文集。他还为《纽约时报》撰写专栏文章。他的作品已被翻译成四十多种语言。他曾荣获多项奖项，包括詹姆斯·乔伊斯奖、法国的国际信使奖和意大利格林扎内·加富尔奖。他现居北京。

YU HUA is the author of five novels, six story collections, and four essay collections. He has also contributed op-ed pieces to The New York Times. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He is the recipient of many awards, including the James Joyce Award, France's Prix Courrier International, and Italy's Premio Grinzane Cavour. He lives in Beijing.