《生活是頭安靜的獸》、《一切皆有可能》作者動人長篇小說

　　●《出版人週刊》：「斯特勞特被比作海明威絕不是毫無道理。某方面而言，她超越了海明威。」
　　● 已售出紐、澳、德、義、法、西、葡等全球21國版權。
　　● 紙本書發行量超過12萬5千冊，有聲書於美國首週銷量突破2千套。
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　　▍人都是很寂寞的。我要說的是這個。
　　露西．巴頓成為紐約當紅作家多年，仍擺脫不了出身貧寒的過去，在人群裡無法自處，時常莫名地陷入恐慌。威廉是露西的前夫，他篤定，掌控一切，讓人安心，卻始終透著遙遠的距離感。

　　兩人陪伴彼此面對各自與他人建立的關係，一同挖掘威廉過世母親不為人知的過往，露西也在過程中逐漸看見各人的脆弱與失落。

　　伊麗莎白．斯特勞特極善於描寫細小而難為外人道的生命瘡疤，並以特定人物為故事主線，發展出可獨立閱讀的系列作品。《喔，威廉！》是她以「露西．巴頓」為主角的第三本小說，藉原生家庭、婚姻關係中的創傷與背叛，探討生命中形影不離的匱乏與孤寂。

　　誰能真正明白他人經歷了什麼？
　　這種無人知曉的孤絕感讓人恐慌，無處可逃……
 
※本書中文版《喔，威廉！》由寶瓶文化出版。

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from--and what they’ve left behind.

BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST - ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air

＂Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favorite writers, so the fact that Oh William! may well be my favorite of her books is a mathematical equation for joy. The depth, complexity, and love contained in these pages is a miraculous achievement.＂--Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House

I would like to say a few things about my first husband, William.

Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are.

So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret--one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us. What happens next is nothing less than another example of what Hilary Mantel has called Elizabeth Strout’s ＂perfect attunement to the human condition.＂ There are fears and insecurities, simple joys and acts of tenderness, and revelations about affairs and other spouses, parents and their children. On every page of this exquisite novel we learn more about the quiet forces that hold us together--even after we’ve grown apart.

At the heart of this story is the indomitable voice of Lucy Barton, who offers a profound, lasting reflection on the very nature of existence. ＂This is the way of life,＂ Lucy says: ＂the many things we do not know until it is too late.＂

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Time, Vulture, She Reads