《林中祕族》、布克獎入圍《渺小一生》作者 美籍日裔韓裔作家：柳原漢雅 叩問理想國度 柳原漢雅世紀末遇見紐約 跨越三個超現實的美國「世紀末」時空。 一八九三年，同性婚合法的紐約；柔弱世家子弟大衛對平凡的音樂教師有好感，拒絕祖父安排的結婚對象查爾斯。一九九三年，失去政權的夏威夷王族後裔大衛與年長許多的富有律師查爾斯在紐約同居。二〇九三年，疫情侵擾、極權統治下的紐約，查莉的祖父遭羅織罪名處決，身有殘疾的她只好獨自面對丈夫的失蹤。 From the author of the modern classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him – and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances.