【生活和記憶在歷史中成形，人在創傷中成長】 伊恩．麥克尤恩繼《贖罪》後又一深刻之作！ 我們能否在不傷害他人的情況下完全掌控自己的人生？歷史事件如何塑造我們和我們的記憶？機會和偶然性在我們的存在中扮演什麼角色？我們可以從過去的創傷中學到什麼？ The mesmerising new novel from Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement. The world is forever changing. But for so many of us, old wounds run deep. Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.