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The Sense of an Ending (Movie Tie-In) 回憶的餘燼

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2011年曼.布克獎得獎作品
2011年博客來外文館年度之最
2011Costa Books Award決選名單


最好看的曼.布克獎得獎小說,最出乎意料的驚人結局
來自過去的信件,告訴你從未了解的真相。
後來,我才驚覺:
年輕的時候,我們想像自己美妙的未來;
年老的時候,我們編織別人不存在的過去。

一切都很美好。
四十年前,他們頌讚青春,文學,哲學,友誼,愛情;
當然也有一些荒唐,嫉妒,幼稚的衝突與胡鬧。

四十年後,當你的人生走過了平靜無波的大半日子,當你即將抵達人生的終點,突然發現某一段記憶並非事實的全貌,那麼,當時被剝奪和隱瞞的,究竟是多麼不可告人的真相……

高中時代的東尼與三位死黨日日高談闊論著人生應有的樣貌。艾卓安是四人當中最聰明的一位,他早慧的心靈讓他自以為看透人生的本質,因而成為其他三人追隨的對 象。大學畢業前夕,艾卓安與東尼的初戀女友薇若妮卡交往,但就在他們正式交往後沒多久,卻傳來艾卓安自殺的消息,自殺的真正原因無人知曉。
四十年 過去,東尼早已與當年的老同學失去連絡,過著平靜的日子。某一天,他接到遺囑執行人的來信,表示初戀女友薇若妮卡的母親不久前過逝,留給他五百英磅及一本 艾卓安的日記。過往的一切突然再度出現在他的腦中,他不得不重新面對過去,審視回憶,卻發覺自己向來以為的記憶不是真的,到底,真相是……?

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A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. This intense novel follows Tony Webster, a middle-aged man, as he contends with a past he never thought much about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. Tony thought he left this all behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

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