The Reminders 海象小姐與黑鳥先生 | 拾書所

The Reminders 海象小姐與黑鳥先生

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Grief-stricken over his partner Sydney's death, Gavin sets fire to every reminder in the couple's home before fleeing Los Angeles for New Jersey, where he hopes to find peace with the family of an old friend. Instead, he finds Joan.

Joan, the family's ten-year-old daughter, was born Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, or HSAM: the rare ability to recall every day of her life in cinematic detail. Joan has never met Gavin until now, but she did know his partner, and waiting inside her uncanny mind are startlingly vivid memories to prove it.

Gavin strikes a deal with Joan: in return for sharing her memories of Sydney, Gavin will help her win a songwriting contest she's convinced will make her unforgettable. The unlikely duo set off on their quest until Joan reveals unexpected details about Sydney's final months, forcing Gavin to question not only the purity of his past with Sydney but the course of his own immediate future.

Told in the alternating voices of these two irresistible characters, The Reminders is a hilarious and tender exploration of loss, memory, friendship, and renewal.

 

 
加文 (Gavin) 對他的搭檔悉尼 (Sydney) 的去世感到悲痛,在逃離洛杉磯前往新澤西之前,他燒掉在這對夫婦的家中的每一個回憶物品,他希望在新澤西那裡與一位老朋友的家人和平相處。然而,他卻遇到了瓊 (Joan)。
 
瓊,這個家庭10歲的女兒,天生患有 「超常自傳式記憶症」(HSAM):一種罕見的可以記住所有日常生活細節的能力。瓊到現在才認識加文,但她確實認識他的伴侶,在她不可思議的腦海裡等待著驚人的生動記憶來證明這一點。
 
加文與瓊達成了一項協定: 作為對分享悉尼記憶的回報,加文將幫助她贏得一場她相信會讓她難以忘懷的歌曲創作比賽。 這個看似不可能的兩人組開始了他們的歷程,直到瓊透露了悉尼最後幾個月的意外細節,迫使加文不僅質疑他與悉尼的過去的純潔性,而且質疑他自己近期的行徑。
 
在這兩個不可抗拒的人物交替的聲音中,《提醒》(The Reminders) 是對失落,記憶,友誼和更新的歡笑和溫柔的探索。 

(譯者/劉世明)

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