當一個男人走出房間，他就把一切都留在房裡了；當一個女人走出房間，她卻把房裡發生的一切都帶走。2013年諾貝爾文學獎得主2009年曼布克國際獎得主短篇小說大師艾莉絲‧孟若十篇在幸與不幸之間擺盪，並在途中發現微光的故事伊格言／黃崇凱／陳蕙慧／顏擇雅──摯愛推薦孟若最具野心又溫柔的書寫是短篇故事，也是人生縮影以十九世紀俄羅斯女數學家為本，還原了俄國當時幽禁的氛圍，以及女性在追求事業與社會框架之下的掙扎，交織對於愛情的嚮往及破滅。索菲亞死前的遺言：「太多幸福了。」究竟真是滿溢的幸福，還是有那麼一絲悲傷的哀嘆？另外九篇故事，呈現親族的疏離、子女長大後永久背離家庭帶來的孤寂、社會中不受歡迎的邊緣人士，以及作品之中核心的愛情關係：女性所感受的不平等，卻又經常得將一生交託給男方的矛盾情感，也從而折射出對於社會、文化、階級的思考。孟若直指我們深知卻難以開口的真實心聲，精準地用字遣詞，不浪費任何篇幅地編織，並以高度富有同理的方式，讓每個角色的悲歡、相聚與離異皆飽滿立體。書中一句：「虛構的，但不是捏造的。」或許正說明了作者書寫的一大特質，雖然短篇小說建立於虛構，但所有感情、氛圍，都如此真實存在於我們之中。＊本書於2013年初次出版，此次為全新譯本。「對細節刻畫入微，對人心觀察入微⋯⋯在日常的悲喜劇中，變魔術般賦予家務事更深、更廣、更宏大的格局。」──《紐約書評》（The New York Review of Books）喬伊思・凱蘿・歐慈（Joyce Carol Oates）「無論是描述激情消逝的婚姻、陰險詭譎的童年，還是十九世紀一位俄國數學家的情慾與智識之旅，少有作家能像孟若一般，將每一幕刻畫得歷歷在目、近在眼前。」──《波士頓環球報》（The Boston Globe）「在孟若的小說集裡只有一句接一句的金句，閱讀孟若的幸福永遠不嫌多。」──《路易斯維爾信使日報》（Louisville Courier-Journal）「讀一則艾莉絲・孟若的短篇就像深陷沉思冥想之中。她以純熟的筆觸捕捉思緒的陰影與岔路⋯⋯後世一定會記得這位將短篇推向極致的短篇大師。」──《堪城星報》（The Kansas City Star）二〇〇九年百大好書「登峰造極之作，孟若最強的作品集之一⋯⋯每個人的口袋書單上都該有一本這種水準的短篇小說集。孟若的短篇平易近人，她寫的就是人生⋯⋯誠實、直觀的敘事手法，為『短篇小說』
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