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Anatole Broyard，長年擔任《紐約時報》書評人、書評版編輯與隨筆作家，渴望被記住——而他確實做到了。這本隨筆集收錄多篇不羈、幽默又犀利的文章，書寫生命與死亡的種種考驗，其中許多篇章完成於他與癌症對抗、並於 1990 年辭世之前的歲月。本書收錄他晚年完成的隨筆，文字優雅、清醒而不煽情，被譽為直面生命極限的經典之作，是一部關於如何活著、也如何告別的深刻書寫。獲《紐約時報》年度注目好書Anatole Broyard, long-time book critic, book review editor, and essayist for the New York Times, wants to be remembered. He will be, with this collection of irreverent, humorous essays he wrote concerning the ordeals of life and death—many of which were written during the battle with cancer that led to his death in 1990. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year “A heartbreakingly eloquent and unsentimental meditation on mortality . . . Some writing is so rich and well-spoken that commentary is superfluous, even presumptuous. . . . Read this book, and celebrate a cultured spirit made fine, it seems, by the coldest of touches.”—Los Angeles Times“Succeeds brilliantly . . . Anatole Broyard has joined his father but not before leaving behind a legacy rich in wisdom about the written word and the

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