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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu "This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come." --Rachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling author of The Flamethrowers and The Mars Room In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken--with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity--is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes 'zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn't seem to have a place for either of them. But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken beco

「友誼在於去認識的意願，而非被認識的渴望。」一部台裔美國人的成長故事，一則獻給逝去好友的真誠告白「一部優雅而深情的成年記述。」──2023年普立茲獎評審委員會評語★2023年美國普立茲自傳文學獎．美國書評人協會獎獲獎作品★2022年《紐約時報》、《時代》、《滾石》、NPR等各大媒體年度好書「因著這本書，亞裔文學的發展來到了新的高度。」──《紐約雜誌》「深層的情感在我閱讀此書時奔流而來。」──湯婷婷，美國文學傑出貢獻獎得主「寫作最開闊、嚴密、寬恕而溫柔的樣貌。」──王鷗行，艾略特獎得主---------------------------------------------------------------------------------▌「在那年紀，時光飛逝。你心急地想要有所作為，當事情發生，卻又忘了去記住。一天像是永遠，一年長若一個地質年代。我們熬夜，任腦中盤踞狂想出萬事萬物的道理，只是忘了寫下。」十八歲那年，進入加州大學柏克萊分校就讀的徐華，渴望在大學找到氣味相投的同類。但好友阿健彷彿與他來自不同世界：他是台灣移民的兒子，阿健則出身移民美國數代的日裔家庭。他喜歡獨處製作小誌、泡唱片行，阿健則喜愛跳搖擺舞、是兄弟會成員。兩人的個性截然不同，但無數夜晚的抽菸漫談、開車兜風聽歌、課業上對亞裔身分的思考激盪，竟讓他們成為最好的朋友。然而，一場派對隔天，阿健死於一起毫無預期的劫車事件。兩人前一晚被打岔而中斷未完的對話，就這麼停留在那晚阿健住處的陽臺上。「唯一還在前行的，發生在紙上，在於字與句的累積、在於段落集結成頁。」徐華在一本他於阿健死後買下的空白筆記上寫道。然而是否有一天，書頁會寫盡、記憶體的容量會有所不足……「一個人若愛友誼，他必然要愛未來。」──德希達如何離開你而不拋棄你？對徐華而言，寫作帶來另一種活在當下的方式。略去當下的質地與緩慢，將當下轉化為語言。日記中，他反覆審視發生在兩人之間或大或小的事件對彼此生命的影響，將那些與阿健已然開啟、但始終未完的對話延續下去。於是這麼一寫，便是二十個年頭──徐華細細寫出了一種說明自己的方式，探討追尋自我身分、處理複雜的親子關係、發掘新興趣乃至在此過程中發展友誼的感受。▌「有些事物將你推離家鄉，另一些事物則將你拉去遠方。機會在一地乾涸，又在另一地湧現，你則跟隨通往看似更好將來的應許而遷徙。」在本書中，徐華按時間線性書寫，娓

※作者訪台紀念版──隨書附贈「致友誼」藏書卡組※｜尺寸：長18 x寬5 cm，共3張｜【台灣媒體好評】「與其他二代亞裔美國人的書寫有所不同，本書沒有作為種族少數的苦難，卻充滿了一種更普世的90年代鄉愁，與對友誼的哀悼和嚮往。」──《Openbook閱讀誌》「每個新發現的細節都發出轟然巨響，組裝在亞裔這個主題上。這是本讀完第一次才開始熠熠生輝的書，就像回憶之於我們的人生。」──《OKAPI閱讀生活誌》「在他誠摯的筆下，回憶與思考的碎片是一本構築自我的小誌，也如組織而成的鳥巢，溫暖的聚合並孵化著。」──《聯合副刊》「此書並非止於悼亡，而更像一幀形狀特殊、懸掛於移民家庭牆上的自畫像。」──《自由副刊》---------------------------------------------------------------------------------「友誼在於去認識的意願，而非被認識的渴望。」一部台裔美國人的成長故事，一則獻給逝去好友的真誠告白「一部優雅而深情的成年記述。」──2023年普立茲獎評審委員會評語★2023年美國普立茲自傳文學獎．美國書評人協會獎獲獎作品★2022年《紐約時報》、《時代》、《滾石》、NPR等各大媒體年度好書「因著這本書，亞裔文學的發展來到了新的高度。」──《紐約雜誌》「深層的情感在我閱讀此書時奔流而來。」──湯婷婷，美國文學傑出貢獻獎得主「寫作最開闊、嚴密、寬恕而溫柔的樣貌。」──王鷗行，艾略特獎得主---------------------------------------------------------------------------------▌「在那年紀，時光飛逝。你心急地想要有所作為，當事情發生，卻又忘了去記住。一天像是永遠，一年長若一個地質年代。我們熬夜，任腦中盤踞狂想出萬事萬物的道理，只是忘了寫下。」十八歲那年，進入加州大學柏克萊分校就讀的徐華，渴望在大學找到氣味相投的同類。但好友阿健彷彿與他來自不同世界：他是台灣移民的兒子，阿健則出身移民美國數代的日裔家庭。他喜歡獨處製作小誌、泡唱片行，阿健則喜愛跳搖擺舞、是兄弟會成員。兩人的個性截然不同，但無數夜晚的抽菸漫談、開車兜風聽歌、課業上對亞裔身分的思考激盪，竟讓他們成為最好的朋友。然而，一場派對隔天，阿健死於一起毫無預期的劫車事件。兩人前一晚被打岔而中斷未完的對話

From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken--with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity--is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes 'zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn't seem to have a place for either of them. But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends, a friendship built of late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the textbook successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ke

From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. “This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.” —Rachel Kushner, two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Flamethrowers and The Mars RoomIn the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes ’zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn’t seem to have a place for either of them. But despite his first im

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