内容简介
EamonRedmondisajudgeinIreland'shighcourt,amanremotefromhiswife,hissonanddaughterand,atleastoutwardly,fromhisownchildhood.Thelifehehasbuiltforhimself,betweenhisworkinDublinandhisfamily'sretreatbytheseaatCush,isdistinguishedbyorderandbyachievement.When,likehisbelovedcoastline,itbeginstoslipaway,heispulledsharplyintothepresent,andfindshimselfrevisitinghispast.'Proceedswithstatelygracefrompasttopresent,incidenttoincident,slowlyforming,asitmoves,thefullshapeofaman'spublicandprivatelife'WashingtonPost'IfColmToibinwereasingeryouwouldsayhehadperfectpitch'Spectator
作者简介
ColmToibinwasborninIrelandin1955.Heistheauthorofsixnovels,mostrecentlyBrooklyn,the2009CostaNoveloftheYear,andTheMaster,shortlistedforthe2004ManBookerPrize.Hehasalsowrittentwocollectionsofstories,TheEmptyFamilyandMothersandSons,andseveralworksofnon-fiction.