内容简介
“Everyreaderknowsofwriterswhoarelikesecretsonewantstokeep,andwhosebooksonewantstotelltheworldabout.Millhauserismine.”—DavidRollow,BostonSundayGlobeFromthePulitzerPrize–winningauthor:theessentialstoriesacrossthreedecadesthatshowcasehisindomitableimagination.StevenMillhauser’sfictionhasconsistently,andtodazzlingeffect,dissolvedtheboundariesbetweenrealityandfantasy,wakinglifeanddreams,thepastandthefuture,darknessandlight,loveandlust.Thestoriesgatheredhereunfurlinsettingsasdisparateasnineteenth-centuryVienna,acontemporaryConnecticuttown,thecorridorsofamonstrousmuseum,andThomasEdison’slaboratory,andtheyareinhabitedbyawide-rangingcastofcharacters,includingaknifethrowerandteenageboys,ghostsandacartooncatandmouse.Butallofthestoriesareunitedintheirunfailingpowertosurpriseandenchant.Fromtheearliesttothestunning,previouslyunpublishednovella-lengthtitlestory—inwhichamanwhoisdead,butnotquitegone,reachesouttotwolonelywomen—MillhauserinthismagnificentcollectioncarvesoutevermoredeeplyhiswondrousplaceintheAmericanliterarycanon.
作者简介
StevenMillhauseristheauthorofnumerousworksoffiction,includingMartinDressler,whichwasawardedthePulitzerPrizein1997,and,mostrecently,DangerousLaughter,aNewYorkTimesBookReviewBestBookoftheYear.Hisworkhasbeentranslatedintofifteenlanguages,andhisstory“EisenheimtheIllusionist”wasthebasisofthe2006filmTheIllusionist.HeteachesatSkidmoreCollegeandlivesinSaratogaSprings,NewYork.