TheIllusionofSeparateness:ANovel

作者 Simon Van Booy著
出版社 HarperCollins
出版时间 2014年6月
ISBN 9780062248459
定价 213.70

内容简介

InTheIllusionofSeparateness,award-winningauthorSimonVanBooytellsaharrowingandenchantingstoryofhowoneman’sactofmercyduringWorldWarIIchangedthelivesofstrangers,andhowtheyeachdiscovertheastonishingtruthoftheirconnection.WhethertheyarepursuedbyNazisoldiers,oldage,shame,deformity,disease,orregret,thecharactersinthisutterlycompellingnoveldiscoverintheir,darkestmomentsoffearandisolationthattheyarenotalone,thattheywereneveralone,thateveryhumanbeingisalinkinanunseenchain.TheIllusionofSeparatenessintertwinesthestoriesofuniqueandcompellingcharacterswho—throughseeminglyrandomactsofselflessness—discoverthevitalpartstheyhaveplayedineachother’slives.

作者简介

SimonVanBooygrewupinruralWales.HeistheauthorofTheSecretLivesofPeopleinLove,LoveBeginsinWinter,whichwontheFrankO’ConnorInternationalShortStoryAward,andEverythingBeautifulBeganAfter,whichwontheABA’sHonorAwardinAdultFiction.Heistheeditorofthreephilosophybooks,titledWhyWeFight,WhyWeNeedLove,andWhyOurDecisionsDon’tMatter.HisessayshaveappearedintheNewYorkTimes,TheDailyTelegraph,andTheGuardian,andonNPR.HelivesinNewYorkCity,whereheteachesattheSchoolofVisualArtsandisinvolvedintheRutgersEarlyCollegeHumanitiesforyoungadultslivinginunderservedcommunities.HewasafinalistfortheVilcekPrizeforCreativePromise,andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintothirteendifferentlanguage

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