内容简介
Inthesummerof1997,fourpeoplereachaturningpoint:AliceValentine,wholiesgravelyillinherWestCountryhome;hertwosons,onestillsearchingforasenseofdirection,theotherfightingtokeephisactingcareerandmarriageafloat;andLaszloLazar,wholeadsacomfortablelifeinParisyetisplaguedbyhismemoriesofthe1956Hungarianuprising.Foreach,thetimehascometoassesswhatmattersinlife,andallwillbeforcedtotakepartinanactofliberation-thoughnotnecessarilytheoneforeseen.
作者简介
AndrewMillerwasborninBristolin1960.Hisfirstnovel,INGENIOUSPAIN,waspublishedbySceptrein1997andwontheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrizeforfiction,theInternationalIMPACAwardandtheGrinzaneCavourprizeinItaly.Hissecondnovel,CASANOVA,waspublishedin1998,andOXYGEN,histhird,wasshortlistedfortheBookerPrizeandtheWhibreadNovelAwardin2001.Hisfourthandmostrecentnovel,THEOPTIMISTS,followedtogreatacclaimin2005.