Life After Life: A Novel
- 作者
- 出版社 Back Bay Books
- 出版时间 2014年1月
- ISBN 9780316176491
- 定价 153.70
内容简介
"OneofthebestnovelsI'vereadthiscentury.KateAtkinsonisamarvel.Therearen'tenoughbreathlessadjectivestodescribeLIFEAFTERLIFE:Dazzling,witty,moving,joyful,mournful,profound."--GillianFlynn,authorofGoneGirlWhatifyoucouldliveagainandagain,untilyougotitright?
Onacoldandsnowynightin1910,UrsulaToddisborn,thethirdchildofawealthyEnglishbankerandhiswife.Shediesbeforeshecandrawherfirstbreath.Onthatsamecoldandsnowynight,UrsulaToddisborn,letsoutalustywail,andembarksuponalifethatwillbe,tosaytheleast,unusual.Forasshegrows,shealsodies,repeatedly,inanynumberofways.Ursula'sworldisinturmoil,facingtheunspeakableevilofthetwogreatestwarsinhistory.Whatpowerandforcecanonewomanexertoverthefateofcivilization--ifonlyshehasthechance?
Wildlyinventive,darklycomic,startlinglypoignant--thisisKateAtkinsonatherabsolutebest.
Onacoldandsnowynightin1910,UrsulaToddisborn,thethirdchildofawealthyEnglishbankerandhiswife.Shediesbeforeshecandrawherfirstbreath.Onthatsamecoldandsnowynight,UrsulaToddisborn,letsoutalustywail,andembarksuponalifethatwillbe,tosaytheleast,unusual.Forasshegrows,shealsodies,repeatedly,inanynumberofways.Ursula'sworldisinturmoil,facingtheunspeakableevilofthetwogreatestwarsinhistory.Whatpowerandforcecanonewomanexertoverthefateofcivilization--ifonlyshehasthechance?
Wildlyinventive,darklycomic,startlinglypoignant--thisisKateAtkinsonatherabsolutebest.
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