作者：AnnieErnaux
出版社：SevenStoriesPress
译者：TanyaLeslie
出版年：2003-07-01
页数：96
定价：USD19.95
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781888363296
内容简介
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Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris."
She explores the bond between mother and daughter, tenuous and unshakable at once, the alienating worlds that separate them, and the inescapable truth that we must lose the ones we love. In this quietly powerful tribute, Ernaux attempts to do her mother the greatest justice she can: to portray her as the individual she was. She writes, "I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."
作者简介
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The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, ANNIE ERNAUX is considered by many to be France’s most important literary voice. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She has also won the Prix Renaudot for “A Man's Place” and the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her body of work. More recently she received the International Strega Prize, the Prix Formentor, the French-American Translation Prize, and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation for “The Years”, which was also shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Her other works include “Getting Lost,” “Exteriors,” “A Girl's Story”, “A Woman's Story,” “The Possession,” “Simple Passion,” “Happening,” “I Remain in Darkness,” “Shame,” “A Frozen Woman,” and “A Man's Place.”
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Ernaux is most restful and most near aging in this one.
浮生若梦，为欢几何？不到90分钟就能读完这本书，它不是小说，也不算传记，大概能被看作是一本围绕Annie母亲的回忆录。不过她只能写下和母亲相处过的“短暂”岁月（抛开漫长成长，只算心智成熟之后的日子），母亲的前半生真实生活究竟是什么样的，我们是无法获得一手资料的。就是在这样的文学作品里，我们作为读者，作为女性和女儿，能够以作者视角去亲历一场哀悼。预演悲伤既不能阻止意外发生，也不会让时间停下脚步，无非…
和写父亲的那本比，这本带来一种抚慰感，或许是更多一点的理解更近一点的书写距离，也或许是和母亲之间“我即是你”的同身同感。这种书写给了母亲在母亲角色之外的独立性，母亲有历史有来处，于是我也有了来处。
老年痴呆症太可怕了。
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