「當你走出去，和真實的人，甚或只是真實的動物發展真實的關係後，
你便會面臨非常真實的危險：最後可能交付出『愛』的危險。」
―強納森．法蘭岑
到遠方，是出走，是尋找，是開拓，也是歸屬
繼《如何獨處》後，法蘭岑再次以幽默的機鋒與銳利的洞察，
帶讀者前往荒島的遠方、觀點的遠方、思想的遠方，以及閱讀的遠方。
精彩內容：
★科技消費主義如何偽裝成「愛」，讓人們逃避所有可能的痛。
★帶著《魯賓遜漂流記》與好友的骨灰，法蘭岑開啟了一段差點回不來的荒島放逐。
★摯友大衛．華萊士的迷人風采，與其孤決又令人心碎的自盡之路。
★「先發展，後環保」的口號，實際「創造」的是環境的毀滅。
★「狩獵」是傳統文化的一部份，「無差別獵殺」卻是新時代的產物！
★小說家最討厭被問到哪四個問題？
★法蘭岑談艾莉絲．孟若「短篇」小說裡的「完整」人生，談她擅長的「事中之事」。
「我對鳥的愛儼然成為一個入口，通往心中一個重要但沒那麼自我中心的部分，我從不知道有這東西存在的地方。我不能再以地球居民的姿態一輩子漂流，不能再只管喜不喜歡而把承諾留給未來，反而被迫面對一個要不就坦然接受，要不就斷然拒絕的自我。這就是愛會對人做的事。」——強納森．法蘭岑
在這本深刻的演說和散文選集，強納森‧法蘭岑帶著煥然一新的力度回到縈繞心頭已久的主題，包括人和文學。無論是回憶他在賽普勒斯和違法獵鳥者的暴力衝突，省視心中對亦敵亦友的作家大衛‧華萊士自殺的感受，或是針對科技如何改變人們表達愛的方式提出動人而風趣的看法，這些文章都實現了法蘭岑「毫不隱瞞」的承諾。出自當代頂尖小說家之手，《到遠方》是部傑出而具啟發性的作品，記錄了一顆獨特而成熟的心靈與自我，與文學和當今一些最重要議題角力的過程。
名人推薦
「睿智、銳利的散文，在幾乎每一件事物中挖掘深刻的社會意義。」──《今日美國報》（USA Today）
「（法蘭岑的）寫作有種不炫技、近乎無自我的完美。」──萊夫‧葛羅斯曼（Lev Grossman），《時代》（Time）雜誌
「美妙絕倫的散文。」──《洛杉磯書評》（Los Angeles review of Books）
「一部多面相、啟迪人心的選集，《到遠方》實則帶領讀者更接近作者。」──《經濟學人》（The Economist）
「如同最好的小說，《到遠方》標出了一條告別孤獨的路。」──《基督教科學箴言報》（The Christian Science Monitor）

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