2023
The Girl Aquarium 谷歌图书 Goodreads
所属 作品: The Girl Aquarium
作者:
Jen Campbell
Bloodaxe Books Limited
2019
- 4
Jen Campbell's first collection The Girl Aquarium explores the realm of rotten fairy tales, the possession of body and the definition of beauty. Weaving between whispered science and circus, she turns a cracked mirror on society and asks who gets to control the twisted tales hiding in the wings. Semifinalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (Best Poetry category) Shortlisted for the poetry category of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2019
August Blue Goodreads 豆瓣
所属 作品:
作者:
Deborah Levy
Hamish Hamilton
2023
- 5
其它标题:
August Blue
'If she was my double and I was hers, was it true that she was knowing, I was unknowing, she was sane, I was crazy, she was wise, I was foolish? That summer, the air was electric between us as we transmitted our feelings to each other across three countries.'
Elsa M. Anderson is a classical piano virtuoso. In a flea market in Athens, she watches an enigmatic woman buy two mechanical dancing horses. Is it possible that the woman who is so enchanted with the horses is her living double? Is she also looking for reasons to live?
Chasing their doubles across Europe, the two women grapple with their conceptions of the world and each other, culminating in a final encounter in a fateful summer rainstorm.
A vivid portrait of a long-held identity coming apart,
expands our understanding of the ways in which we seek to find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.
Elsa M. Anderson is a classical piano virtuoso. In a flea market in Athens, she watches an enigmatic woman buy two mechanical dancing horses. Is it possible that the woman who is so enchanted with the horses is her living double? Is she also looking for reasons to live?
Chasing their doubles across Europe, the two women grapple with their conceptions of the world and each other, culminating in a final encounter in a fateful summer rainstorm.
A vivid portrait of a long-held identity coming apart,
expands our understanding of the ways in which we seek to find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.
The City and the Pillar 豆瓣 Goodreads
所属 作品: The City and the Pillar
作者:
Gore Vidal
Vintage
2003
- 12
A literary cause célèbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal’s now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience.
Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion. Defying his parents’ expectations, Jim strikes out on his own, hoping to find Bob and rekindle their amorous friendship. Along the way he struggles with what he feels is his unique bond with Bob and with his persistent attraction to other men. Upon finally encountering Bob years later, the force of his hopes for a life together leads to a devastating climax. The first novel of its kind to appear on the American literary landscape, The City and the Pillar remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of sexual relationships between men.
Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion. Defying his parents’ expectations, Jim strikes out on his own, hoping to find Bob and rekindle their amorous friendship. Along the way he struggles with what he feels is his unique bond with Bob and with his persistent attraction to other men. Upon finally encountering Bob years later, the force of his hopes for a life together leads to a devastating climax. The first novel of its kind to appear on the American literary landscape, The City and the Pillar remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of sexual relationships between men.
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Babel
8.3 (7 个评分)
作者:
R.F. Kuang
Harper Voyager
2022
- 8
An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation — also known as Babel.
Babel is the world's center of translation and, more importantly, of silver-working: the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation through enchanted silver bars, to magical effect. Silver-working has made the British Empire unparalleled in power, and Babel's research in foreign languages serves the Empire's quest to colonize everything it encounters.
Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, is a fairytale for Robin; a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge serves power, and for Robin, a Chinese boy raised in Britain, serving Babel inevitably means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to sabotaging the silver-working that supports imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide: Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? What is he willing to sacrifice to bring Babel down?
Babel — a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell — grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation — also known as Babel.
Babel is the world's center of translation and, more importantly, of silver-working: the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation through enchanted silver bars, to magical effect. Silver-working has made the British Empire unparalleled in power, and Babel's research in foreign languages serves the Empire's quest to colonize everything it encounters.
Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, is a fairytale for Robin; a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge serves power, and for Robin, a Chinese boy raised in Britain, serving Babel inevitably means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to sabotaging the silver-working that supports imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide: Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? What is he willing to sacrifice to bring Babel down?
Babel — a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell — grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire.
Real Estate 豆瓣
作者:
Deborah Levy
Hamish Hamilton
2021
- 5
'Three bicycles. Seven ghosts. A crumbling apartment block on the hill. Fame. Tenderness. The statue of Peter Pan. Silk. Melancholy. The banana tree. A Pandemic. A love story.'
From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the highly anticipated final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography'
'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman' Observer on The Cost of Living
Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's 'Living Autobiography' is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.
'I began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally, her physical property and possessions, and then everything else she valued, though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim, own, discard and bequeath? Or is she the real estate, owned by patriarchy? In this sense, Real Estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it, sell and inherit it - but we must also knock it down.'
From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the highly anticipated final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography'
'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman' Observer on The Cost of Living
Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's 'Living Autobiography' is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.
'I began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally, her physical property and possessions, and then everything else she valued, though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim, own, discard and bequeath? Or is she the real estate, owned by patriarchy? In this sense, Real Estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it, sell and inherit it - but we must also knock it down.'
The Passion 豆瓣 Goodreads
所属 作品: 激情
作者:
[英国] 珍妮特·温特森
Grove Press
1997
- 8
Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms her special claim on the novel. Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, The Passion intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, who follows Napoleon from glory to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the red-haired, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose husband has gambled away her heart. In Venice’s compound of carnival, chance, and darkness, the pair meet their singular destiny.
In her unique and mesmerizing voice, Winterson blends reality with fantasy, dream, and imagination to weave a hypnotic tale with stunning effects.
In her unique and mesmerizing voice, Winterson blends reality with fantasy, dream, and imagination to weave a hypnotic tale with stunning effects.
滔滔生活 豆瓣 谷歌图书
所属 作品: 滔滔生活
8.6 (70 个评分)
作者:
[韩]金爱烂
译者:
徐丽红
人民文学出版社
2022
- 10
“韩国八零后天才女作家”金爱烂
第二十七届申东晔创作奖获奖作品
未来文学家奖得主 张怡微 作序《“我想抓住那道光”》
“喜欢金爱烂的读者,很容易就会捕捉到千变万化的文学创造背后那双犀利的女性冷眼……现实冷峻如雪,作家将这些体验都划归为生活本来的样子,它是有温度的,是寒冷的。与此同时,它也是有光芒的。”
《滔滔生活》是金爱烂的第二部短篇小说集,共收入八篇作品。这些故事写成长于饺子馆的女孩在雨水倒灌的首尔半地下出租屋里肆意弹琴,写都会女性极度疲惫而辛劳的职场生涯,有城市青年囿于物质的缺乏无法体面过圣诞节,写丈夫出轨与负债的妈妈靠开面馆养大女儿……它们聚焦了城市中那些看似平常、边缘,实则每天都在与生活无声抗争的可敬的普通人;这些充满想象力和智慧的文字就像在平淡无奇的日常生活中积聚起来的一汪水,读者映照出自己,辨认出生活的重压之下个人的内心曲折。
第二十七届申东晔创作奖获奖作品
未来文学家奖得主 张怡微 作序《“我想抓住那道光”》
“喜欢金爱烂的读者,很容易就会捕捉到千变万化的文学创造背后那双犀利的女性冷眼……现实冷峻如雪,作家将这些体验都划归为生活本来的样子,它是有温度的,是寒冷的。与此同时,它也是有光芒的。”
《滔滔生活》是金爱烂的第二部短篇小说集,共收入八篇作品。这些故事写成长于饺子馆的女孩在雨水倒灌的首尔半地下出租屋里肆意弹琴,写都会女性极度疲惫而辛劳的职场生涯,有城市青年囿于物质的缺乏无法体面过圣诞节,写丈夫出轨与负债的妈妈靠开面馆养大女儿……它们聚焦了城市中那些看似平常、边缘,实则每天都在与生活无声抗争的可敬的普通人;这些充满想象力和智慧的文字就像在平淡无奇的日常生活中积聚起来的一汪水,读者映照出自己,辨认出生活的重压之下个人的内心曲折。
冷月 豆瓣
The cold moon 所属 作品: 冷月
7.2 (14 个评分)
作者:
[美]杰弗里·迪弗
译者:
严志军
/
张沫
译林出版社
2008
- 9
寒冷的十二月夜晚,一轮满月高挂在纽约市的上空,此时发生了两起命案。凶手在两个现场都放置了同样诡异的古董钟,还附上一张署名为“钟表匠”的纸条!犯罪学家林肯·莱姆和警探萨克斯受命组成调查组,在扑朔迷离的线索之间抽丝剥茧,在物证、推理和目击供词之间艰难取舍,终于找到了钟表匠的经销商,他已售出十只钟表,这意味着将有十位受害人在纽约死于非命,且作案手法将异常残忍:割腕、放血、砸碎喉咙、火刑……古董钟发出的每一声嘀嗒,都意味着一个生命即将结束……
它 豆瓣
It 所属 作品: 它
7.8 (22 个评分)
作者:
[美] 斯蒂芬·金
译者:
穆卓芸
博集天卷/湖南文艺出版社
2017
- 3
写给每个曾经当过孩子的大人
童年自有其甜蜜之谜,确认了死亡的真实,界定了勇气与爱。
往前看也得往后看,每个生命都在仿效永恒,犹如转轮
惊悚小说王者中的王者斯蒂芬•金长盛不衰之作,纯真与恐怖的绝佳组合
华纳兄弟改编的同名电影定于2017年9月上映
故事发生在美国缅因州小镇德里。
一个雨天,威廉给弟弟乔治做了艘纸船,弟弟高高兴兴出门去街上放船,不久后却惨死在下水道口。接下来镇上不断有小孩失踪或夭折,警察的搜寻却毫无结果。威廉的父母沉浸在丧子的悲痛中,对威廉不闻不问。
暑假里,难过而孤独的威廉与六个在学校不受欢迎的孩子组成了“窝囊废俱乐部”。小伙伴们发现他们几乎都曾见过一个诡异的家伙——“它”。“它”变化多端,有时是拿着气球的小丑,有时是巨鸟,有时是排水管内的低语和汩汩冒出的鲜血……唯一不变的是,“它”每次在德里出现,都会夺走数十个孩子的生命。
“窝囊废俱乐部”决定向“它”宣战。重创“它”之后,七个孩子约定,若“它”再次出现,他们会重新聚首,直面邪恶。
孩子们一个个离开了德里,除了迈克。离开的六个孩子长大后事业顺风顺水,成功得几近诡异,分别成为作家、建筑师、服装设计师、会计师、电台主持人和车行老板。他们仿佛从记忆中删除了德里,删除了那个夏天。
二十七年后,电话铃声响起,仿佛命运的召唤。只是,这次有人缺席,他用尽最后的力气,在镜子上写下一个鲜血淋漓的大字:它。
童年自有其甜蜜之谜,确认了死亡的真实,界定了勇气与爱。
往前看也得往后看,每个生命都在仿效永恒,犹如转轮
惊悚小说王者中的王者斯蒂芬•金长盛不衰之作,纯真与恐怖的绝佳组合
华纳兄弟改编的同名电影定于2017年9月上映
故事发生在美国缅因州小镇德里。
一个雨天,威廉给弟弟乔治做了艘纸船,弟弟高高兴兴出门去街上放船,不久后却惨死在下水道口。接下来镇上不断有小孩失踪或夭折,警察的搜寻却毫无结果。威廉的父母沉浸在丧子的悲痛中,对威廉不闻不问。
暑假里,难过而孤独的威廉与六个在学校不受欢迎的孩子组成了“窝囊废俱乐部”。小伙伴们发现他们几乎都曾见过一个诡异的家伙——“它”。“它”变化多端,有时是拿着气球的小丑,有时是巨鸟,有时是排水管内的低语和汩汩冒出的鲜血……唯一不变的是,“它”每次在德里出现,都会夺走数十个孩子的生命。
“窝囊废俱乐部”决定向“它”宣战。重创“它”之后,七个孩子约定,若“它”再次出现,他们会重新聚首,直面邪恶。
孩子们一个个离开了德里,除了迈克。离开的六个孩子长大后事业顺风顺水,成功得几近诡异,分别成为作家、建筑师、服装设计师、会计师、电台主持人和车行老板。他们仿佛从记忆中删除了德里,删除了那个夏天。
二十七年后,电话铃声响起,仿佛命运的召唤。只是,这次有人缺席,他用尽最后的力气,在镜子上写下一个鲜血淋漓的大字:它。
只爱陌生人 豆瓣
所属 作品: The Comfort of Strangers
7.9 (49 个评分)
作者:
[英] 伊恩·麦克尤恩
译者:
冯涛
上海译文出版社
2010
- 1
本书是一部技巧高度纯熟的小长篇,“恐怖伊恩”时期的代表作,着力探索人性欲望的无限可能,讲述了一个关于美的追求者为了满足自己的欲望如何将美的对象摧残致死的故事。一对如胶似漆却又貌合神离的情人正在度假。从踏进这座繁华却又怪诞的旅游城市的第一天起,他们就一直被跟踪、偷拍。暗处的这双眼睛如影随形,诱惑着这对情人找寻新鲜刺激、寻求所谓陌生人的慰藉,并最终使他们一心一意地投身于一个处心积虑为其设下的情欲与死亡的陷阱中。小说蕴含着无数隐喻,与众多经典文本高度互文,充满了对托马斯·曼《死于威尼斯》、E·M·福斯特《看得见风景的房间》等意味深长的正引或戏仿,被誉为麦克尤恩的两部“小型杰作”之一。
外面是夏天 豆瓣 谷歌图书 Goodreads
바깥은 여름 所属 作品: 外面是夏天
8.6 (88 个评分)
作者:
[韩]金爱烂
译者:
徐丽红
人民文学出版社
2019
- 8
《外面是夏天》是金爱烂的第四部短篇小说集,共收入七篇作品。故事中的主人公大多在经历“失去”,失去孩子,失去父亲,失去能用母语与之交流的人……金爱烂似乎有意将这种种失去之痛揉碎,均匀地分布在字里行间,让痛感不时击中读者的心。在本书中,作者依旧保持着都市生活观察员和记录员的角色,叙述平实,贴近生活。
《外面是夏天》是第四十八届东仁文学奖获奖作品,其中《沉默的未来》《您想去哪里》分别为作者赢得第三十七届李箱文学奖和第八届年轻作家奖。
作者简介 · · · · · ·
金爱烂,1980年生于韩国仁川市,毕业于韩国艺术综合学校戏剧院剧作系。2002年短篇小说《不敲门的家》获得第一届大山大学文学奖,该小说又发表于2003年《创作与批评》春季号,从此开始文学活动。著有小说集《老爸,快跑》《噙满口水》《你的夏天还好吗?》,长篇小说《我的忐忑人生》(改编电影由宋慧乔、姜栋元主演)。曾获《韩国日报》文学奖、今日年轻艺术家奖、申东晔创作奖、李孝石文学奖、金裕贞文学奖、年轻作家奖、李箱文学奖、东仁文学奖等。
《外面是夏天》是第四十八届东仁文学奖获奖作品,其中《沉默的未来》《您想去哪里》分别为作者赢得第三十七届李箱文学奖和第八届年轻作家奖。
作者简介 · · · · · ·
金爱烂,1980年生于韩国仁川市,毕业于韩国艺术综合学校戏剧院剧作系。2002年短篇小说《不敲门的家》获得第一届大山大学文学奖,该小说又发表于2003年《创作与批评》春季号,从此开始文学活动。著有小说集《老爸,快跑》《噙满口水》《你的夏天还好吗?》,长篇小说《我的忐忑人生》(改编电影由宋慧乔、姜栋元主演)。曾获《韩国日报》文学奖、今日年轻艺术家奖、申东晔创作奖、李孝石文学奖、金裕贞文学奖、年轻作家奖、李箱文学奖、东仁文学奖等。
美满 豆瓣 Goodreads
7.6 (120 个评分)
作者:
淡豹
上海人民出版社
2020
- 8
★ 在人海中打捞生活的骸骨,用现实的星星点点去注解幻想。
★ 家庭是布洛芬、多巴胺和糖,对有些人也许是水,对有些人是头痛本身。
★ 家,这个陌生人构成的集体,尘世中饱受琢磨的奇迹。
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九个背井离乡的故事
九个家庭中的难民
九个格格不入者
九个在离开中醒来的人
男人疲惫,认为自己在当牛做马,同时相信自己是宇宙的中心,女人劳累,感到不受理解,同时怀有巨大的爱的渴望。
本书是80后写作者淡豹的第一部小说集,收录了九个短篇小说。这里有非常规的家、想得很多的人、焦急的父亲、相互隔离的中年夫妇、生怕怀孕的上班族,他们生活在人海之中,却被说不清的东西隔开。
他们受困于代际和性别关系,他们像如今几乎所有人一样,因为渴望或者压抑、因为不得已的人生际遇四处游走,却总是无法彼此理解。书中有我们当代的生活景观:寺庙、机场、商场、便利店、精神病院、快捷酒店、旅行网站……
这些各式各样的人对家爱恨交织,有逃避远走,也有寄托渴望,围绕着家与幸福,作出或积极或消极的努力。
1. 女儿
情侣平平常常的同居生活里暗藏杀机。你是谁?你在想什么?你为什么着迷?一个犯罪故事。
2. 养生
天涯海角觅知音,家山北望泪沾襟。一个喜剧故事。
3. 山河
女孩对爱情没有好印象,因为她的父亲是个胆小鬼,母亲是位捞尸人。一个独白。
4. 过火
闽南一场净化仪式后,老人决意到更南方去。一次旅程。
5. 父母
孩子没有了,不再有孩子。一次卡在半山腰的旅程。
6. 乱世佳人
费雯丽还是奥黛丽?母亲花一生解谜,女儿只想活在谜面里。一个悬疑故事。
7. 海和海绵体
在发疯前,地质学家抓住自己珍视的东西,还顺带着蔑视了心理学。一轮测试。
8. 你还记得在上州给我变魔术吗?
她问他,“你记不记得以前富二代是歧视性的称呼?” 前恋人分隔两地,一场合唱愈来愈像独奏。
9. 旅行家
中年男人在三个大洲间穿行。算他在内共有三个朋友相互讲述故事。算他在内家庭共有三人彼此好奇又捉摸不定地过一生。
★ 家庭是布洛芬、多巴胺和糖,对有些人也许是水,对有些人是头痛本身。
★ 家,这个陌生人构成的集体,尘世中饱受琢磨的奇迹。
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九个背井离乡的故事
九个家庭中的难民
九个格格不入者
九个在离开中醒来的人
男人疲惫,认为自己在当牛做马,同时相信自己是宇宙的中心,女人劳累,感到不受理解,同时怀有巨大的爱的渴望。
本书是80后写作者淡豹的第一部小说集,收录了九个短篇小说。这里有非常规的家、想得很多的人、焦急的父亲、相互隔离的中年夫妇、生怕怀孕的上班族,他们生活在人海之中,却被说不清的东西隔开。
他们受困于代际和性别关系,他们像如今几乎所有人一样,因为渴望或者压抑、因为不得已的人生际遇四处游走,却总是无法彼此理解。书中有我们当代的生活景观:寺庙、机场、商场、便利店、精神病院、快捷酒店、旅行网站……
这些各式各样的人对家爱恨交织,有逃避远走,也有寄托渴望,围绕着家与幸福,作出或积极或消极的努力。
1. 女儿
情侣平平常常的同居生活里暗藏杀机。你是谁?你在想什么?你为什么着迷?一个犯罪故事。
2. 养生
天涯海角觅知音,家山北望泪沾襟。一个喜剧故事。
3. 山河
女孩对爱情没有好印象,因为她的父亲是个胆小鬼,母亲是位捞尸人。一个独白。
4. 过火
闽南一场净化仪式后,老人决意到更南方去。一次旅程。
5. 父母
孩子没有了,不再有孩子。一次卡在半山腰的旅程。
6. 乱世佳人
费雯丽还是奥黛丽?母亲花一生解谜,女儿只想活在谜面里。一个悬疑故事。
7. 海和海绵体
在发疯前,地质学家抓住自己珍视的东西,还顺带着蔑视了心理学。一轮测试。
8. 你还记得在上州给我变魔术吗?
她问他,“你记不记得以前富二代是歧视性的称呼?” 前恋人分隔两地,一场合唱愈来愈像独奏。
9. 旅行家
中年男人在三个大洲间穿行。算他在内共有三个朋友相互讲述故事。算他在内家庭共有三人彼此好奇又捉摸不定地过一生。
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作者:
Annie Ernaux
译者:
Tanya Leslie
Seven Stories Press
2003
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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A New York Times Notable Book
In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion.
Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her 2 year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference.
With courage and exactitude, she seeks the truth behind an existence lived entirely for someone else, and, in the pieces of its aftermath, she is able to find it.
A New York Times Notable Book
In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion.
Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her 2 year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference.
With courage and exactitude, she seeks the truth behind an existence lived entirely for someone else, and, in the pieces of its aftermath, she is able to find it.