TIMBUKTU: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 02740005B06201

English Summary/英文概要： Timbuktu is a tale of what happens, before and after Willy’s death: the dilemmas of ethics and affection, of a man and a dog in search of love and friendship. In Mr Bones’ dreams, Willy comes back, exhorting, advising, allegorising: "People get treated like dogs, too, my friend, and sometimes they have to sleep in barns and meadows because there’s nowhere else for them to go." Like Mom-san, Willy’s mother, "hunted ... down like a dog" in Warsaw. The connection is crucial to the novel; its sustained, but discreet, reflection on the vicissitudes of human--and canine--love and hate

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Timbuktu是一部围绕主人公Willy生前生后的故事，道德规范和情感倾向之间进退两难的困境、人与狗寻求爱和友谊的故事。在Bones先生的梦想中，Willy回来了，劝戒、忠告人们说：“我的朋友们，人们有时受到像狗一样的待遇，有时他们不得不睡在谷仓和牧场里，因为他们走投无路了。”正如Mom-san一样，Willy的母亲在华沙像一只狗一样被捕。人与狗之间的联系对小说至关重要，它持续不断地对人类的兴衰产生着影响。

Awards/获奖情况："["Timbuktu" is] held aloft with audacity and brilliant, idiosyncratic language. . . . It’s risk-taking and brazen energy suggest a writer on the verge of an even more rewarding leap into the air of his own uncharted territory."--Philip Graham, "Chicago Tribune

""A novel of haunted love whose themes loop around one another like glowing coils, connecting gracefully beneath Auster’s clear prose, eliciting the fanciful and the tragic."--Oscar Villalon, "San Francisco Chronicle

""A modern parable that invites readers to probe below its deceptively simple surface for deeper truths . . . Auster demonstrates a well-honed talent for illuminating secluded facets of the soul."--Michael Hopkins, "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "Lovely . . . Paul Auster is one of our most inventive and least predictable authors."--Jonathan Yardley, "The Washington Post Book World"

"Over the past twenty-five years, Paul Auster has established one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature."--Michael Dirda, "The New York Review of Books"

"["Timbuktu" is] held aloft with audacity and brilliant, idiosyncratic language. . . . It’s risk-taking and brazen energy suggest a writer on the verge of an even more rewarding leap into the air of his own uncharted territory."--Philip Graham, "Chicago Tribune

""A novel of haunted love whose themes loop around one another like glowing coils, connecting gracefully beneath Auster’s clear prose, eliciting the fanciful and the tragic."--Oscar Villalon, "San Francisco Chronicle

""A modern parable that invites readers to probe below its deceptively simple surface for deeper truths . . . Auster demonstrates a well-honed talent for illuminating secluded facets of the soul."--Michael Hopkins, "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "Lovely . . . Paul Auster is one of our most inventive and least predictable authors."--Jonathan Yardley, "The Washington Post Book World"

About the Author/作者介绍： Paul Auster出生于1947年二月三号，新泽西洲的Newark。他曾出版了无数小说，电影剧本，非小说作品。除此以外他还有诗人、译者、电影导演的称号。他最新小说”The Brooklyn Follies”将在2005年底发表。他正参与一部电影“The Inner Life of Martin Frost”创作。他的下一部小说”Travels in the Scriptorium”将在2007年上半年出版。他与妻子，作家Siri Hustvedt一同住在纽约的布鲁克林。

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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