THE ART OF LOSING
Book ID/图书代码： 11701208B20832
English Summary/英文概要： Haunted by childhood loss, 23-year-old Louise takes on her late mother′s name and sets out to find Nicholas, the man she has always held responsible for her death. Now a middle-aged lecturer, husband and father, Nicholas has nevertheless been unable to shake off the events of his past, when he and Lydia had a clandestine, destructive and ultimately tragic affair. As Louise infiltrates his life and the lives of his family, she forms close and intimate relationships with both his son and his wife, but her true identity remains unknown to Nicholas himself. Tensions grow and outward appearances begin to crack, as Louise and Nicholas both discover painful truths about their own lives, each other, and the woman they both loved.
Told alternately from the perspectives of Louise and Nicholas, and moving between the past and the present, THE ART OF LOSING is a stunning debut novel that shows how love, desire and loss can send out more complicated echoes across our lives than we can ever imagine.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 從小失去母親的Louise，對母親的死一直很自責並對「失去」感到無限的恐懼，所以希望藉由從新學習如何愛人、被愛來釋放對母親對她所遺留下的陰霾，Nicholas，這位她所仰慕的對象，是否真能讓她學會如何面對人生必經的過程- 「失去」。 (Vincent)
Awards/获奖情况：Rights sols:
UK: Fourth Estate; US: Europa; Greece: Oceanida; Holland: Artemis; Italy: Einaudi; Turkey: Alfa
Praise for previous novel, THE ART OF LOSING:
“Connell gets under the skin with this part thriller, part heartfelt examination of betrayal and grief.”---The Guardian
“A taut, convincing exploration of the pressures of love and the price of infidelity, and like the passion it so vividly describes it grips from the first and refuses to let go. For sheer readability, Rebecca Connell’s debut novel takes some beating."---Rupert Thomson
"First- time novelist Rebecca Connell has done a remarkable job of finding not one but two voices that are perfect for this sombre tale of infidelity... the two strands merge and the ending of this entirely satisfying novel has a poignant twist."---The Melbourne Age
About the Author/作者介绍： Rebecca Connell is 30 years old and lives in south London. She graduated from Oxford University, where she read English, in 2001. After working in television for several years, devising and researching factual entertainment programming, she moved to market research in 2005. She currently works as a researcher，writing articles and reports on aspects of youth culture and lifestyle. THE ART OF LOSING is her first novel.
Rebecca Connell，30歲，畢業於牛津大學，現居倫敦南部。她在電視台工作數年，負責娛樂節目的製作。2005年Rebecca著手市場研究。現在Rebecca青年文化與生活方式的研究。《THE ART OF LOSING》是她的第一部小說。
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