THE BLACKWATER LIGHTSHIP
Book ID/图书代码： 11701208B27160
English Summary/英文概要： It is Ireland in the early 1990s. Three women, Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and her grand-daughter Helen have arrived, after years of strife, at an uneasy peace with each other. They know that in the years ahead it will be necessary for them to keep their distance. Now, however, Declan, Helen’s adored brother is dying and the three of them come together in the grandmother’s crumbling old house with two of Declan’s friends. All six of them, from different generations and with different beliefs, are forced to listen to each other and come to terms with each other.
The Blackwater Lightship is a novel about morals and manners, about culture clashes and clashes of personalities, but it is also a novel full of stories, as the characters give an account of themselves, and the others listen, awe-struck or deeply amused at things they have never heard before. Written in a spare, powerful prose, The Blackwater Lightship is an astonishingly acute and moving work which offers sharp and memorable insights into the nature of love and family, and dramatises the lives of characters who appear remarkably exact and real. It is Colm Toibin’s finest achievement.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1990年代，祖孫三代，祖母Dora Devereux、女兒Lily及孫女Helen剛抵達愛爾蘭。三人經歷了多年的紛爭及不合，彼此都理解保持適當的距離是最好的相處方式。由於，Helen的領養的哥哥Declan正處理命危關頭，這回祖孫三人不得不相聚在老家與Declan兩位朋友準備後事，他們六個分別來自不同年代及不同世界的人，在這個緊迫的時刻被迫傾聽彼此衝突的意見，並從中達成最終協議。(VL)
Awards/获奖情况：Shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize, this is an extraordinary novel from one of Ireland’s most gifted writers.
‘This is the most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in its emotion and spare in its construction . . . Tóibín has crafted an unmissable read’---Sunday Herald
‘It is in his emotional choreography that Tóibín shows himself to be an exceptional writer. Helen is estranged from both her mother and grandmother . . . Tóibín helps them make peace – and he does it beautifully’---Sunday Telegraph
‘He writes in spare, powerful prose and he is truly perceptive about family relationships which, at times, makes reading his stories incredibly painful. But this is a beautiful novel’---Belfast News
‘We shall be reading and living with The Blackwater Lightship in twenty years’---Independent on Sunday
‘Rises to heights of extraordinary beauty’---Independent on Sunday
About the Author/作者介绍： 愛爾蘭作家Colm Tóibín（柯姆．托賓）生於1955年，曾擔任記者，現為專職作家。1999年曾以The Blackwater Lightship入圍布克獎，2004年作品《大師》(THE MASTER)，甫出版便立刻引起各界注目，被譽為2004年美國書評人的最愛，也入圍英國布克獎，並獲得了紐約時報年度十大好書。
Format:TRADE PAPERBACK
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