THE MEMORY OF LOVE
Book ID/图书代码： 02000009B30643
English Summary/英文概要： Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital’s hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since.
Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gifted young surgeon, is desperately trying to forget the pain of a lost love that torments him as much as the mental scars he still bears from the civil war that has left an entire people with terrible secrets to keep. It falls to a British psychologist, Adrian Lockheart, to help the two survivors, but when he too falls in love, past and present collide with devastating consequences. The Memory of Love is a heartbreaking story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 曾是一位講師伊萊亞斯 柯爾，居住在非洲的一個小城。現在的他年老且體弱多病，和他的僕人Babagaleh居住在一起，不斷回憶往昔。一本本殘破的筆記本詳細得記錄著他在英格蘭的年輕歲月，瘋狂迷戀“Staffia”的細節，以及Staffia那魅力十足，性格不定的丈夫朱利斯，朱利斯還是他在大學的同事。
安德里安是一個心理學家，初來乍到的他對這片異土十分不適應。這個國度的酷暑與髒亂都是他從未體驗過的。他來這裏的目的是幫助別人，現在卻被自己的無能而喪失了信心。直到他幫助一個精神異常的本地女人讓他找回自己的價值。
這兩個男人湊在一起的起因是一封從伊萊亞斯向艾德里安請求他專業心理協助的信件。隨著時間的發展，伊萊亞斯開始敞開心胸，將他與Saffia和朱利斯之間的關係都告訴了艾德里安。艾德里安也道出了一些他自己難以啟齒的秘密~(ZSW & Vicky)
Awards/获奖情况：WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
LISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE 2011
‘Magnificent’ ---SPECTATOR
‘A profoundly affecting work’ ---Kiran Desai
‘Forna is a writer of great talent who does not shy from tackling the toughest questions about why humans do the things they do: from the smallest act of betrayal to the greatest acts of love’ Monica Ali
‘An intricate tapestry of betrayal, tragedy and loss ... an affecting, passionate and intelligent novel about the redemptive power of love and storytelling’ ---DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Let us hope that it takes its place where it deserves to be; not at the top of the pile of “african literature” but outside any category altogether – and at the top of award shortlists’ ---THE TIMES
‘Intelligent, engrossing and beautifully crafted’ ---DAILY MAIL
Translation:
Germany: Holland;
Ailantus: Dva;
Spain: Alfaguara;
Norway: Gyldendal;
US: Grove Atlantic;
Japanese Subagent: Japan Uni
’A subtle and complex exploration of both the psyche of a war-torn African state and the attractions which it holds for an outsider. Forna is a writer of great talent and courage, one who never shies away from asking the difficult question.’---Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane/Vicky/09-11-6
2008 Hurston Wright Legacy獎、德國LiBeraturpreis自由文學獎 得獎作家
《浮華世界》（Vanity Fair）雜誌譽為非洲最受矚目的新作家
曾入圍英國最富盛名的非文學獎項--薩繆爾‧傑克遜獎與享譽全球的「國際IMPAC都柏林文學獎」(International IMPAC Award)
萬眾矚目的第二本小說
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 法蘭克福重要書目
版權已售:Spanish rights to Alfaguara.
【對於《水上之舞的魔鬼》的評價】
《財富時代》的賈斯汀 毛利斯說，“一本寓意深遠，文筆華麗的書。故事反映了追求權力，殘忍腐敗的政體。它可以當作一個令人為之一一振，極富趣味的回憶錄。” 《標準晚報》的瑞切爾 卡司克說，“她把童年時代情感與文明的世界汲取出來，用美與悲展現。極少書籍可以稱得上是英勇無畏；但是這本書卻是典範。”氟蓋裏 基恩說，“這本書將力與美發揮到了極致。阿米納塔福納不僅僅挖掘了她的回憶同時還將她心靈深處的秘密展現於人前。”
Praise for THE DEVIL THAT DANCED ON THE WATER: ’A deeply affecting and beautifully written book which transcends the sordid story of a power-hungry, murderous and corrupt regime It emerges defiantly as an uplifting and marvellously readable memoir.’ Justin Marozzi, Financial Times ’She has lifted out of herself the emotional and cultural world of her childhood and represented it in scenes of startling beauty and tragedy. Few books merit being called courageous; this one does.’ Rachel Cusk, Evening Standard ’This is a book of quite extraordinary power and beauty. Aminatta Forna has excavated not only her memory but the hidden recesses of the heart.’ Fergal Keane
About the Author/作者介绍： 阿米納塔 福納(Aminatta Forna)曾是BBC得獎記者，現專職寫作。在蘇格蘭出生的她成長於西非。她的第一本書《水上之舞的魔鬼》(關於她父親與非洲的回憶錄)曾在2003年角逐英國最富盛名的非文學獎項--薩繆爾‧傑克遜獎（Samuel Johnson Prize）。這本書還在BBC廣播4頻道“週末之書”上連載，英國的《星期日泰晤士報》上亦刊登其部分內容。在美國，這本書被Barnes&Noble選為 “尋找新生優秀作家”系列。還被選為泰晤士時報讀書俱樂部選書(Times newspaper Book Club book)。
上一本小說《祖先聖石》(Ancestor Stones,2006, Bloomsbury)不僅是紐約時報編輯選書(New York Times Editor’s Choice book)，還獲得2008 Hurston Wright Legacy獎、德國LiBeraturpreis自由文學獎、入圍全球規模最大小說獎的「國際IMPAC都柏林文學獎」(International IMPAC Award)以及被華盛頓時報選為2006最重要的書籍之一。《浮華世界》（Vanity Fair）雜誌2007年將阿米納塔譽為非洲最受矚目的新作家。還被翻譯法、韓、義等九種語言。
她是皇家文學基金會 (Royal Literary Fund) 董事。曾回到塞拉里昂去拍攝一個記實影片《真實的非洲》，影片展現了許多書中的情節。她曾為BBC、Channel4拍攝影片，也曾為《獨立報》、《經濟學人》、《星期日泰晤士報》、《浮華世界》、《Vogue》等知名媒體撰稿。曾任2003年度麥克米倫非洲作家獎，2004年度撒母耳 詹森獎和2005年度凱恩（非洲區）獎的評審。現與丈夫住在倫敦。
《祖先聖石》Ancestor Stones版權已售:
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Holland (Meulenhoff); Italy (Feltrinelli); Korea (Hong-Ik); Poland (WAB); Portugal (Porto); Serbia (Mono & Manjana);Spain (Santillana)
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