THE KINDNESS OF YOUR NATURE
Book ID/图书代码： 00500009B32358
English Summary/英文概要： How are we supposed to recognize the difference between love that is allowed and love that is forbidden? What is our punishment when we fail to adhere to the rules—our own, and those of society?
Marion Flint is a fifty six year old woman who lives alone on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. One day, Marion befriends Ika, a little boy with webbed fingers, a fear of being touched, and a dysfunctional family. The strange boy and the lonely woman begin an unusual friendship consisting of weekly Thursday dinners, and Ika’s presence forces Marion to revisit her painful past: domestic violence with a deadly end, losing touch with her brother when the two are put up for adoption, coping with the deterioration of her own marriage. But the most painful moment of Marion’s life happens when she forces herself to abandon her one true love—because she realizes that the man she loves, and who loves her, is her long lost brother. The devastating consequences are Marion’s to live with for the rest of her life. But meeting little Ika opens a new door. A new love. Different. Allowed. And ultimately healing.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 寧靜的新西蘭北島西岸，宛若世界的盡頭。年過半百的老婦人Marion Flint獨居在此。這天她偶爾結識了名為Ika的奇怪男孩。他指間有蹼，畏畏縮縮，惶恐不安。兩人的心靈從陌生到傾吐，開始了一段不同尋常的友誼。
Ika的出現悄悄改變了Marion的生活，也讓Marion重陷她不願回想的過去：充滿痛苦的童年，揮之不去的家庭暴力，與至親弟弟的失散，被人收養，以及她之後苦澀的婚姻。而與摯愛的離散，更是在她心上刻下了一道血淋淋的傷口，因為那個她深愛的，差一點就能夠攜手白頭的男子不是別人，正是她失散多年的弟弟。受此重創後的Marion打算獨居，在悲傷中了此殘生。
直到遇見Ika……(Ruby)
Awards/获奖情况：SONATA FOR MIRIAM [Penguin (U.S.) March 2009, 257 pages; Penguin (New Zealand) 2008; Bonniers (Sweden) 2008; Penguin (Australia) 2008; Uitgeverij Archipel (The Netherlands); Bertelsmann, Taschenbuch (Germany) 2010; Shanghai Wanyu Culture and Art Company, simplified language rights (China) 2009; Forlaget Aronsen (Denmark) 2009; Vigmostad & Bjorke (Norway) 2010; Corbaccio (Italy) 2010; Solo Press (Taiwan) 2010; Gummerus (Finland) 2010; Bertelsmann (Poland) 2010; Kinneret (Israel) 2010; Salamandra (Spain) 2010].
About the Author/作者介绍： Linda Olsson出生於斯德哥爾摩。曾在肯雅、新加坡、英國和日本生活，從1990年起成為新西蘭永久居民。 她畢業于斯德哥爾摩大學，獲法律學士學位；後在惠靈頓維多利亞大學獲英國和德國文學學位。
2003年獲得Sunday Star-Times短篇小說大獎。長篇小說《讓我為你溫柔地歌唱》、《靜默之聲》中文版已經出版，深受讀者喜愛。
Linda Olsson is the author of ASTRID & VERONIKA [Penguin (U.S.) 2007, 267 pages; Penguin/Fig Tree (UK & Canada), 2007; Penguin (New Zealand) 2005; Bonniers (Sweden) 2006; Archipel (Netherlands) 2007; Corbaccio (Italy) 2008; Bertelsmann, Taschenbuch (Germany), 2007; Kodansha (Japan) 2008; Salamandra (Spain) 2009; Gruner + Jahr (Poland) 2008; Metafora (Czech Republic) 2008; Joongang Books (Korea) 2009; Forlaget Aronsen (Denmark) 2008; Vigmostad & Bjorke (Norway) 2008; Okean (Serbia) 2008; Shanghai Wanyu Culture and Art Company, simplified language rights (China) 2008; Svajoniu (Lithuania) 2010; Gummerus (Finland) 2008; Advance Publishing (Thailand) 2009].
She was born in Stockholm, Sweden and graduated from the University of Stockholm with a bachelor of law degree, then pursued a career in banking and finance until she left Sweden in 1986. She has lived in Kenya, Singapore, Britain, and Japan and has been a permanent resident in New Zealand since 1990. In 1993, she completed a bachelor of arts in English and German literature at Victoria University of Wellington. In 2003, she won the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition. She divides her time between Auckland and Stockholm.
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