INHERITANCE

Book ID/图书代码： 00200009B32595

English Summary/英文概要： Andy Larkham is late. He is due at the funeral of his favourite school teacher, who once told him: ‘It’s hard work being anyone.’ It’s especially hard for Andy – stuck in a dead-end job, terminally short of cash and with a finacée who is about to ditch him. When the funeral leads to unexpected consequences, Andy has to ask himself: how far will he go to change his life?
From early twentieth century Turkey to modern day London, Nicholas Shakespeare takes us on an extraordinary journey that explores the temptations of unexpected wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself. At once a love story spanning many decades and a tragedy of betrayal and missed opportunities, it is a romance for our times.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 毛姆文學獎得主
英國經典作家帶領讀者進入人生奇幻旅程

如果一個人毫無緣由繼承了一千七百萬英鎊的高額遺產，人生是否能就此改變 ?
對Andy Larkham而言，從小在苛刻的環境中長大，很少受到其他人溫暖與關懷。生命中永遠充滿了難題，只有獨自不停的努力奮鬥在逆境中成長，直到遇見一位真正充滿愛心的老師，他開始積極的面對人生。長大後的Andy所要歷經的困境有增無減: 工作不順遂、未婚妻因他的窮困而離開，然而真正讓他倍感挫折的，是錯過自己最心愛老師的喪禮。Andy不禁要問問自己:長久以來到底還要受到多少是非，才有機會改變人生。
然而沒想到Andy真的從這場喪禮過後開始走運，突然繼承一千七百萬英鎊的遺產。過去嚐盡種種人生辛酸的滋味，現在他是否真能看到重生的希望和未來的夢想......(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：版權已售:
◆ UK: Harvill Secker (Editor Elizabeth Foley)
◆ Germany: Rowoh lt Verlag
◆ Spain: Ediciones Duomo

Review
One of our best and truest novelists The Times Enviably good Sunday Times

About the Author/作者介绍： Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His novels have been translated into twenty languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, Snowleg and The Dancer Upstairs, which was chosen by the American Libraries Association in 1997 as the year’s best novel, and in 2001 was made into a film of the same name by John Malkovich. His most recent novel is Secrets of the Sea. He is married with two small boys and currently lives in Oxford.
Nicholas Shakespeare，1957年出生，父親擔任英國外交官。而Nicholas年輕時有機會跟著父親遊歷於亞洲及南非各地，從小見多識廣，也因此有靈感豐富的創作題材。其作品被翻譯高達20多國語言，其中《The Vision of Elena Silves》獲得英國毛姆文學獎的肯定，《樓上的舞者The Dancer Upstairs》1997年獲選美國圖書館協會評選該年度最佳小說，並在2001年由約翰馬可維奇 (John Malkovich)主演電影劇中男主角，近期作品《Secrets of the Sea》(以下另有簡介) 也廣受矚目。

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