TIME’S LONG RUIN: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 14058009B34028

English Summary/英文概要： “Nothing matters. In the end, and I think about this often, all you have are Memories-the bits of life that fell between the cracks, the unsaid things, the hunches…”

Nine-year-old Henry Page is a club-footed, deep-thinking loner, spending his summer holidays reading, roaming the melting streets of his suburb, playing with his best friend Janice, and her younger brother and sister. Until one day Janice asks Henry to spend the day at the beach with them. He declines, a decision that will stay with him forever.

Time’s Long Ruin is based loosely on the disappearance of the Beaumont children from Glenelg beach on Australia Day, 1966. It’s a novel about friendship, love and loss; a story about those left behind, and how they carry on.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 時間是否真能沖淡掉過往一切？??讓最後剩下的只有回憶…

九歲的Page是一個先天跛足，思想深邃，又有點自閉的小孩。他整個暑假不是在閱讀，便是在近郊炎熱的街道閒逛，和好朋友Janice、弟弟妹妹ㄧ起玩耍。直到有一天 Janice邀他一起去海邊玩，而被他拒絕了。
這個決定，從那天起，成為糾纏他一生的選擇…
Time’s Long Ruin取材自1966年澳洲國慶日當天，發生在格雷爾海灘的孩童失蹤事件，是一個關於友誼、愛與失去的故事，同時也是關於那些被遺留下來的人，如何繼續自己人生的故事。(ZH & KC)

Awards/获奖情况：Winner of the 2012 National Year of Reading Awards for South Australia.
Longlisted for the 2011 Miles Franklin Award.

About the Author/作者介绍： Stephen Orr第一部小說Attempts to Draw Jesus描寫1987年在大沙沙漠（Great Sandy Desert）兩名牧場新手失蹤的故事。第二部作品Hill of Grace則是研究50年代宗教崇拜產生的幻覺與迷失現象。Orr曾在多本期刊和雜誌上發表短篇小說，目前是阿德萊德的一名高中教師。

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