CATCH
Book ID/图书代码： 0020000B35513
English Summary/英文概要： Catharine wakes to an empty bed. Her husband Tom, a human rights lawyer, is away on business in Birmingham. It is the first time she has woken alone in their cottage, in a quiet village, fifty-five minutes from Charing Cross, since they moved from London five months ago. Normally they get up together, she and Tom. She is certain she has as equal a job to do in the world as her husband, and that it will not wait. The fact that she doesn’t know what it is, isn’t the point. Soon, eventually, it will be to have a baby. She is, as she confesses, a serious woman; realistic and practical. She has relinquished her hold on past ambitions, her music and her career, in preparation for family life. Now, without distractions, she wonders what she is to do. In her darkened living room, the piano waits like an uninvited guest, demanding of her that she re-evaluate her life. Time progresses, and in encounters both real and imagined - with the village’s inhabitants, with her best friend Maria, with Tom - Catharine plucks at the fabric of her life until it is threadbare. From assured beginnings, the day rushes to a realisation of her very worst fears, and to a denouement of devastating poignancy. Imbued with the poise and style of Ian McEwan’s Saturday and Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, "Catch" is an extraordinary debut novel, a perceptive and wholly absorbing examination of the sanctuaries we build to protect ourselves, written in prose that is both painterly and precise. It is certain to establish Simon Robson’s reputation as one of the finest English writers working today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事发生在一个冬日，作者以极其细腻的文笔描写了一名女子的内心世界。
凯瑟琳睁开眼睛，枕边空无一人，这是她头一回独自醒来。她的丈夫汤姆是一个人权律师，正在伯明翰出差。凯瑟琳和汤姆在5个月前从伦敦搬来这儿。这是一个安静的村庄，离查令十字街约55分钟的路程。，凯瑟琳渴望有个孩子，但一直没有怀孕。如今她光着脚，独自呆在空荡荡的屋子里。在她的面前是一架黑色的钢琴，这架钢琴从凯瑟琳儿时就一直陪伴在她身旁， 跟随她辗转至此。
随着时光的推移，凯瑟琳在现实与虚幻中游走，通过对她和好朋友玛利亚、和当地居民们所发生的种种，这本小说以散文的形式出色地为我们构建了一个心灵的避难所。《Catch》是作者的第一本小说，这部优美的小说进一步奠定了Simon Robson身为英国最出色的作者之一的地位。(RH)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Simon Robson was born in 1966. His first book, The Separate Heart, was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor Award. He is also well known as an actor and playwright.
Simon Robson，生于1966，他的第一本书《The Separate Heart》入围Frank O’Connor奖。Simon也是著名的演员和剧作家。
Format:电子手稿
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