THE MEETING POINT
Book ID/图书代码： 04560010B36094
English Summary/英文概要： When Euan and Ruth set off with their young daughter to live in Bahrain, it is meant to be an experience and adventure they will cherish. But on the night they arrive, Ruth discovers the truth behind the missionary work Euan has planned and feels her world start to crumble. Far from home, and with events spiralling towards war in nearby Iraq, she starts to question her faith – in Euan, in their marriage and in all she has held dear.
With Euan so often away, she is confined to their guarded compound with her neighbours and, in particular, Noor, a troubled teenager recently returned to Bahrain to live with her father. Confronted by temptations and doubt, each must make choices that could change all of their lives forever.
Compelling, passionate and deeply resonant, The Meeting Point is a novel about idealism and innocence, about the unexpected turns life can take and the dangers and chances that await us."
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 當人失去對原有ㄧ切的信仰之後...無可自拔的動人悲傷故事 關於真愛、婚姻、抉擇、出走與對至愛之人失去信仰的動人故事
當尤安和露絲帶著幼女出發至巴林〈波斯灣中部的島國〉時，這趟旅程原本應該是兩人會珍惜難忘的冒險之旅。
但從他們抵達當地的那晚開始，當露絲發現在尤安傳教工作的背後，隱藏著不為人知的真相之後，露絲彷彿聽到自己過去相信的世界在瓦解的聲音…
而此時巴林附近的伊拉克國內局勢急轉直下，種種突來的變化讓遠離家園的露絲感到難以招架，她開始懷疑尤安，對他的信任、對婚姻的信任，以及所有她過往珍惜保護的一切，都因為週遭情勢的改變，開始動搖。
經常不在家的尤安，被困在陌生環境中的露絲，兩個人即將面臨的種種考驗與誘惑將逼迫他們做出抉擇，而這些抉擇的後果將為兩人的ㄧ生帶來無可逆轉的改變，而最終挑戰他們曾經對彼此…與ㄧ切的faith…(Kate Cheng)
Awards/获奖情况：英國 Faber and Faber Lead title今年注目新銳作家Lucy Caldwell Faber編輯形容Lucy Caldwell的這本新作：「讓人大為驚艷的小說作品，故事悲傷不已，但又讓人無可自拔地掉入其中…」
亞馬遜讀者 對Lucy Caldwell作品的讚譽: http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/0141024291/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
五星Fantastic! Sad, funny, and really really beautiful.
五星Hello? Mr Booker?
五星Magical Narration
五星touching, insightful, and beautifully written
“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried.”
Ruth 1: 16-17
「路得說，不要催我離開你，回去不跟隨你。你往那裡去，我也往那裡去；你在那裡住，我也在那裡住；你的民就是我的民，你的神就是我的神。你在那裡死，我也在那裡死，也葬在那裡。除非死能使你我相離，不然，願耶和華重重的降罰予我。拿俄米見路得定意要跟隨自己去，就不再對她說甚麼了。」---聖經路得記: http://www.holybible.or.kr/BIBLE_cb5/cgi/bibleftxt.php?VR=0&CI=2049&CV=3&FR=H
Reviews
Faber editor Angus Cargill describes "The Meeting Point" as a "hugely impressive piece of narrative fiction, which becomes a devastating and compelling look at this woman’s loss of faith".
Where They Were Missed is a work of the highest order: unsettling, unflinching, but finally uplifting. Lucy Caldwell’s touch is both fresh and assured. Here is a literary star in the making.---Glenn Patterson
A debut reminiscent of Ian McEwan’s The Cement Garden and Trezza Azzopardi’s The Hiding Place.---Vogue
I can think of few novels written by an author in her early twenties which are as accomplished as this one.---David Pierce, Irish Studies Around The World 2007
It is difficult to do justice to the remarkable nature of this novel, so searing in its presentation of naked sorrow and so moving in the heroine’s courage---Tablet
An assured and arresting tale… A heartbreaking and evocative story… A refreshingly different novel about the Northern tragedy and its ongoing effects on ordinary people.---Rowena Walsh, Irish Independent
A spirited work, for all its sadness, and written with insight and economy.---Patricia Craig, TLS
Excellent… all too believable.---Ireland on Sunday
About the Author/作者介绍： Lucy Caldwell 1981年出生於 (北愛爾蘭首都) 貝爾法斯特。在劍橋皇后學院攻讀英國文學後，在英國知名學府Goldsmith 學院取得寫作碩士學位。她的作品包含劇本與小說，劇作Leaves曾在皇家宮廷劇院（Royal Court Theatre）演出，目前她受託為皇家宮廷劇院主舞台撰寫劇本。The Meeting Point 是她繼"Where They Were Missed"後，獲得Faber and Faber高度賞識的最新小說作品。http://www.lucycaldwell.com/
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