LASTINGNESS: THE ART OF OLD AGE
Book ID/图书代码： 02330010B37504
English Summary/英文概要： One of the country’s leading literary scholars, explores the fascinating question of why some people’s creative talents flourish with age while others’ fade.
America grows older yet stays focused on its young. Whatever hill we try to climb, we’re "over" it by fifty and should that hill involve entertainment or athletics we’re finished long before. And if younger is better, it doesn’t appear that youngest is best: we want our teachers, doctors, generals, and presidents to have reached a certain age. In context after context and contest after contest, we’re more than a little conflicted about elders of the tribe; when is it right to honor them, and when to say "step aside"?
In his new book, Nicholas Delbanco, one of America’s most formidable scholars, tackles the enigma of "lastingness," searching for the answers to the question of why some artists’ work diminishes with age, and that of others reaches its peak. Both an intellectual inquiry into the essence of aging and creativity and a personal journey of discovery, LASTINGNESS is a brilliant exploration of what determines what one needs to do to keep the habits of creation and achievement alive.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個人創作及發展的黃金時期，為什麼就在一定年紀？ 為什麼人的才能要到一定的年紀才能有所發揮及達到顛峰？一個人到中年，不管是體力或專注力一定會有差異，但是往往卻是個人發展或創作的顛峰，從許多例子就能看出這 ，比方說當成醫生、教師及總統往往都有了一定的年紀，是因為經驗的累積還是因為人本來是就一個「持久」Lastingness的物種？作者身為美國享負盛名學者將在本書解開這有趣疑問，並探究我們年輕時應該要先如何養成日後「創造」習慣。
享年82歲的西班牙畫家哥雅（Francisco Goya）在逝世的前一年還完成《波爾多賣牛奶的女郎》﹙La lechera de Burdeos, 1827﹚；現年78歲的克林伊斯威特（Clint Eastwood）在08年導演08年一口氣推出的兩部作品《陌生的孩子》（Changeling）與《經典老爺車》（Gran Torino）；現年93歲美國華裔建築師貝聿銘在06年還接下伊斯蘭藝術博物館的設計工作，並於08年完成；有『當代莫札特』美譽的霍斯佐夫斯基（Mieczyslaw Horszowski）傳奇鋼琴家在95歲高齡還到日本演奏。(Vincent)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Nicholas Delbanco，曾出版過24本書，最新的小說創作為《春與秋》(Spring and Fall)。除了創作外，也擁有豐富的編輯經驗，曾入選「國家書卷奬」小說類的評審委員，獲頒古根漢學術獎Guggenheim Fellowship以及兩次美國藝術基金會National Endowment for the Arts 的創作文學獎。
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