A CURABLE ROMANTIC: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 14560010B37903
English Summary/英文概要： As far as romance goes, Dr. Jakob Sammelsohn is fairly incurable. Twice married, once divorced, once widowed—all by the tender age of twelve— he finally flees his small village and his pious, vengeful father. A lovelorn candide, young Dr. Sammelsohn wanders optimistically through history—pursued by the amorous ghost of his dead wife. Arriving in Vienna in 1890, a chance encounter with Sigmund Freud leads our hero into the arms of Emma Eckstein, one of Freud’s most famous patients. Later he romances the beautiful and wealthy Loë Bernfeld, who carries him into the world of Esperanto and the universal language movement. Finally, Dr. Sammelsohn finds himself in the Warsaw ghetto in 1940, only to become a pawn in a battle over the path to heaven.
A Curable Romantic is a novel of personal and historical exile that could spring only from the literary imagination of a virtuoso. Often fantastical yet always grounded in tradition and history, it is that rare literary feat —a truly incomparable tale, ingenuously told, peopled with characters who live on in the memory.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 杰克布•萨梅尔森（Jakob Sammelsohn）无法抗拒浪漫。12岁结过两次婚，一次离异一次丧偶，于是他逃离了小山村和父亲。但是老实的萨门梅尔森始终无法忘记亡妻。
1890年及至维也纳，我们的主人公因缘际会结识了佛洛依德并在他的介绍下爱上了他的一位病人，享受了浪漫，却沦为战争的爪牙，步入地狱殿堂。
本书是在传统和历史的基础上驰骋想象的结晶，完美讲述，用心铭记。(兼职翻译-XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：书单、图书馆杂志、每周出版人（Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Blurbs follow）：“此书获得了书单、图书馆杂志、每周出版人评论三连胜。”
书单（Booklist）：“作者以其想象性的史诗方式呈现了主人公骚动的生活，同时串进了佛洛依德、语言运动、二战等知识，创造了一个惟妙惟肖睿智的故事。”
图书馆杂志（Library Journal）：“此书风趣，进取心强，扣问了精神的真相以及20世纪的黑暗日子，穿梭于神奇的想象与现实之间，很有启迪性。”
每周出版人（Publishers Weekly）：“整个一感人的东欧肖像，汇集了优质特点。”
J.M.克兹（J.M. Coetzee）,诺贝尔文学奖得主、《夏日等待理发的时光》（Summertime and Waiting for the Barbarians）作者：“文化戏剧的最高境界。”
布鲁斯•克布恩（Bruce Coburn）歌手、词人、吉他手：“当人类挣扎在人性间，上帝在上面哭泣而天使在和魔鬼做交易...作品思想很有深度，风格诙谐。”
About the Author/作者介绍： 约瑟夫•斯基贝尔（Joseph Skibell），埃默里大学教师、the Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature负责人，获奖无数，著有《月亮的祝福》（A Blessing on the Moon）和《英国疾病》（The English Disease）。
Format:HARDCOVER
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