THE CANAL
Book ID/图书代码： 08885010B38069
English Summary/英文概要： An electrifying debut novel that becomes a shocking tale about... boredom
In a deeply compelling debut novel, Lee Rourke—a British underground sensation for his story collection Everyday—tells the tale of a man who finds his life so boring it frightens him. So he quits his job to spend some time sitting on a bench beside a quiet canal in a placid London neighborhood, watching the swans in the water and the people in the glass-fronted offices across the way while he collects himself.
However his solace is soon interupted when a jittery young woman begins to show up and sit beside him every day. Although she won’t even tell him her name, she slowly begins to tell him a chilling story about a terrible act she committed, something for which she just can’t forgive herself—and which seems to have involved one of the men they can see working in the building across the canal.
Torn by fear and pity, the man becomes more immersed in her tale, and finds that boredom has, indeed, brought him to the most terrifying place he’s ever been.
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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位男子突然驚覺自己的生活很乏味。原來他的人生是如此單調乏味！
於是，他決定辭掉工作，讓自己坐在平靜的河畔旁, 看看天鵝在河裡悠哉的游著, 人們在高樓大廈前慢慢的步行，試著穩定自己的情緒, 思考未來的下一步…
某天, 出現一位神情驚慌的女子，開始每天都來河邊並坐在他身旁坐下。她沒有說她的名字, 只是靜靜地訴說她所做的件可怕的事情 --- 一件她沒有辦法原諒自己的事。而且這件事情，似乎正威脅著在對面大樓裡一名男子性命…
在恐懼和憐憫之間掙扎的他，發現自己被她的描述所吸引，而原本無聊的生活也指引他步向這可怕的不歸路……(Jennifer)
Awards/获奖情况：★被英國衛報譽為詹姆士•喬伊斯James Joyce、 巴拉德J.G. Ballard和米歇爾•維勒貝克Michel Houellebecq 的接班人 Praise
"Leading light of the self-styled Off-Beat Generation, Rourke stakes his claim as heir apparent to greats such as Ballard, Joyce or Houellebecq."---The Guardian
"A story assembled from everyday objects, unassumingly and quietly, that stuns and horrifies by increments... The Canal may look, at first glance, like a love story, but it harnesses the power of a parable."---John Wray, author of Lowboy
"Clear prose and some of the best dialog I’ve read in years. A wonderful book that is partially about trying to escape boredom, becomes a meditation on life and what is meaningful and meaningless and how those things can be frighteningly both. I’m glad I read this book."---Shane Jones, author of Light Boxes
About the Author/作者介绍： Lee Rourke 是來自英國重要的年輕文學評論家，常在英國《衛報》、《泰晤士報》、《新政治家》 The Independent等報章雜誌發表文章，此外也經營Ready, Steady Book 和 Sponge!兩個部落格。目前定居於倫敦。
Format:电子手稿
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