THE REINVENTION OF LOVE
Book ID/图书代码： 00200010B43110
English Summary/英文概要： When Charles Saint-Beuve, a French literary journalist met Victor Hugo, an ambitious young writer who intended to become famous, he was swept into a world of grand emotions, a world where words can become swords. But it is not Victor he is really attracted to – it is his wife Adele. Soon the two lovers are on the edge of a great scandale and a wounded Victor must exact his price for betrayal, a price that will change the lives of so many, including his own children. As Saint-Beuve – a man like no other man – struggles to hold on to what is left of his great love, he finds that only words can rekindle the flame. But Adele Hugo must live with the bitter consequences, and her daughter, young Adele, comes to find that her mother’s passion for unrequited love is also her own.
Set during the tumultuous reign of Napoleon III, this mesmerizing novel draws a rich portrait of the old Paris, where duels are fought in its parks and cholera-ridden bodies float in the Seine. Towering over all is the genius of Victor Hugo, eventually banished to the island of Guernsey for his opposition to Napoleon III, but already the voice of France. In contrast comes the quieter voices of two women destroyed by Hugo’s ferocious literary ambition as well as the unique, acerbic and heart-breaking voice of the critic and essayist, Saint-Beuve, first Hugo’s friend and then his unlikely competitor in love.
An atmospheric story of delicacy and emotion, of the experience of professional jealousy and personal passion, THE REINVENTION OF LOVE is an outstanding piece of fiction writing, in part about writing itself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当法国文学记者查尔斯•圣•贝伍遇上了维克多•雨果，一名一心想要声名大振的年亲作家，查尔斯便开始经历一场巨大的情感冲击，然而这场冲击的对象并非雨果，而是他的妻子阿德勒。很快的，坠入爱河的两位秘密情人便遭到曝光丑闻，而受害者雨果也不得不为这场背叛索要代价，尽管他的决定会从此牵动并改变许多人的命运，甚至包括他自己的孩子们。 圣•贝伍是一名平凡的男人---为了挽救她伟大的爱情，发现唯有用文字去重新点燃他即将熄灭的爱情火焰，阿德勒•雨果则必须独自承受背叛的苦果，正在这时，她的女儿，小阿德勒也发现了自己像母亲一样，渴望着这种不会有回应的爱恋。
故事发生在拿破仑三世统治的动荡时期，小说以动人的笔触细腻的描绘了老巴黎的景象，那年，人们还在公园里进行决斗，那年，霍乱盛行，塞纳河上到处漂浮着尸体，而最震惊的莫过于当时代表了“法国之声”的天才作家雨果最终因其反对拿破仑三世而被放逐到格恩西岛上。相反的，传出的是被雨果可怕地文学野心摧毁了的两位女性虚弱的呼声，以及来自圣•贝伍，雨果亦敌亦友的情人，争锋相对，尖刻辛辣，又令人心酸的文学批评。
这是一部营造了成功氛围的小说，全书精致细腻，充满感情。就故事本身而言，《重生爱》对于嫉妒和个人情感的经历描写都使他成为了一部极为出彩的小说。(兼职翻译-DC)
Awards/获奖情况：“汉弗莱斯从未如此残酷的向我们展示美好的爱情，她曾经是对于描写性爱是那么谨慎，但是这一次，她抛弃了那些微妙的扭捏情感，转向了一种更为华丽的创作模式。 她的诗歌还是像以往一样，充满了对欲望不顾后果的狂热追逐，对于昔时巴黎的极细腻的描写，对于雨果宅邸的几近自恋式的详述，和她对于19世纪社会传统束缚的几近心酸的描述，这一切都如此辉煌美好。”
About the Author/作者介绍： 埃莱娜•汉弗莱斯，著有《离开地球》，《余像》，《失踪的花园》，《野狗》，《考文垂》，以及本书，曾获多伦多图书奖，罗格作家荣誉小说奖，兰布达小说奖。其小说至今已被译为多种语言在世界范围内出版，曾当选《纽约时报》年度小说。此外，《野狗》曾被改编为电影。
Helen Humphreys is the author of the novels, Leaving Earth, Afterimage, The Lost Garden, Wild Dogs, Coventry, and The Reinvention of Love. She has won the City of Toronto Book Award, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and the Lambda Award for Fiction, her novels have been published in multiple languages, and chosen as notable books of the year by The New York Times. Wild Dogs has been optioned for film.
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