ENTANGLEMENT: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03540012B52471
English Summary/英文概要： Charismatic physicist, Jared Borowitz, is fast losing his sense of humour. Everywhere he looks he sees ignorant and superstitious fools. His mentor, a giant of science and logic, is dying. His ex-wife has switched gender preference. He has even punched someone for the first time in his life. And enjoyed it. His girlfriend, morally certain and strong willed, is worried.
On a restorative weekend in the country with opinionated and urbane friends, Jared’s arrogance sets in motion a chain of events that brings menace and violence into their lives over a long night. Confronted by both the best and worst in men, he finds his preconceptions about humanity shattered.
Entanglement ranges broadly across the tensions between science and belief, free will and fate, art and artefact, violence and justice, sex and love, arrogance and timidity.
Darkly humorous, intellectually adventurous and continually surprising, the novel follows the transformation of a man of certainty and science when confronted with a world he does not know.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 悲催的知識份子對於人生的悟解
魅力十足的物理學家，Jared Borowitz, 正在快速地流失他的幽默感。無論他看起來像似無知並超癡迷於迷信的一個人。他的一位元偉大的邏輯和科學導師去世了。他的前妻改變了自己的性取向。他甚至平生第一次揍了人。而且滿心歡喜。他的女友，是一位具有基本道義和堅強意志的有些悲觀的人。
在鄉下一個休閒的週末，一幫自以為是的，小知識份子們，經過漫長一夜的折騰，Jared傲慢無禮的一系列舉動，給他們的生活招致了威脅和暴力。遭遇這樣一個時好時壞的男人，他發現自己原先對於人類設想的概念已經支離破碎。
《Entanglement》橫跨了科學與信仰，自由意志和命運，藝術和心生躊躇，暴力和公正，性和愛，傲慢和怯懦之間相互焦灼的關係。
具有黑色幽默的，對於求知欲的冒險和不斷的驚喜，小說追溯了一個在科學界具有地位的男人，卻不知道如何面對世人的故事。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：“字裡行間充滿著幽默的，同情的眼光，論及這位首次下筆的小說家應該早些參加書展賽事。”——入圍Alan Paton獎《Ways of Staying》的作者Kevin Bloom
“總體來說，這是一部非常有趣的，是對信仰和科學，大丈夫氣概和勇氣的一種深度的反思，也預示著這部小說將成為南非小說界一種全新的有力聲音。”—— Michele Magwood, 獲獎文學記者"The humour, compassion and insight that runs through these pages speak of a first time novelist who should have come to the game a lot sooner."- Kevin Bloom, author of Ways of Staying, shortlisted for Alan Paton award
“Overall it is an absorbing, provocative meditation on faith and science, masculinity and courage and heralds a powerful new voice in South African fiction.”- Michele Magwood, award-winning literary journalist
About the Author/作者介绍： Steven Sidley在搬至洛杉磯之前，出生於南非。他1995年回到了南非。他曾為加州大學洛杉磯分校理科碩士課程的畢業生，太空計畫的一名工程師，花旗公司人工智慧研究員，好萊塢著名的動畫師，爵士音樂家，商業廣告導演，主辦人（在2000年上市的約翰尼斯堡證券交易所），法人高級行政（在英美資源集團和阿爾捷克的集團首席技術官），目前他是一家私人股本公司的主管。
Steven Sidley was born in South Africa before moving to Los Angeles. He returned to South Africa in 1995.
He has been, in no order of priority, a MSc (Comp Sci) grad from UCLA,, an engineer on the Space Program, an Artificial Intelligence researcher at CitiCorp, an designer of video games, a well known animator in LA, a jazz musician, a commercials director,an entrepreneur (listing a company on the JSE in 2000), a corporate exec (Group Chief Technology Officer at Anglo American plc and Altech), and is currently a director at a Private Equity company.
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