THE OBITUARY WRITER
Book ID/图书代码： 10010012B56874
English Summary/英文概要： Nicholas Donaghue should know life is fragile. He spends his days writing obituaries for The Times - but only truly realises how precious life is when one day he gets on the wrong train. The next thing he knows he’s caught up in a horrendous crash. And yet he’s the only person who walks from the wreckage with barely more than a scratch. So begins THE OBITUARY WRITER.
But what starts as a novel about survivor’s guilt soon becomes a richer and more mysterious story as Nick struggles to work out why he’s having bad dreams, full of omens of death that seem to be striking down the people he sees in his sleep.
Running away to Cornwall seems like it might be the answer - especially when he sees a young woman with a tearaway horse chasing across the sands, full of life and vitality. But life is never simple and as Nick struggles to understand his dreams, his fears and most dangerously of all, his passions, he must realise that facing our fears can come at a terrible price.
The Obituary Writer is an intriguing and moving novel about one man’s unusual journey. Having survived an horrendous train crash, obituary writer Nick Donaghue’s life takes a strange turn as he begins to suffer terrible nightmares and haunting premonitions. Tormented and alone, he packs up and moves to the coast of Cornwall, where he meets a woman who can change it all. What follows is a love story, which is the heart of the novel. The Obituary Writer is a romance about true love, the obstacles it can overcome and the pain it can heal.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 尼古拉斯•多拿格原应该比别人更能体会生命的脆弱。他的工作便是为时代杂志写讣告---然而直到有一天搭上了一辆错误的列车，他才真正意识到生命的宝贵。很快的他又被卷入了一场可怕的撞车事件中，同样的他是唯一一名安然走出废墟的人，全身上下仅有一小处刮伤。这边是《讣告作者》的开篇。
故事起初是关于一名幸存者内心的愧疚感，然而随着尼克开始不断的做噩梦，充满着各种各样的不详死亡，并且即便是在他的睡梦，一个又一个的人们相继倒下，尼克竭力的想要弄清这一切背后的缘由，也正因为此，这份情愫也变得越来越丰富和神秘。或许逃亡康沃尔会让他找到答案---尤其是当他遇到了一名骑着狂野马匹的年轻女子奔跑追逐在沙滩之上时，他感到了满满的生命与活力。然而生命从来就不是简简单单的，随着尼克努力的解释着他的梦境、恐惧以及最危险的--他的激情时，他必定会意识到，有时候直面恐惧也需要付出巨大的代价。
《讣告作者》讲述了一名男子不平凡的经历，错综复杂却又无比动人。从一场可怕的交通事故中幸存下来后，讣告作者尼克•多拿格的人生产生了一场奇怪的变化，他开始经历噩梦，并能够看到鬼魂。备受折磨与孤独的他决定背起行囊前往康沃尔海岸，正是在那里，他遇到了一名改变了一切的女性。随后展开的便是一场恋爱故事，才是这部小说真正的中心主题。《讣告作者》讲述了一个有关于真爱的浪漫故事，唯有真爱可以克服一切的障碍，治愈一切的痛苦。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 劳伦•圣•约翰出生于罗德西亚的加图玛市，现为津巴布韦卡多马市。11岁时她与家人一同搬到了彩虹尽头农场与狩猎保护区，这也随后成为了其回忆录的主题。在担任周末泰晤士报的高尔夫专员长达十年，并在美国独居了一段时间后，她开始转而从事儿童小说的创作，著有畅销小说《白色长颈鹿》系列，她最新的小说名为《一美元的马》。《讣告作者》是劳伦的第一部成人小说作品。更多信息，请访问www.laurenstjohn.com。
Lauren St John was born in Gatooma, Rhodesia, now Kadoma, Zimbabwe. At 11, she and her family moved to Rainbow’s End farm and game reserve, the subject of her acclaimed memoir. After nearly a decade as golf correspondent to The Sunday Times, followed by a sojourn in the US, riding the tour buses of alt. country stars like Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and the Dixie Chicks, she turned to children’s fiction with the bestselling White Giraffe series, the award-winning Laura Marlin mysteries and her latest novel, The One Dollar Horse. The Obituary Writer is Lauren’s first novel for adults. Find out more at www.laurenstjohn.com.
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