THE HIRED MAN
Book ID/图书代码： 02000012B57349
English Summary/英文概要： Adrian Lockheart is a psychologist escaping his life in England. Arriving in Freetown in the wake of civil war, he struggles with the intensity of the heat, dirt and dust, and with the secrets this country hides. Despite the gulf of experience and understanding between them, Adrian finds unexpected friendship in a young surgeon at the hospital, the charismatic Kai Mansaray, and begins to build a new life just as Kai makes plans to leave.
In the hospital Adrian encounters an elderly and unwell man, Elias Cole, who is reflecting on his past, not all of it noble. Recorded in a series of notebooks are memories of his youth, the optimism of the first moon landings, and the details of an obsession: Saffia, a woman he loved, and Julius, her fiery, rebellious husband.
As their individual stories entwine across two generations in a country torn apart by repression and war, some distances cannot be bridged. The Memory of Love is a towering tale of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, superbly realised and beautifully written, horrifying and exhilarating, unflinching and tender, moving and uplifting. It is the story of four lives colliding; a story about friendship, about understanding, absolution and the indelible effects of the past; about journeys and dreams and loss, and about the very nature of love.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 阿德里安.洛克哈特是一个心理学家，为了逃避生活而来到了英国。当时的弗里敦正在经历内战，他每天都在炎热，肮脏，充满尘埃的地方生活工作，而这个国家所隐藏的秘密也渐渐浮现。尽管理想与现实总有很大的差别，但阿德里安在医院里和年轻而有魅力的外科医生凯.曼赛雷成为了意想不到的朋友。他正想开始新生活时，曼赛雷却决定要离开了。在医院里，阿德里安还遇到了一个身体状况糟糕的老人，艾利亚斯.科尔，他似乎有着不太光彩的过去。一摞笔记本中记录着他年轻的岁月：例如第一次登月时的乐观，他对一个女人，苏菲亚的痴痴迷恋，还有朱里斯，是苏菲亚暴躁而叛逆的丈夫。
他们两人的故事横跨两代人，在这被镇压和战争分裂的国家中，有些距离是无法逾越的。在特殊的环境下，爱的记忆在人们的心中就像是圣洁的童话，如此壮烈地发生，而后又被优美地书写下来，令人战栗而兴奋，是那么细腻，动人，叫人不知退缩。四个人物的故事在此碰撞，有讲述着友谊，理解，救赎，磨灭不了的过去，梦想与失去的旅程，还有最重要的，爱的本质。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：“阿米娜塔.弗纳向我们传递了这样的一个中心思想，无论我们在哪里出生，我们都要遇到这样的问题，伟大的爱情与战争，友谊与竞争，死亡，胜利和幸存。延续她一贯的黑色幽默风格，弗纳以真实柔软的笔触写下了这部意义深远的作品。”——基兰.德赛
“这是场微妙而复杂的探索，饱受非洲战争蹂躏的心灵，对局外人有着独特的吸引。弗纳从不羞于解决人们最艰难的问题：人们为了何种理由做出各种各样的事：从最细小的背叛，到最伟大的爱的壮举。”——莫妮卡.阿里
“这是位具有天赋的作家。”——《每日电讯》
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