ELIZABETH IS MISSING
Book ID/图书代码： 03540013B61518
English Summary/英文概要： ‘Elizabeth is missing.’ Maud keeps finding notes in her pockets with this message scrawled on it, but she can’t remember writing it. That said, she can’t remember much these days: the time of day, whether she’s eaten lunch, if her daughter’s come to visit, how much toast she’s eaten. Still, the notes about Elizabeth nag at her. When was the last time she spoke with her best friend? It feels like ages ago...
Frustratingly, no one seems willing to help Maud find her: not the police nor Elizabeth’s son - not even Maud’s own daughter or granddaughter. It’s like they’re hiding something.
Maud resolves to take matters into her own hands, and begins digging for the truth. There are many clues, but unhelpfully, they all seem to point to another unsolved disappearance: that of Maud’s sister Sukey just after the war.
Could the mystery of Sukey’s disappearance lead Maud to the truth about Elizabeth? As Maud’s mind retreats into the past at a frightening pace, alienating her from her family and carers, vivid memories of what happened over fifty years ago come flooding back to give her quest new momentum.
Strange Companions is a debut novel about a mind in the grips of dementia. Simultaneously a fast-paced mystery and a moving meditation on memory and identity and told through Maud’s unforgettable voice, it humanises a condition most of us find impenetrable and frustrating
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 莫德发现自己的口袋里满是涂写有“伊丽莎白不见了”字样的小字条，但她却怎么也想不起来自己为什么会写下它们。事实上，最近她开始变得健忘：她会忘记今天是几号，自己是否吃过了午饭，是否女儿要来看望她，吃了几片烤面包等等。而这些有关于伊丽莎白的小字条更是令她烦扰不已。她上一次和最好的朋友交流又是什么时候？似乎时间已经过去了好几年......
最令她沮丧的是，似乎没有一个人愿意帮助她找回伊丽莎白：不论是警察，还是伊丽莎白的儿子---甚至连莫德自己的女儿和孙女儿也不愿意帮助她。就好像她们在一起极力的隐藏着什么。莫德决定自己寻找，她开始一点点挖掘真相。线索很多，但却似乎都没有太大的用处，它们似乎都指向了另一个至今悬而未决的消失之谜：莫德在战后消失的妹妹苏琪。
苏琪的神秘消失是否和伊丽莎白有着联系？莫德的记忆以一种惊人的速度退往过去，她远离了家人和关心她的人们，但关于五十年前发生的一切的鲜活记忆却如潮水般涌现，另莫德对于找寻真相顿时再度充满了动力。
《陌生的伴侣》是作者的首部作品，讲述了陷入痴呆状态的大脑活动。与此同时本书还是一本节奏轻快的推理小说，一部关于对记忆以及自我进行反思的感人作品，全书通过莫德令人难忘的口吻娓娓道来，赋予了这一原本令人困惑于沮丧的人生阶段以人性的光辉。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：The Observer – “every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests”
The Guardian – “created a buzz at the London book fair in 2013”
The Standard – “tipped for literary stardom”
Stylist – “riveting psychological thriller”
Sunday Times Review，http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/emma-healey/
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas-prize/news/longlistannouncedforinternationaldylanthomasprize.php
‘A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp’ - Deborah Moggach
’This novel genuinely is one of those semi-mythical beasts, the book you cannot put down.’ - Jonathan Coe
Announce that ELIZABETH IS MISSING has been nominated for the Costa First Novel Award! Winners will be announced on 5th January.
the news that Emma Healey’s incredible novel, ELIZABETH IS MISSING, has won the Costa First Novel of the Year award!
https://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/welcome/
About the Author/作者介绍： E??C??希里从小在伦敦长大，并于伦敦获得了其图书装订的首个学位。2011年她在东英吉利亚大学完成了散文类创造性写作文学学士的课程，并获得学位。《陌生的伴侣》是其首部小说作品，作者年仅28岁。E C Healey grew up in London where she completed her first degree in bookbinding (learning how to put books together but not how to write them). She completed the MA in Creative Writing: Prose at UEA in 2011. Strange Companions is her first novel. She has just turned 28.
Format:电子手稿
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：英国：已于维京拍卖会上以高达6位数的价格售与Venetia Butterfield
美国：已于哈珀??柯林斯出版社以6位数两本作品的价格已售与Claire Wachtel
德国：已于拍卖会上以6位数的成交价售与 Luebbe
意大利：以六位数成交价售与 Mondadori
荷兰：已于拍卖会售与 Meulenhoff
法国：已于拍卖会售与Sonatine
巴西：已于拍卖会售与两名买家
丹麦：已与人民出版社达成协议
瑞典：已有买家
挪威：已有买家
台湾：已有买家
Bringing the total number of translation sales to 28 territories for this wonderful, award-winning debut (which has now sold 500k+ copies in the UK alone!) (Melissa)
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