TRUE STORY: ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MY BROTHER
Book ID/图书代码： 00200013B63293
English Summary/英文概要： Helen Humphreys’ brother, Martin, was her closest ally and friend. Two years ago, he suddenly became ill and died in just a few months. In the year that followed, Humphreys wrote this intense and affecting memoir. Though the book is deeply personal, it is also, inescapably, about the devastating events that we all experience. As the year goes on, Humphreys begins to restructure her life. She absorbs the seasons, landscapes, she gets a new dog, plants fruit trees. And she tells this story: moving fluidly between stories of childhood and adulthood, from life to death and its aftermath, she describes her loss, and how she has come to terms with grief. Like Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, True Story is articulate, loving and exquisitely crafted. It will make you catch your breath with recognition and sorrow.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： HELEN HUMPHREYS的弟弟Martin，是她最亲密的伙伴和朋友。两年前，一场大病突然降临在他身上，不幸的是，仅仅几个月内，他就撒手人寰了。在之后的一年时间里，HUMPHREYS追思与弟弟一起生活的点点滴滴，写下了这本感人至深的回忆录。尽管这本书出自个人之手，但是书中所描写的情景我们也都经历过，那种失去亲人的痛苦让我们刻骨铭心。又一年过去了，时间渐渐抚平了HUMPHREYS心头的创伤，她开始重拾生活的信心，在闲暇时光欣赏四季的美景，大自然的自然风光。她养了一只小狗，在自家的院子里种植果树。她饱含深情地讲述了这个故事：本书自然流畅地记叙了她与弟弟的童年往事与他们在成年后发生的故事，探讨了生存与死亡的意义，她用淳朴自然的笔触描写了她痛失亲人的感受以及如何面对悲伤。就像Joan Didion（美国作家琼•迪迪翁）的作品The Year of Magical Thinking（她的回忆录，讲述了她自己人生的灰色时期，她丈夫和女儿突然相继离开，她故事的主题也远远超出个人的悲恸），本书字里行间里透露出浓浓亲情，有力地叩击着读者们善感的心。让读者们从今往后倍加珍惜与亲人度过的每一天。(Susie)
Awards/获奖情况：’A lovely, loving tribute’ --Diva
About the Author/作者介绍： HELEN HUMPHREYS是一位加拿大小说家和诗人。她出生于英国伦敦，现在居住于加拿大安大略省的金士顿。她的第一本小说《离世》在1998年荣获“纽约时报”的畅销书，并且赢得多伦多图书奖。Helen Humphreys is a Canadian novelist and poet. She was born in London, England, and now lives in Kingston, Ontario. Humphreys’ first novel, Leaving Earth, was a New York Times Notable Book in 1998 and won the City of Toronto Book Award. She is the author of The Reinvention of Love [9781846687990], also published by Serpent’s Tail.
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