SHADE
Book ID/图书代码： 08230004B09672
English Summary/英文概要： Nina Hardy has been murdered. She died in the house where she grew up, killed by George, her childhood friend. But her body is never found, and she remains, a silent shade, watching the events of her own afterlife. As her brother and best friend meet and remember their childhood lives together, a remarkable story unfolds. Shade is at once an unforgettable portrait of childhood, a powerful story of love in its many forms, and a moving tragedy of lost innocence. Written with astonishing insight and perception, it confirms Neil Jordan as one of the most mesmerising voices in contemporary fiction.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： ：‘我确切地知道我什么时候死的。那是1950年一月十四号的一个下午，三点二十分，阳光如此明媚，显然与这个季节格格不入，刺骨的寒风就像马鞭一样，四处抽打着，把大朵大朵的白云赶得到处跑，在蔚蓝的天空下，形成了一道独特的风景线，也给滚滚白浪的爱尔兰海增添了额外的几份汩汩洪流，比平日看起来更汹涌。’
Nina Hardy被谋杀了。她死在了那间从小到大一直住的房子里，是她儿时的好友George杀了她。但是她的尸体至始至终都没找到，她就成了一个无声无息的影子，默默地观察着她死后人世间的是是非非。
她只好眼睁睁地看着她的弟弟（非同一父母所生）Gregory来把她下葬，而那也是三十多年后的事了，而且还得看着Janie千方百计地要让她弟弟George承认是他杀了Nina。通过这两个人的观察，NINA重新编织了他们的生活，也渐渐明白他们现在究竟变的怎样了。
故事里的朋友和干草马车旅行都是凭空幻想出来的，当然其中穿插着一出出的戏剧和一场场的常校园舞会，以及 Boyne河畔上泥滩旁度过的田园般的童年生活。
但是外面的世界并不会因此而变得平静如水，友谊的那杆脆弱的天平不久被打乱了，他们最终还是会因为战争的爆发而分崩离析，等到再次相聚时分却发觉彼此已变得面目全非了。
《阴影》既描绘了那令人难忘的童年生活，也记录下了一个千变万化、娓娓动人的爱情故事，同时抒写了一个感人的失真悲剧。《阴影》笔锋敏锐极具洞察力，这更进一步确立了Neil Jordan在当代小说界最具催眠威力的作家之一的地位。
Awards/获奖情况：’Shares with Jordan’s best films a twisting narrative which teasingly unravels its own mysteries’ ---Marie Claire Book of the Month
‘Extraordinary ... an enormously powerful book. I’d stake a bet it’ll win him prizes’---Daily Telegraph
’Romantic ... lyrical ... a novel of atmosphere ... it succeeds powerfully’ ---Sunday Times
’He recreates the drained landscape with the vivid care of a Dutch painting, and infuses it with longing ... Powerfully visual’ ---Observer
‘[A] beautiful, multi-layered novel … his most poetic, most moving book to date’---Sunday Tribune
’His cinematic sensibility yields prose of the most bewitching kind’ ---Sunday Times
About the Author/作者介绍： Shade is Neil Jordan’s first novel for ten years. His previous novels were highly acclaimed, and his collection of short stories, Night in Tunisia, won the Guardian Fiction prize. As a director, his films include ’The Company of Wolves’, ’The End of the Affair’, and ’The Crying Game’, which won him an Oscar for Best Screenplay.
Format:HARDCOVER
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