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Lessons

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內容簡介 伊恩．麥克尤恩繼《贖罪》後又一深刻之作！生活和記憶在歷史中成形，人在創傷中成長我們能否在不傷害他人的情況下完全掌控自己的人生？歷史事件如何塑造我們和我們的記憶？機會和偶然性在我們的存在中扮演什麼角色？我們可以從過去的創傷中學到什麼？從蘇伊士運河危機到英國脫歐，布克獎得主麥克尤恩架構宏大時空場景，描寫凡夫俗子如何受到日常生活磨礪，並在重大歷史事件中掙扎向前。主角羅蘭以酒館鋼琴師及自由記者的身分維持生計。十一歲時，寄宿學校鋼琴教師的性虐待帶給他的創傷揮之不去。妻子拋下他和襁褓中的兒子追求自我，迫使羅蘭正視自己的不安，用餘生深入家族的歷史尋求解答...Epic, mesmerising and deeply humane, Lessons is a chronicle for our times - a powerful meditation on history and humanity through the prism of one ordinary manThe mesmerising new novel from Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement. The world is forever changing. But for so many of us, old wounds run deep. Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers.'The supreme novelist of his generation' Sunday Times'McEwan is one of the most accomplished craftsmen of plot and prose' New York Times'A true master' Daily TelegraphWhile the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.Twenty-five years later, as the radiation from the Chernobyl disaster spreads across Europe, Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is forced to confront the reality of his rootless existence and look for answers in his family history.From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Covid pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means ­- literature, travel, friendship, drugs, politics, sex and love.His journey raises important questions. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape us and our memories? What role do chance and contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past? contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past?"

作者介紹

作者介紹 Ian McEwanIan McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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