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內容簡介 《自由》、《修正》、《地球盡頭的盡頭》作者美國當代最偉大作家：強納森．法蘭岑愛是自由，也是束縛。站在選擇的十字入口，你會往哪走？【Crossroads】以道德危機的歷史時刻為背景，十字路口——所有神話三部曲的第一部分——是對人類神話進行全面洞悉的驚人之作，描述希爾德布蘭特家族於過去50年在政治和社會逆流中前進。 每日郵報、衛報、時代雜誌、格拉斯哥先驅報2021年最受期待的書！ 現在是1971年12月23日，預計芝加哥將迎來惡劣天氣，Russ Hildebrandt是郊區一間自由派教堂的副牧師，他正處於擺脫婚姻的邊緣，他覺得這段婚姻並不快樂——他的妻子Marion擁有自己的秘密生活，這讓他崩潰。他們的長子Clem剛從大學回家，熱衷於道德至上主義，兒子的行讓他父親心碎；Clem的姐姐Becky，長期以來一直是她高中班級的社交女王，她卻突然轉向反主流文化，而他們聰明的弟弟Perry一直在向七年級學生出售毒品，他斷然改過向善要成為一個更好的人；每個希爾德布蘭特家人都在尋求一種自由，而其他人都威脅要使這種自由變得複雜。 Jonathan Franzen的小說以讓人難忘的角色刻畫和對當代美國複雜性的敏銳洞察力而聞名，現在，Franzen在本書中探索了一代人的歷史，他以特有的幽默和複雜性，以及更大的溫暖，召喚出一個讓人感覺貼切的世界。 交叉的觀點和持續的懸念交織在一起，《Crossroads》是一個中西部家庭在道德危機的歷史時刻的故事，跨越一個世紀照亮了我們的今天，Jonathan Franzen融合細節和大局勢的天賦從未如此明顯。Set in a historical moment of moral crisis, Crossroads – the first instalment of the trilogy A Key to All Mythologies – is the stunning foundation of a sweeping investigation of human mythologies, as the Hildebrandt family navigate the political and social crosscurrents of of the past fifty yearsA Daily Mail Most Anticipated Book of 2021 • A Guardian Most Anticipated Book of 2021 • A Times Most Ancipated Book of 2021 • A Glasgow Herald Most Anticipated Book of 2021It’s December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless― unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem’s sister, Becky, long the social queen of her high-school class, has sharply veered into the counterculture, while their brilliant younger brother Perry, who’s been selling drugs to seventh-graders, has resolved to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate.Jonathan Franzen’s novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and their keen-eyed take on the complexities of contemporary America. Now, for the first time, in Crossroads, Franzen explores the history of a generation. With characteristic humour and complexity, and with even greater warmth, he conjures a world that feels no less immediate.A tour de force of interwoven perspectives and sustained suspense, Crossroads is the story of a Midwestern family at a historical moment of moral crisis, spanning a whole century, casting light forward to our present day. Jonathan Franzen’s gift for melding the small picture and the big picture has never been more dazzlingly evident."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Jonathan FranzenJonathan Franzen's work includes four novels (The Twenty-Seventh City, Strong Motion, The Corrections, Freedom), two collections of essays (Farther Away, How To Be Alone), a memoir (The Discomfort Zone), and, most recently, The Kraus Project. He is recognised as one of the best American writers of our age and has won many awards. He lives in New York City and Santa Cruz, California.

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