內容簡介
內容簡介 《雙面葛蕾斯》是愛特伍最滿意的作品。在迷人的混亂中帶我們回到十九世紀,寫下備受爭議的謎樣人物。葛蕾斯被判謀殺了她的主人湯瑪斯和情婦南西。但有人認為他是無罪的,也有人認為她是邪惡的化身。在服無期徒刑監禁中,葛蕾斯聲稱她完全不記得這起謀殺事件。西蒙醫生在當時發展很快的心理疾病方面,是個非常積極的專家。雖然有很多人反對他的作法,但他仍耐心傾聽葛蕾斯的故事,慢慢的帶她回溯當天的記憶;最後,葛蕾斯會想起她封鎖的記憶嗎?葛蕾斯真的是萬惡不赦的惡徒嗎?還是她是那個時代的犧牲者?本書中文書介出自《雙面葛蕾斯》天培出版社Soon to be a 6-part Netflix original mini-series: in Alias Grace, the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale takes readers into the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century.It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.
作者介紹
作者介紹 Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in thirty-five countries, is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, her novels include Cat’s Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; The Year of the Flood; MaddAddam; and her most recent, The Heart Goes Last. She is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award, and lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson. www.margaretatwood.ca