Author: Elliot Perlman

List Price:$24.95

Pages: 288

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover  

ISBN: 1573223212 
    

The nine smart, thoughtful stories in this collection explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students, and murderers. They tell of corporate betrayals and lost opportunities, and the hopes, fears, and vagaries of desire.

同樣的短篇小說集，同樣的世界，不同人物的角色刻畫互動，深刻的描寫出現代人關系的背叛、希望、恐懼與欲望。其中包括了無法適應新環境的猶太移民；被同事的陰郁氣氛搞得同樣慘烈的上班族；因父母的離婚轉而對爬蟲類有興趣的高中小男生；住在市郊的中產階級家庭的謀殺密謀。不管是政府迫害、文化沖擊或是毒品泛濫，九個短篇故事卻能在人類生活的沖擊下，試著去找出人們面對的態度與想法，戲劇化且具張力的故事建構出Elliot Perlman的文學態度。

About Author

Elliot Perlman was born in Melbourne in 1964. His first novel, Three Dollars (published by Faber in the UK), won the 1998 Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award and the Betty Trask Prize. The Reasons I Won't Be Coming (published by Faber), which has won Australia's Steele Rudd Award. He's been described as "the foremost voice of the new generation of Australian writers". Elliot currently lives in Melbourne and works as a barrister.

Elliot Perlman，1964年生于墨爾本，職業是律師。他的第一部長篇小說《Three Dollars》一出版便獲得獎項肯定，短篇小說集《The Reasons I Won't Be Coming》也榮獲了澳洲“Steele Rudd”獎，被譽為“澳洲新生代作家最重要的聲音”。目前Elliot Perlman定居在墨爾本。

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