Winner of the National Book Award
After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the contrary, that he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married man-or so her mother fears. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home.
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乔纳森•弗兰岑(1959— )
Jonathan Franzen
美国当代最有活力、最出色的小说家之一,十年来唯一登上美国《时代》封面的作家。代表作有小说《纠正》(2001)、《自由》(2010),散文集《更远》(2012)等。
小说《纠正》2001年获得美国全国图书奖、美国全国书评家协会奖提名和普利策小说奖提名,2002年获得英国最古老、最具声望的文学奖詹姆斯•泰特•布莱克奖,奠定了弗兰岑英语文学界的大师地位。
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长期以来,他对性格直率的人所作的反应不外乎以下两种:对成功心怀恐惧和愤懑;对蔓延开来的失败唯恐躲避不及。
她的几个子女没有结婚。他们不想做她和她的朋友以及她朋友的孩子们想做的事情。她的子女死心塌地、不顾廉耻地想做其他事情。
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