文學小說(驚悚)
更新日期:
2018-05-22
He Is Mine and I Have No Other
Rebecca O'Connor
Canongate Books
June 2018
240pp
書籍編號:
01-2744
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● 內文簡介

「他看起來像是世上最寂寞的人,和我一樣有著因遭受傷害所想的心事。」

故事背景發生於1900年代的愛爾蘭小鎮,蘭妮(Lani)的住家旁曾發生一件令人哀慟的大規模死傷意外。當時孤兒院發生火災,總共犧牲了35名女孩。

而蘭妮注意到總是有一個男孩從她家旁走到墓地去探望他母親的墳墓。在一場學校迪斯可舞會上,他們相遇了,那個男孩正是舞藝精湛的里昂(Leon)。蘭妮因此被他所深深吸引。

蘭妮當時每晚都被三十五位孤兒魂魄所騷擾,她們被葬於里昂母親的墳墓旁一個沒有任何標記的墳墓。而此時,里昂也同樣遭遇鬧鬼所困擾。

隨著兩名青少年間的愛情故事慢慢展開,過去的憾事和里昂背後悲痛的故事也逐漸明朗清晰。最後,殘酷的家庭悲劇留下的只有深不可見瘡疤。

《他是我的,除了他我一無所有》 (He Is Mine and I Have No Other),故事刻畫深刻,是一部充滿驚悚氛圍的懸疑小說,闡述一段令人著迷的初戀力量,伴隨著蘭妮家族歷史的交錯故事、當地孤兒院事件的陰影,以及他們被過去埋葬的秘密和所造成的混亂。

 

● 作者簡介

雷貝嘉.奧康納(Rebecca O'Connor),曾是英國浪漫主義中心華茲華斯信託基金會的駐地作家。其首部詩集《We'll Sing Blackbird》曾入圍「Shine/Strong Award」初選名單,也曾榮獲「傑佛瑞·迪默詩集獎」。她的創作曾發表於《明鏡週刊》、《觀察家報》、《詩集評論雜誌》等。目前是《飛蛾藝術文學雜誌》的合夥出版商。現居於愛爾蘭卡文郡。

 

● 媒體報導

"I adored He is Mine and I Have No Other . . . Amazing, heartbreaking, brilliantly done" (DONAL RYAN, author of THE SPINNING HEART and ALL WE SHALL KNOW)

"Evocative of Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding and Maura Laverty's glorious, long out of print, Never No More, Rebecca O'Connor's debut novel is vivid, authentic and compelling and may be the truest depiction of Irish rural girlhood since Edna O'Brien's Girl With Green Eyes. For that it is, and a lot more besides. What a treat it is to be introduced to such a genuine, compassionately humorous and profoundly tender voice" (PATRICK McCABE, Booker-shortlisted author of BREAKFAST ON PLUTO and THE BUTCHER BOY)

"He Is Mine and I Have No Other takes the reader on a journey through a teenage girl's heart at a time when she feels all the world's drama is centred there, while her life's biggest challenge is to learn how to recognise the pain of others. O'Connor delivers a story that is both heartfelt and daring" (SJÓN, author of THE BLUE FOX and MOONSTONE)