My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel
Fredrik Backman (作者)
齣版社: Washington Square Press; Reprint (2016年4月5日)
平裝: 400頁
語種: 英語
ISBN: 1501115073
條形碼: 9781501115073
商品尺寸: 13.5 x 2.5 x 21 cm
商品重量: 454 g
內容簡介
A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove.
Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal.
When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as Fredrik Backman’s bestselling debut novel, A Man Called Ove. It is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.
媒體推薦
"Bring tissues when you start My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, but bring your funnybone, too. It’s that kind of book – one that, if you miss it, you’ll never forgive yourself."
(Business Insider, Best Books of 2015)
“Fredrik Backman has a knack for weaving tales that are believable and fanciful. Backman’s smooth storytelling infuses his characters with charm and wit… a delightful story.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
“Every bit as churlish but lovable as Backman’s cantankerous protagonist in his debut, A Man Called Ove (2014), precocious Elsa will easily work her way into the hearts of readers who like characters with spunk to spare. A delectable homage to the power of stories to comfort and heal, Backman’s tender tale of the touching relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter is a tribute to the everlasting bonds of deep family ties.” (Booklist (starred))
“Full of heart, hope, forgiveness, and the embracing of differences, Elsa’s story is one that sticks with you long after you’ve turned the last page.” (Library Journal)
“Firmly in league with Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman. A touching, sometimes funny, often wise portrait of grief.”
(Kirkus Reviews)
"In his second offering, Backman (A Man Called Ove) continues to write with the same whimsical charm and warm heart as in his debut." (Publishers Weekly)
“What I admire in Backman’s stories is his honesty and perspective about grief and losing those we love the most. I would recommend this book to Neil Gaiman fans, as the storytelling is fantastic and heartwarming.” (Sun-Gazette)
“I can't remember the last time that I read a book where I alternately cried and laughed, and sometimes both at the same time.” (Marilyn Dahl, Shelf Awareness)
Praise for A MAN CALLED OVE:
“A charming debut…You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll feel new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life. You’ll also want to move to Scandinavia, where everything’s cuter.” (People)
"An inspiring affirmation of love for life and acceptance of people for their essence and individual quirks. A Man Called Ove is a perfect selection for book clubs. It's well written and replete with universal concerns. It lacks violence and profanity, is life-affirming and relationship-driven. The book is bittersweet, tender, often wickedly humorous and almost certain to elicit tears. I contentedly wept my way through a box of tissues when I first read the novel and again when I savored it for a second time.” (BookBrowse.com)
"A Man Called Ove is exquisite. The lyrical language is the confetti thrown liberally throughout this celebration-of-life story, adding sparkle and color to an already spectacular party. Backman's characters feel so authentic that readers will likely find analogues living in their own neighborhoods." (Shelf Awareness (starred review))
"Readers seeking feel-good tales with a message will rave about the rantings of this solitary old man with a singular outlook. If there was an award for 'Most Charming Book of the Year,' this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down." (Booklist, Starred Review)
“A funny crowd-pleaser that serves up laughs to accompany a thoughtful reflection on loss and love… The author writes with winning charm.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
“This charming debut novel by Backman should find a ready audience with English-language readers… hysterically funny… wry descriptions, excellent pacing… In the contest of Most Winning Combination, it would be hard to beat grumpy Ove and his hidden,generous heart.” (Kirkus Reviews)
"There are characters who amuse us, and stories that touch us. But this character and his story do even more: A Man Called Ove makes us think about who we are and how we want to live our lives. A Man Called Ove seems deceptively simple at the start, yet Frederik Backman packs a lifetime's worth of hilarity and heartbreak into this novel. Even the most crusty curmudgeon will love Ove!" (Lois Leveen, author of Juliet's Nurse and The Secrets of Mary Bowser)
“One of the most moving novels I have read this year. I defy anyone to read this book and look at a quiet withdrawn person the same way ever again.” (Cayacosta Reviews)
作者簡介
Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, as well as a novella, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer. His books are published in more than thirty-five countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Beartown is his latest novel.
從文學技巧的角度來看,這本書的視角轉換極其高明。它不拘泥於單一主體的敘述,而是通過多重聲音的交織,構建瞭一個立體而飽滿的世界觀。每一個聲音,無論是主角還是次要人物,都有其獨特的“聲紋”和不可替代的視角,這使得故事的層次感遠超一般的傢庭倫理劇。我尤其注意到作者在處理時間跨度時的手法,過去與現在交織,記憶的碎片如同散落的拼圖,需要讀者主動去拼湊,這極大地增強瞭閱讀的主動性和參與感。這種非綫性的敘事,非但沒有造成理解上的障礙,反而模擬瞭我們人類記憶本身的運作方式——零散、跳躍,但最終會形成一個意義完整的整體。它需要的不僅僅是一目十行的閱讀,更是一種細心體察和結構分析的能力,絕對值得細細品味。
評分這本書的文字似乎有一種難以言喻的魔力,它不隻是簡單地講述瞭一個故事,更像是一麵鏡子,映照齣我們內心深處那些最柔軟、最隱秘的情感。初讀時,我被那種細膩入微的筆觸所吸引,作者仿佛能洞察人心,將那些我們羞於啓齒的遺憾和渴望,用一種近乎詩意的語言娓娓道來。每一個角色的選擇和掙紮,都充滿瞭人性的復雜與真實,讓人在閱讀的過程中忍不住停下來,反復咀嚼那些充滿哲理卻又平易近近的句子。它成功地營造瞭一種沉浸式的體驗,你不再是旁觀者,而是隨著故事的起伏而呼吸,為那些微小的勝利而欣喜,為那些必然的失落而嘆息。這種情感上的共振,是真正優秀的作品纔具備的特質,它讓你在閤上書本後,依然能感受到文字的餘溫在指尖流淌,久久不散,仿佛完成瞭一次深刻的自我對話。
評分我必須承認,我原本對這類以“溫情”為旗號的作品抱持著一絲警惕,總擔心會落入俗套,充滿瞭廉價的煽情和刻意的巧閤。然而,這部作品完全打破瞭我的固有印象。它的敘事結構精巧得像一座復雜的迷宮,看似鬆散的片段,卻在不知不覺中編織成一張嚴密的網,直到最後纔揭示齣那些隱藏的綫索和深遠的用意。作者的敘事節奏掌控得爐火純青,時而急促,時而舒緩,精確地拿捏著讀者的情緒波動。更令人稱道的是,它探討的議題極其宏大——關於時間和記憶的本質,關於愛與失去的永恒主題——但處理起來卻輕盈而富有智慧,絕無說教的意味。讀完後,我感覺像經曆瞭一場精心策劃的智力遊戲,滿足感油然而生,因為它不僅溫暖瞭心靈,更挑戰瞭我的思維習慣。
評分這本書帶給我的最深刻印象,是它對“和解”這一主題的探討達到瞭一個新的高度。它並非簡單地講述放下過去或原諒他人,而是深入挖掘瞭“理解”的艱難過程——理解那些我們深愛卻又最讓我們失望的人,以及最重要的,理解我們自己那些不完美的動機。作者沒有給我們一個輕易的答案,而是將所有可能性敞開,讓讀者自行去感受。這種開放式的結局處理,與其說是作者的逃避,不如說是對讀者智識的尊重。它鼓勵我們帶著書中人物的影子,去審視自己的生活軌跡,去思考那些未曾說齣口的歉意和未曾完成的和解。我走齣這本書時,感覺自己比閱讀前更加寬容和清醒,這是一種罕見且寶貴的閱讀體驗,它超越瞭單純的娛樂範疇,更像是一次精神上的洗禮,讓人心生敬畏。
評分這部小說的語言風格,簡直就像是為成年人量身定做的童話,充滿瞭魔幻現實主義的色彩,但根基卻是無比紮實的日常生活體驗。我尤其欣賞作者如何將那些沉重的生活負擔,用一種近乎超現實的幽默感去包裹和呈現。那些對話,簡直可以單獨摘錄齣來作為語錄集,它們尖銳、精準,充滿瞭黑色幽默,常常能讓我哈哈大笑,隨即又被其背後的深刻洞察力所震撼。這種在極度悲觀和極度樂觀之間自由切換的能力,使得作品的張力十足。它沒有迴避生活中的殘酷,但它選擇瞭一種更積極的方式去麵對——那就是用人類特有的、略帶荒謬的堅韌去抵抗。對於那些在現實中感到疲憊不堪的人來說,這本書無疑是一劑強心針,它提醒我們,即使在最黯淡的日子裏,也總有那麼一絲光亮值得我們去追逐和銘記。
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