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A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction
A Best Book of the Year: NPR, AV Club, St. Louis Dispatch
When Frank Money joined the army to escape his too-small world, he left behind his cherished and fragile little sister, Cee. After the war, his shattered life has no purpose until he hears that Cee is in danger.
Frank is a modern Odysseus returning to a 1950s America mined with lethal pitfalls for an unwary black man. As he journeys to his native Georgia in search of Cee, it becomes clear that their troubles began well before their wartime separation. Together, they return to their rural hometown of Lotus, where buried secrets are unearthed and where Frank learns at last what it means to be a man, what it takes to heal, and--above all--what it means to come home.
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作者简介
托妮•莫里森（1931—）
美国著名女作家。1931年生于俄亥俄州，曾在兰登书屋担任高级编辑，后赴普林斯顿大学等校任教。代表作有《最蓝的眼睛》《所罗门之歌》《宠儿》《爵士乐》《爱》《恩惠》等，曾获普利策小说奖、美国书评家协会奖、美国国家图书奖等多项大奖。1993年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。
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读书文摘
留在旧地的昔日，是件非常美妙的东西。但现在她回来了，照父亲的说法，住下了，却让记忆变得可怕起来。任记忆越过界限朝这头蔓延过来，成了现时，可能也成了未来——他们都知道，这是件令人痛惜的事。想到他们的怜悯，她心里难受极了。
在一次访谈中，罗宾逊提到，有一次为了研究英国文艺复兴时期的作家和作品，她割开了一些出版于十七世纪的书的书页，那些书自出版之日起还从未有人读过。历史，无论是国家民族的历史还是家族个人的历史，有着许许多多这样还不曾割开的书页——曾经被书写却被遗忘被湮灭了的书页。
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