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Love Water Memory

作者:Jennie Shortridge

珍妮·肖特里奇的小说讲述露西·沃克的故事:她被发现站在旧金山湾中,却不记得自己的身份,也不记得过去的生活。她带着一个自己并不记得的未婚夫回到西雅图,开始追寻导致解离性漫游的情感创伤。露西在重建过去的过程中,重新审视自己的人际关系、曾经戒备的性格,以及童年留下的痛苦秘密。作品的起点受到真实事件启发,但小说通过虚构的人物与情境展开了自己的叙事。

肖特里奇的创作贡献,在于把失忆同时处理成叙事谜团与内在的情感困境。露西失去的过去并不只是向读者隐瞒信息,也动摇了她对亲密关系、责任和自我的理解。让一位必须重新认识从前自己的主人公承担调查过程,使作品能够表现心理变化,而不是把恢复记忆简单地写成回到旧日生活。由此,小说的核心设定支撑起一种以人物和关系为中心的悬念。

这部作品的重要性,在于它关注记忆、创伤与身份之间的联系。小说暗示,找回事实未必就等于找回生活,尤其当过去包含着心灵曾试图保护自己免于面对的经历。旧金山与西雅图构成了从困惑走向追问的移动轨迹,而童年中被记住与被隐藏的部分,则赋予情节以情感分量。读者或许会尤其注意到,小说如何描写一个人通过艰难的人际关系重新协商对自己的认识。

收藏者可能会因作品在悬疑小说与心理小说交界处的文学兴趣而关注它。它的艺术吸引力在于:作品把一个富有戏剧性的设定,转化为关于身份究竟由记忆、关系,还是由人们讲述自己的故事共同构成的持续追问。露西的寻找也使小说保持了人文性的焦点:过去之所以重要,不只是因为它解释情节,更因为面对过去可能改变她与他人相处的方式。因此,这部作品同样值得从人物塑造和情感结构,而不只是从谜底揭示来阅读。

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Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge, first Gallery Books hardcover edition and first printing, published in April 2013. This hardcover copy includes its dust jacket and is flat signed by Shortridge on the title page, with no personalized inscription visible.

Inspired by a true account, the novel follows Lucie Walker after she is discovered standing in San Francisco Bay with no memory of her identity or former life. Returning to Seattle with a fiancé she cannot remember, Lucie searches for the emotional trauma behind her dissociative fugue while reconsidering her relationships, her guarded former personality, and the painful secrets of her childhood. The novel was selected as a Walmart Read of the Month.

The book is in Very Good overall condition. There is a red remainder mark on the top page edges and minor toning to the page edges. The hardcover and dust jacket are present, and the photographed copyright page remains clear and legible.

Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual copy being offered.

书籍与版本资料

出版社
Gallery Books
出版年份
2013
版次
First Gallery Books Hardcover Edition
装帧
Hardcover
页数
336
ISBN-10
1451684835
ISBN-13
9781451684834
语言
English
签名者
Jennie Shortridge
签名形式
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目录价格
C $34.95
库存编号
128179671666

品相说明

Very Good hardcover with dust jacket. Flat signed by Jennie Shortridge. Red remainder mark on top page edges and minor page-edge toning. Please review all photos as part of the condition description.

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