
SUNRISE: A Novel
日出鎮的秘密
內容介紹
年度最受期待圖書:《時尚先生》、《文學中心》、《今日》(A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: Esquire, Literary Hub, Today)
三個生命,一百年的時光,一座西部鬼鎮:這部扣人心弦的小說講述了一個名為「日出鎮」(Sunrise)的神秘小鎮的故事,過去的秘密在這裡難以被徹底掩埋。
2024年,妮娜(Nina)駕駛的小型飛機墜毀在懷俄明州山區的一個湖泊中。駕駛飛機的男友班(Ben)下落不明。妮娜迷失在冰天雪地的湖岸邊,身上只有幾根舊的能量棒、一支沒有訊號的手機,以及一絲渺茫的獲救希望。她必須在這片廣大的荒野中生存下去。然而,她偶然發現了「日出鎮」──一座保存完好卻又彷彿被遺棄的西部小鎮。這裡隱藏著一個跨越了百年的鬼故事謎團。
2003年,日出鎮的風雲人物科爾(Coll)正準備執導鎮上年度的歷史重演劇,卻被捲入一場酒吧醜聞。此時,一名新銳作家帶著關於日出鎮一位最受愛戴的人物的問題前來拜訪他,這有可能顛覆他對這座城市——以及他自己的所有認知。
1902年,小鎮的創始人、槍手、傳奇通俗小說英雄安東·巴爾加斯(Anton Vargas)重返日出鎮,並迅速組建了一支尋找失踪男孩的隊伍。但巴爾加斯究竟是誰?他對男孩的失蹤了解多少?他為何在闊別多年後重返此地?
這三個陌生人素不相識,被時間分隔,但日出鎮的秘密如同火藥般靜靜潛伏,只需要一點火星便會引爆。這部作品挑戰了我們習以為常的神話:關於英雄與惡棍、關於我們所歸屬之地,以及最重要的——關於我們自己的人生。
故事根植於同一地點,卻跨越三個不同的時代。蒂亞‧歐布萊特(Téa Obreht)探討了以下幾個主題:人們如何將自己神話化,以及他們如何在偏離現實的情況下,不斷延續自己的神話;我們對鬼城的迷戀——想像一個地方曾經的模樣,或者他們未來可能重現的景象;以及在當今高度連結的世界中,一旦失去科技,人類面對荒野原始生存挑戰時的孤絕感。這本小說以令人心驚膽戰的結尾收束,小說結構如同俄羅斯娃娃般精巧,跨越三個時空,將西部拓荒、當代迷失與生存挑戰編織在一起。作者對語言的駕馭爐火純青,充滿了詼諧幽默、敏銳觀察和純粹的語言樂趣,堪稱一部傑作。

作者介紹
書評
“Téa Obreht never disappoints.”—Esquire
“A Cessna plane crashes into a Wyoming lake and a young woman staggers out, uninjured. As she searches for her missing boyfriend she stumbles into an abandoned, pristine mining town where a pair of conjoined mysteries await, unraveling her sense of time and place.”—The Boston Globe
“This triple-timeline story that asks: Who writes history, and what do they have to hide?”—Good Housekeeping
“Obreht’s latest novel is an unputdownable, metafictional, and nimble page-turner . . . The book’s structure is part of its pleasure, as is Obreht’s uncanny ability to write convincingly, it seems, about everything and everywhere and everyone, her precise, generous prose like being dunked into a new reality.”—Literary Hub
“I’ve loved every book Téa Obreht has written but I might love this one the most. It's tense and beautifully constructed, and it features Obreht's signature precision when it comes to both language and emotion. Please put this book into the hands of everyone you know.”—Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods
“Sunrise is thrilling and ingenious. In her new novel, Obreht explores this country's troubled past, its gaps and silences, and the rich history that only new storytellers can excavate.”—Laila Lalami, bestselling author of The Dream Hotel
“Sunrise is everything you could wish for from a storyteller of Obreht's caliber: a witty, propulsive tale of survival, a spirited reckoning with the ambivalences of American life, a deep dive into the secret histories of the West. Spellbinding and ingeniously crafted, this novel deepens Obreht's reputation as one of our moment’s most original bards and shows the power of story to orient, investigate, and illuminate.”—Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine and Something New Under the Sun
“A Wyoming ghost town provides the stage for this spectacular novel from Obreht about the enduring myths of the Wild West . . . Obreht employs impressive restraint, providing just enough clues to create intrigue as the reader pieces together the connections between the three storylines . . . it careens to an explosive climax. Readers will have a blast.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“[Obreht] delivers a virtuoso performance. In her hands, these three narratives aren't just satisfying on their own. They illuminate each other in ways that are both elegant and emotionally deep . . . An adventurous, rewarding novel from a writer who just gets better and better.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Obreht is riveting in each time frame as she exults in emulating and subverting tales of the Old West while exposing the poisonous complexities of gender, taboo love, myth, history, and our desecration of the wild in a breathtaking, shocking, and reverberating survival story.”—Booklist, starred review

