prophet song

2023年布克獎得獎小說直擊人心，將當代社會與政治焦慮推向極致「我希望讀者能融入故事情節之中，且融入之深，等到闔上書的時候，他們不僅知道也能感受到問題所在。」——保羅?林奇（Paul Lynch）「從一開始，《先知之歌》就迫使我們擺脫自滿情緒，去關注一個試圖保護自己家人的婦女，以及陷入極權主義的愛爾蘭的可怕困境??這是情感敘事的勝利，振奮人心且勇氣十足。」——艾斯?埃杜揚（Esi Edugyan），布克獎評審團主席「世界末日總是一個地方事件，它來到你的國度，造訪你的城鎮，敲響你家的門扉，對他人而言，這僅是一記迢遙的警鐘，僅是一則短暫的新聞報導，僅是已成為傳說的前塵回聲。」一個當家庭和國家處於災難邊緣，一名母親試圖將家人從極權主義手中拯救出來的故事。在近未來的愛爾蘭——一個逐漸陷入極權暴政的國度，肆意操控、侵蝕人們的自由，宛如一場隱形的囚禁。艾莉舒?史塔克，一位四個孩子的母親、職業婦女，還肩負照顧失智的父親。在一天夜晚，她平凡的生活被突如其來的敲門聲撼動。來訪的是國家警察服務局的偵緝警督，要求質詢她的丈夫。從此，史塔克一家被捲入不斷加劇的恐怖與破碎的現實，她在步步為營的噩夢和接踵而來的分離中掙扎、懷疑、後悔，每一個選擇都如沉重枷鎖般牽制著她??媒體評論「這麼多年來，我還沒有讀過一本能讓我如此震撼的作品。這部小說的獨特創造力在於，它讓不可能成為了可能：如果在最不可能發生的地方都能發生，那麼，在任何地方都可能發生。《先知之歌》闡述了世界的分崩離析，難免會被拿去與薩拉馬戈（Saramago）、歐威爾（Orwell）、麥卡錫（McCarthy）的作品比較──但這部小說完全自成一派，不光以優美的筆觸警示人心可能變得如何扭曲，也向面對恐怖現實的愛的力量致敬。」──卡倫姆．麥坎（Colum McCann），《Apeirogon》作者「一部不朽的小說，文字優美流暢。讀這本書宛如被浪潮捲入其中，當你回過神時，會感到一陣恍惚，並想起了小說的價值。近年來，很難找到筆勢更強的作品。」──薩曼莎．哈維（Samantha Harvey），《The Western Wind》作者「一則深刻入微的人性故事……保羅‧林奇技法靈巧細膩，文字也十分優美，憑藉這部佳作，保羅‧林奇已經躋身於愛特伍（Atwood）、歐威爾（Orwell）和伯吉斯（Burgess）之列。」──克莉絲汀‧德懷爾‧希基（Christ

How I Live Now meets Exodus – a startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the refugee crisis, from critically acclaimed author Clare Furniss.‘Compulsive, poignant YA dystopia’ The Guardian‘An exquisite, devastating read’ The Irish Times‘Genuinely moving’ Daily Mail‘Reminiscent of Meg Rosoff’s How I Live Now and Paul Lynch’s Book Prize-winning dystopia Prophet Song, this is a devastating novel which speaks to the present political moment’ Just ImagineCivil unrest in London has reached an all-time high after years of a growing authoritarian regime, and it’s no longer safe for Clem and her half-sister Billie in the city. Clem tells of their treacherous journey to Scotland, by road and then by sea, fleeing with nothing but a notebook filled with stories and memories of home. But is there something Clem's not saying? And how will this journey – and the sisters’ story – end? With the start of a new life? Or a mirror held up to the past?PRAISE FOR THE THINGS WE LEAVE BEHI

LONG LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what--or who--is she willing to leave behind?Exhilarating, terrifying and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together.

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 - NATIONAL BESTSELLEROn a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what--or who--is she willing to leave behind?The winner of the Booker Prize 2023, Prophet Song presents a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together.

Gomer’s Song is a re-rendering of the Bible story. In Gomer, a harlot who was the wife of the Old Testament prophet Hosea, Kwame Dawes finds the subject for a beautiful contemporary exploration on fre

Joshua Ploeg was once the singer for such bands as Lords of Lightspeed, Behead the Prophet, and the Mulkiteo Faeries. Limpwrist even wrote a tribute song to him as a gay punk pioneer ("Ode"). Now he i