約瑟夫•奧康納（Joseph O'Connor）：

1963年齣生於愛爾蘭首府都柏林，為傢中長子，其妹為知名歌手西尼德• 奧康納。已著有18部文學作品，其中包括小說、隨筆、劇本等多種形式。2004年推齣的長篇小說《海洋之星》為他在世界範圍內贏得瞭廣泛的聲譽，榮獲《愛爾蘭郵報》文學奬、美國圖書館協會奬、法國瑪德琳·澤普特歐洲文學奬、《紐約時報》年度好書、《經濟學人》年度好書，並被Vintage選入“未來的經典”書係。其後推齣的《幽靈之光》《影子遊戲》等著作亦好評連連，其中《影子遊戲》獲愛爾蘭圖書奬年度小說奬，並入圍2019科斯塔奬決選名單，兩屆布剋奬得主彼得• 凱裏稱贊道：“在世的作傢中極少有人能通過如此華麗的詞句，讓我們切實感受過往。約瑟夫• 奧康納是個奇跡，《影子遊戲》是本非凡的傑作。”

陳超：

青年翻譯傢。代錶譯作有《奧威爾作品全集》《巨人的隕落》《海洋之星》《卑微者之歌》《飄》《且問風塵》《在路上》等。目前定居加拿大。

In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for NewYork. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more desperate. Among them are a maid with a devastating secret, the bankrupt Lord Merridith, his wife and children, and a killer stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.

This journey will see many lives end, others begin anew. Passionate loves are tenderly recalled, shirked responsibilities regretted too late, and profound relationships shockingly revealed. In this spellbinding tale of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the farther the ship sails toward the Promised Land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past that will never let them go.

As urgently contemporary as it is historical, this exciting and compassionate novel builds with the pace of a thriller to a stunning conclusion.