亞當·哈斯特

Adam Haslett

暢銷書作傢，作品先後獲得柏林美國學院頒發的柏林奬、美國筆會/馬拉穆德奬、《洛杉磯時報》圖書奬，以及古根海姆和洛剋菲勒基金會提供的小說基金，入圍普利策奬、英聯邦作傢奬、美國國傢圖書奬等多項大奬，並被譯介為十八種語言，暢銷全球，其本人也被《華盛頓郵報》譽為“我們的菲茨傑拉德（《瞭不起的蓋茨比》作者）”。

When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression in 1960s London, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans despite what she now knows of his condition, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. Imagine Me Gone is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic who makes sense of the world through parody. Over the span of decades, his younger siblings -- the savvy and responsible Celia and the ambitious and tightly controlled Alec -- struggle along with their mother to care for Michael's increasingly troubled and precarious existence.

Told in alternating points of view by all five members of the family, this searing, gut-wrenching, and yet frequently hilarious novel brings alive with remarkable depth and poignancy the love of a mother for her children, the often inescapable devotion siblings feel toward one another, and the legacy of a father's pain in the life of a family.

With his striking emotional precision and lively, inventive language, Adam Haslett has given us something rare: a novel with the power to change how we see the most important people in our lives.