The physics of sadness

Физика на тъгата

◆From the saddest place in the world, copyright sold to 26 countries◆Praised by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokachuk, the representative work of the Booker International Prize winner◆The story of a collider running at full speed, 1,000 sad elementary particles spinning in a carnival◆The story of all those who come from nothingness and go to nothingness◆The story of nameless, fleeting, off-screen, and forever silent people, a general history of things that never happened——————————————
I can enter the thoughts of any person or object at will.
Sometimes I am the Minotaur; sometimes I am Laika, the puppy in space; I left behind a woman during the war; I saw my nine-month-old father; at the beginning of this century, at the age of three, I was abandoned in a mill; a century later, I was killed as a bull in a bullfight; I grew up in Bulgaria during the socialist period; I am a writer, and before my special abilities disappear, I record the sorrow of my family and the world around me, all those things that are mortal, perishable, and fragile, in this time capsule.
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【Comment】
Georgy Gospotinov is unique in many ways. I've been reading him since the beginning, and I know no one else can combine his playful ideas, wondrous imagination, and impeccable writing skills like he does—Olga Tokarczuk, one of Europe's most important contemporary writers. Few novels can be described as completely original to seasoned readers, and "The Physics of Sorrow" is one of them. —Alberto Manguel, author of "A Personal Dictionary of Imaginary Place Names" Gospotinov writes like a botanist of the soul: he knows the effects of beautiful mushrooms and herbs hidden within us, even though they may look alike from a distance. The organisms he studies are past versions of ourselves, our irretrievable, reconstructed, future versions, and how we water them with the fantasies and poisons we cultivate in silence. —Yuri Herrera, author of "Signs of the End of the World" Gospotinov, following the example of Borges, both took pleasure in creating interesting games and had unrestrained imaginations. —The New Yorker
This book is crazy. It's incredibly varied, contemplative, deeply funny, disturbing, philosophical and poetic, microscopic and grandiose. In short: fantastic. —Berliner Zeitung

2024-10-01

上海人民出版社

Century Wenjing

345

9787208189874