普立茲獎得主安‧泰勒(Anne Tyler),美國知名短篇小說家,歷來創作超過二十二本著作。探討人與人關聯的新作,溫柔中又帶風趣。
米卡(Micah Mortimer),靠著精準的作息,度過井然有序的每一天。早上是自由工作者,提供電腦技術支援,下午則化身自家大廈管理員。他相當滿意這種規律的生活方式。
直到有一天,一名大學生亞當上門,自稱是米卡和前女友的兒子。雖然米卡很快的澄清自己不可能是他的父親,還是讓亞當借住一晚。沒想到,米卡的「女性好友」(其實是女友)為了這件事要和他分手。「當初我快被房東趕出家門了,你卻不肯伸出援手,現在你卻讓陌生人借住你家?」
這一連串突如其來的事件,讓四十三歲的米卡,打破規律的生活,陷入一場新風暴當中。一輩子都不願意敞開心房的男人,每經歷一段感情就變得更為封閉,步入中年還有改變的可能嗎?安‧泰勒以精準的觀察力和溫暖的筆觸,再度帶來了一個充滿喜悅與關懷的故事。
From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection.
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From the beloved Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection.
Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever. An intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who finds those around him just out of reach, and a funny, joyful, deeply compassionate story about seeing the world through new eyes, Redhead by the Side of the Road is a triumph, filled with Anne Tyler's signature wit and gimlet-eyed observation.