Oh William!

　　《生活是頭安靜的獸》、《一切皆有可能》作者動人長篇小說

　　●《出版人週刊》：「斯特勞特被比作海明威絕不是毫無道理。某方面而言，她超越了海明威。」
　　● 已售出紐、澳、德、義、法、西、葡等全球21國版權。
　　● 紙本書發行量超過12萬5千冊，有聲書於美國首週銷量突破2千套。
　　● 出版即登上《紐約時報》、《倫敦時報》精裝小說暢銷排行榜。
　　● 獲《紐約時報》書評、《華盛頓郵報》、《時代》雜誌、《禿鷹》雜誌、《她讀》雜誌、美國公共廣播電台主持人莫琳．卡利根推薦為年度最佳好書。

　　▍人都是很寂寞的。我要說的是這個。
　　露西．巴頓成為紐約當紅作家多年，仍擺脫不了出身貧寒的過去，在人群裡無法自處，時常莫名地陷入恐慌。威廉是露西的前夫，他篤定，掌控一切，讓人安心，卻始終透著遙遠的距離感。

　　兩人陪伴彼此面對各自與他人建立的關係，一同挖掘威廉過世母親不為人知的過往，露西也在過程中逐漸看見各人的脆弱與失落。

　　伊麗莎白．斯特勞特極善於描寫細小而難為外人道的生命瘡疤，並以特定人物為故事主線，發展出可獨立閱讀的系列作品。《喔，威廉！》是她以「露西．巴頓」為主角的第三本小說，藉原生家庭、婚姻關係中的創傷與背叛，探討生命中形影不離的匱乏與孤寂。

　　誰能真正明白他人經歷了什麼？
　　這種無人知曉的孤絕感讓人恐慌，無處可逃……
 
※本書中文版《喔，威廉！》由寶瓶文化出版。

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from--and what they’ve left behind.

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air

＂Elizabeth Strout is one of my very favorite writers, so the fact that Oh William! may well be my favorite of her books is a mathematical equation for joy. The depth, complexity, and love contained in these pages is a miraculous achievement.＂--Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House

I would like to say a few things about my first husband, William.

Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are.

So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret--one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us. There are fears and insecurities, simple joys and acts of tenderness, and revelations about affairs and other spouses, parents and their children. On every page of this exquisite novel we learn more about the quiet forces that hold us together--even after we’ve grown apart.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Time, Vulture, She Reads

伊麗莎白．斯特勞特 (Elizabeth Strout)

　　美國當代作家。1998年，伊麗莎白出版長篇處女作《艾米與伊莎貝爾》，即榮獲與入選多項文學獎；2006年出版《與我同在》，登上全美暢銷榜，入選美國獨立書商協會選書。

　　她的第三部作品《生活是頭安靜的獸》（Olive Kitteridge）獲2009年美國普立茲小說獎，不但席捲全美暢銷書榜，暢銷百萬冊，原著並於2014年被改編成HBO影集《愛，當下》。而後，伊麗莎白陸續完成多本暢銷作品：The Burgess Boys、《不良品》（My Name Is Lucy Barton）、《一切皆有可能》（Anything Is Possible）、Olive, Again。

　　其作品屢獲讀者好評，蟬聯暢銷排行榜。她以長篇小說《不良品》入圍曼布克文學獎、都柏林文學獎決選，並改編成舞台劇在倫敦及百老匯上演。《一切皆有可能》不僅獲頒短篇小說文學獎，更被美國前總統歐巴馬列為年度最愛書籍。

　　她也曾入圍美國國家書評人協會獎（National Book Critics Circle Award）、國際筆會╱福克納獎（PEN / Faulkner Award）、國際都柏林文學獎（International Dublin Literary Award）及倫敦柑橘文學獎（Orange Prize）的決選名單。她的短篇小說作品發表於各式刊物，包括《紐約客》（The New Yorker）及《歐普拉雜誌》（O: The Oprah Magazine）。

Elizabeth Strout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive, Again; Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize; My Name Is Lucy Barton; The Burgess Boys; Olive Kitteridge, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; Abide with Me; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in London. She lives in Maine.