This Is Where I Leave You

Jonathan Tropper is the author of How to Talk to a Widower, Everything Changes, The Book of Joe, and Plan B. He lives with his family in Westchester, New York, where he teaches writing at Manhattanville College. He is currently adapting This Is Where I Leave You as a feature film for Warner Brothers Studios.

出版者:Dutton

作者:Jonathan Tropper

页数:352

出版时间:2009-8-1

价格:USD 25.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780525951278

图书标签:JonathanTropper英语美国文学美国小说外国文学亚马逊what.

The death of Judd Foxman’s father marks the first time that the entire Foxman family—including Judd’s mother, brothers, and sister—have been together in years. Conspicuously absent: Judd’s wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd’s radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public.

Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch’s dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. In the same house. Like a family.

As the week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions reawakened. For Judd, it’s a weeklong attempt to make sense of the mess his life has become while trying in vain not to get sucked into the regressive battles of his madly dysfunctional family. All of which would be hard enough without the bomb Jen dropped the day Judd’s father died: She’s pregnant.

This Is Where I Leave You is Jonathan Tropper's most accomplished work to date, a riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind—whether we like it or not.

读后感

生活渐行渐远，你需要多努力才能把你的生活变得如此狗血？ 之前好友推荐这本书的时候，我是嗤之以鼻的。《谁来替我照顾妈妈》，这种书我是不看的。可是，有些缘分就是逃不掉的，我最后还是看完了这本书，公交上也看，等人的时候也看。 看完之后，才发现，即使贾德的生活都成...  

其實最開始是無關內容，我就是在最需要一個出口的時候看到了這本書的名字。單純就這件事情來說，我已經得到至少一半的滿足了。在接下來拿到書一口氣讀完的過程裡，我自行標配電影讓我剩下的一半得到最大限度的滿足。 生活裡，很多事情沒有特別的規定，包括在你父親葬禮上是哭...  

“没那么简单，就能去爱，别的全不看，变得实际，也许好也许坏各一半，总是不安，只好强悍，谁谋杀了我的浪漫”。为什么黄小琥的这首歌能引起那么多人的共鸣，除了她的声音和歌曲的旋律，更多的恐怕是歌词中传达出来的、对生活的阅历，正所谓“白发渔樵江渚上，惯看秋月春风”...  

Goodreads上一篇获很多赞的评论，二星，作者的ID叫JFN。 I picked up this book on the recommendation of an acquaintance whose taste I trust. And in reading the dust jacket flap, I was immediately drawn in by the idea of the book: a family -- four siblings -- m...  

这个故事的背景是美国，要守丧7日这样的要求几乎没有的。当大家积聚在一起时候，发生了许多事情。就是这样的情况让每个亲人关系更进一步。人长大了好像心都被繁忙的工作和周照的环境变的麻木了。不会感受到喜怒哀乐。不会发现身边的微小变化。男主人公身上发生的事在小说开始部...  

用户评价

“Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your father's coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything.”

那啥，这就结束了？！

你可以哭，當然也可以笑。

“Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your father's coffin, stunned at the impermanence of everything.”

那啥，这就结束了？！