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

一向不喜欢外国文学，这次是被书的封面吸引的，这个温馨的封面让我觉得内容应该是既感动又催泪的一本关于“妈妈”的书。但是。。可但是，当开始读序的时候我就知道我的想法就被彻底颠覆了。 故事以主人公的父亲去世为开头，描写了一家兄妹几个见面就互相攻击、讽刺、...  

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...  

“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...  

其实评了英文版的，中文版也还不错。 有关家人，有关爱情，有关婚姻..... 我们总是想象回忆中的美丽，于是忽略了现实的美好，于是很多人都过的不够幸福。 我们总是把自己放在世界的中心，但是别人也是一样，于是怨恨多了起来，其他的不明的情绪也多了起来。 我很喜欢这样的感觉...  

用户评价

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开头几章口吻挺有趣的 后面看过电影知道情节就没那么吸引人了 家庭戏还是很戳泪点 电影选角不错 找Jane Fonda演娘真是个略欢乐的致敬原作 有些细节比电影里骨骼惊奇 由于最近观影和阅读略有绑定 弄得业余文学生活也总是围观婚姻破裂的气息啊!

那啥，这就结束了？！

那啥，这就结束了？！