Before I Go to Sleep

Steven "S. J." Watson (born 1971) is an English writer. He debuted in 2011 with the thriller novel Before I Go to Sleep. Rights to publish the book have been sold in 42 different countries around the world and it has gone on to be an international bestseller.Watson was born in Stourbridge, in the West Midlands. He studied Physics at the University of Birmingham and then moved to London, where he worked in various hospitals and specialized as an audiologist[4] in the diagnosis and treatment of hearing-impaired children. In the evenings and weekends he wrote fiction.In 2009 Watson was accepted into the first Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ Course, a programme that covers all aspects of the novel-writing process. Before I Go to Sleep is the result.Now sold in over 30 languages around the world, Before I Go To Sleep has been also been acquired for film by Ridley Scott’s production company, Scott Free, with Rowan Joffe to direct. Filming is scheduled to begin in 2011.Visit the author online at http://wwwwww.sjwatson-books.com.

出版者:HarperCollins Publishers

作者:S. J. Watson

页数:368

出版时间:2011-6-14

价格:USD 25.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780062060556

图书标签:悬疑小说英文原版英国推理悬疑心理学Fiction外国文学

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Welcome to Christine’s life.

Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle- aged face. And every morning, the man she has woken up with must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband, she is forty-seven years old, and a terrible accident two decades earlier decimated her ability to form new memories.

But it’s the phone call from a Dr. Nash, a neurologist who claims to be working with Christine without her husband’s knowledge, that directs her to her journal, hidden in the back of her closet. For the past few weeks, Christine has been recording her daily activities—tearful mornings with Ben, sessions with Dr. Nash, flashes of scenes from her former life—and rereading past entries, relearning the facts of her life as retold by the husband she is completely dependent upon. As the entries build up, Christine asks many questions. What was life like before the accident? Why did she and Ben never have a child? What has happened to Christine’s best friend? And what exactly was the horrific accident that caused such a profound loss of memory?

Every day, Christine must begin again the reconstruction of her past. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more un- believable it seems.

Before I Go to Sleep is the astonishing, haunting debut novel from newcomer S J Watson. Likened to a literary mash-up of Memento, Inception and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before I Go to Sleep will touch everyone who reads it.

读后感

如果有天一觉醒来，你发现自己丢失掉全部记忆，不知道自己是谁，不知道身处何处，不知道周围发生什么状况，这是否世界上最可怕的一件事？ 不，远还有比这更糟糕的，你发现自己尚且残存一天记忆，但只维持一天，如火花闪烁，睡下后，记忆全部消失，然后，你不得不依靠身边人告诉...  

从某种程度而言，失去记忆再去寻找的故事对当下的读者已经不再新鲜，例如美国流行小说大师陆德伦的《谍影重重》系列、又或是《记忆碎片》等作品，无一例外的使用了该主题，重复再三的桥段不免让人兴致缺缺。无巧不成书，《别相信任何人》一作也是借用了这一主题。好吧，如何让...  

一个人若失去了记忆的宝库，失去了过去的人生，失去了回忆的丰富过往，那人生又有什么意义呢？迷失在一片空白而慌乱的记忆荒原里，时而幻境，时而现实，被困在记忆碎片的夹缝里，那是多么恐怖的经验？更恐怖的是每天清晨都是空白记忆的起始点，一切归零重新开始。只能靠一个自...  

一个人若失去了记忆的宝库，失去了过去的人生，失去了回忆的丰富过往，那人生又有什么意义呢？迷失在一片空白而慌乱的记忆荒原里，时而幻境，时而现实，被困在记忆碎片的夹缝里，那是多么恐怖的经验？更恐怖的是每天清晨都是空白记忆的起始点，一切归零重新开始。只能靠一个自...  

用户评价

情节推动太慢太磨叽

虽然中间就有些预感，但看到最后还是毛管冻

不能再烂 推荐读shutter island吧

这是我第一次在看电影前先看书 女主全是内心戏应该很适合Nichol Kidman 故事很精彩 中间日记微啰嗦

不要作！不要出轨！！不要婚外情！！！最后作死的是自己