Life After Life
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?
On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies,...
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?
On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.
Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she?
Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original -- this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.
凯特•阿特金森（Kate Atkinson）：英国著名畅销小说作家，先后荣获南岸艺术文学奖，科斯塔奖，Waterstone年度作者，2013年凭借超级畅销书《生命不息》红遍全球。该书2013年4月在英美同步上市，空降各大畅销书榜NO.1，被《纽约时报》《时代周刊》《华盛顿邮报》等20多家媒体评选为“2013年度最佳图书”，被美国亚马逊编辑评选为“100本人生必读书”之一，也是英国2013年最畅销的长篇小说。
《生命不息》带领读者跟随女主角厄苏拉的脚步，看她如何在上世纪动荡的年代里，一遍又一遍活过自己的人生。作者阿特金森借由这个故事让我们见证，即使在最黑暗荒芜的时刻依旧有温暖的存在，并且透过她绝妙的叙事与描绘能力，带我们重返过去。这部小说颂赞了并存于人类中最光明美善与最丑陋不堪的面向，是阿特金森笔下最深刻且最具想象力的一部作品。