《雙面葛蕾斯》是愛特伍最滿意的作品。在迷人的混亂中帶我們回到十九世紀,寫下備受爭議的謎樣人物。
葛蕾斯被判謀殺了她的主人湯瑪斯和情婦南西。但有人認為他是無罪的,也有人認為她是邪惡的化身。在服無期徒刑監禁中,葛蕾斯聲稱她完全不記得這起謀殺事件。
西蒙醫生在當時發展很快的心理疾病方面,是個非常積極的專家。雖然有很多人反對他的作法,但他仍耐心傾聽葛蕾斯的故事,慢慢的帶她回溯當天的記憶;最後,葛蕾斯會想起她封鎖的記憶嗎?葛蕾斯真的是萬惡不赦的惡徒嗎?還是她是那個時代的犧牲者?
得獎與推薦
★1996年榮獲加拿大最重要的文學獎吉勒獎(Scotiabank Giller Prize)
★1996年加拿大國家級總督文學獎(Governor General's Literary Awards)決選
★1996年英國曼布克獎(Man Booker Prize)提名
★1997年柑橘文學獎(Orange Prize for Fiction)提名
★1998年國際IMPAC都柏林文學獎(International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award)提名
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In Alias Grace, bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written her most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work since The Handmaid's Tale. She takes us back in time and into
the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century.
Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent;
others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders.
Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story
while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the
victim of circumstances?