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Empires
by Nick Earls
《帝国五部曲》
帝国兴衰，人生起伏，我们经历的相遇、碰撞和联系多得难以计数，但意想不到的事情仍会发生。
《帝国》是一本引人入胜、富于创意的小说，以男孩和男人为主题，共分为五部分。这部作品跨越几个世纪，横跨多个大陆，探讨了我们建立的帝国、我们看待自己的方式、我们构建的故事以及万物之间的相互联系。
2018年的阿拉斯加，迈克远离家乡，膝盖受伤，心中怀着未曾言说的悲伤，开始经商卖房子，并照顾着伴侣的儿子。
1978年的伦敦，一个来自澳大利亚的“外来者”西蒙，在“不满之冬”中度过了青少年时期，并被隔壁的一位古怪的演出经纪人所吸引。
1928年的华盛顿特区，一位卸任的美国参议员接受了关于1916年他在俄国的经历的采访，以及他拯救一位年轻帝国继承人的使命故事。
1809年的维也纳，一个因违法而四处逃窜的爱尔兰少年在拿破仑围攻和轰炸这座城市时，在作曲家中找到了避难所。
2019年的香港，中年失散的兄弟迈克和西蒙重聚，面对过去的秘密，重新建立联系。帝国兴衰，人生上演，我们经历的相遇、碰撞和联系多得难以计数——但意想不到的事情仍会发生。
Empires rise and fall, human lives are lived, collisions occur more than we will ever know, and yet the unexpected can still happen.Alaska, 2018, and Mike is a long way from home, nursing a wrecked knee and an unspoken grief, striking out into real estate and parenting his partner’s son. London, 1978, and Simon is an Australian fish out of water navigating adolescence during the Winter of Discontent, and drawn to an eccentric impresario next door. Washington, DC, 1928, and a retired US senator is interviewed about his time in Russia in 1916, and his mission to save a young heir to an empire. Vienna, 1809, and an Irish teenager on the run from the law takes refuge among composers as Napoleon besieges and shells the city. Hong Kong, 2019, and estranged brothers Mike and Simon reunite in midlife to face the secrets of the past, and reconnect in more ways than one.Empires rise and fall, human lives play out, encounters, collisions and connections occur more than we can ever know – and yet, the unexpected can still happen.Endlessly compelling and inventive, Empires is a masterful novel in five parts with boys and men at its heart. Spanning centuries and crossing continents, it explores the empires we build, the way we see ourselves, the narratives we construct and the interconnectedness of all things. This is Nick Earls at his finest.
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