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Ninety-year-old Lou quit school after the eighth grade, worked for the rest of his life, and stayed with the same woman for nearly seventy years. Seventy-two-year-old Joe was chief probation officer in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, holds a law degree, and has faced the death of a son and the raising of a mentally challenged daughter. Now, the two men are roommates in a nursing home. Despite coming from very different backgrounds, the two become close friends.With an exacting eye for detail, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder examines end-of-life sorrows, joys, and unexpected surprises with poetry and compassion. Struggling to find meaning in the face of mortality, Joe and Lou experience the challenges that come with aging—with a grace and dignity that's sure to inspire.怪哩古董的事(短篇小说)
我清楚地记得,那天,好像是午后的某个时候,好像是在办公室里,我接过一个电话。我用了好像这个词。我之所以用好像这个词,是因为,我始终不能证明这个电话的存在,甚至,我曾经肯定打过这个电话的人,面对我后来的肯定也一脸无辜,满眼流露出廉价的同情,而我却因为这个电话差点进了某种让人闻之色变的专科医院。我之所以用好像这个词,还因为,午后的某个时候,准确地说,是下午上班之后的时间,而这个时间段里接到类似的电话或者打出类似的电话,是我漫长而无趣的工作过程中的常态。