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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.夜巡
《夜巡》出版于1969年,是莫迪亚诺的第二部小说,进入当年的龚古尔文学奖决选名单。这也是莫迪亚诺第一部被翻译成英文的作品。小说的叙述者为抵抗组织“地下骑士团”工作,但他同时服务于法国的盖世太保。如何成为叛徒,如何不成为叛徒?这个问题始终缠绕着他。通过这本令人震惊的书,这本既温柔又残酷的书,莫迪亚诺试图为这段往昔岁月驱魔,虽然他并未在被占领的巴黎生活过。他唤醒了死者,以一种急促的乐调牵引着他们,完成这奇异的夜巡。