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Vous revoir

Rating 3.5
Chapters
10
Series
BJTY · Foreign Literature Collection
ISBN
9787540478698

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Summary

Vous revoir is a novel by French author Marc Levy; the Chinese edition was translated by Chen Rui. The story unfolds in San Francisco: Lauren, a resident physician, falls into a long coma after a car accident, and when she finally wakes she has lost all memory of what happened during it. She vaguely recalls that someone kept watch at her bedside as she regained consciousness, but that person never appears again, and those around her are evasive about it. In another thread, the architect Arthur ends his self-imposed exile in Paris and returns to San Francisco; friends and work seem as before, yet Lauren is the one thing he cannot let go. He once did everything to save her life, only to lose her the moment she opened her eyes. Fate arranges a reversal: this time it is Arthur lying in a hospital bed, and the one standing over him saving his life is Lauren. Whether the two can recognize each other again across mismatched time and memory and end their long wait is the book's central suspense. With delicate psychological portraiture and a touch of the fantastical in its emotional premise, Marc Levy writes of love, courage, loss and reunion, continuing his customary gentle, vividly cinematic storytelling.

Editor's review

如果你喜欢《偷影子的人》,会在这本《与你重逢》里重新遇到马克·李维那种温柔细腻的笔触:他不急着推动情节,而是让两个人在记忆与遗忘之间慢慢靠近。小说的设定带有轻微的超现实意味,却始终落在普通人的处境上:一个医生在醒来后发现自己的生命被抹去了一段,一个男人守着一个对方并不记得的承诺。书中反复出现的命题是:爱是否必须被对方记住才算存在?答案藏在那些看似平淡的日常细节里。中文版由陈睿翻译,语言顺畅,适合在安静的夜晚一口气读完。它不提供复杂的叙事实验,却能给疲惫的读者一点关于勇气与等待的安慰,是马克·李维作品中偏浪漫、偏疗愈的一本。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 喜欢马克·李维《偷影子的人》等温柔疗愈系小说的读者
  • 偏爱以爱情与记忆、遗忘为核心命题的当代外国小说读者
  • 希望读一本轻松、篇幅适中、情感浓度较高的睡前读物的读者
  • 对法国当代畅销文学及影视化叙事感兴趣的读者

Not a good fit for

  • 偏好硬核科幻、严密逻辑推理或强情节悬疑的读者
  • 不喜欢浪漫爱情线、对巧合式情节设定较敏感的读者
  • 希望读到社会学或思想性非虚构作品的读者

Reading tips

  1. 可先读《假如这是真的》,本书与之人物相关,前后对读更能体会人物关系的延续。
  2. 留意书中关于记忆与时间的段落,它们往往承担着情节转折与情感铺垫的双重功能。
  3. 不必追求快速读完,每章篇幅不长,可按章节节奏阅读,更能体会人物内心的摇摆。
  4. 读后可回头重看开头部分,会发现许多细节其实早已为结局埋下伏笔。

About the publisher

Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House is a publisher known for its literary titles, with a catalogue spanning foreign literature, world classics, classical Chinese literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, and mystery and detective fiction. Judging from the more than 1,100 books in the database, the press publishes foreign classics such as Crime and Punishment, Snow Country, The Complete Sherlock Holmes and Letter from an Unknown Woman, as well as Chinese classical and modern literary works including Lu Xun's Wandering and A Madman's Diary and Wu Jingzi's The Scholars. In terms of translators and authors, translations by Cao Guowei and Tan Jinghua appear in its foreign literature titles, and the authors involved include Dostoevsky, Kawabata Yasunari, Conan Doyle and Zweig. Its publishing character lies in introducing Chinese and foreign literary classics side by side, balancing popular and serious works and attending to both readability and literary value. Public information is limited; the above is a brief overview based solely on the books in the database.

Contents

  1. Time Is an Illusion
  2. Bound Memories
  3. Meeting You Is Like Dawn After Darkness
  4. The Inevitable Choice
  5. The Scales Sway in the Wind
  6. However Beautiful the Road, There Is Always a Return
  7. Clouds Cannot Hide the Sunlight
  8. Together, Like You and Me
  9. Epilogue
  10. Acknowledgments

FAQ

《与你重逢》是《偷影子的人》的续集吗?
不是。《与你重逢》与《偷影子的人》是两部独立的作品,但常被介绍为马克·李维爱情主题的代表作之一,人物与故事并不直接承接《偷影子的人》。
这本书和《假如这是真的》有关系吗?
有。部分资料将《与你重逢》视为《假如这是真的》的延续之作,两者在人物与情感设定上有呼应,但各自可独立阅读。
《与你重逢》的法文原名叫什么?
法文原名为《Vous revoir》,中文版由陈睿翻译,湖南文艺出版社出版。
这本书适合作为马克·李维的入门读物吗?
适合。《与你重逢》篇幅适中、语言平实、情感线清晰,是其浪漫疗愈风格的代表作之一,容易进入。

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About the author

Marc Levy Author · France · 1961

Marc Levy, born in 1961 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, is a contemporary French novelist widely popular with readers. At the age of 37 he entered the literary world with his debut novel If Only It Were True, which brought him instant fame; since then he has continued to write and has for many years ranked among France's best-selling novelists of the year. His works are generally classified as foreign literature, and he is skilled at unfolding emotion and suspense within everyday situations, moving readers with light, vivid storytelling. The collection includes four of his works: The First Day, The First Night, Between Us, and A Feeling Stronger Than Fear, alongside such representative titles as The Shadow Thief, The Istanbul Holiday, and If It All Came Back. Because public information is limited, details of his personal life and writing are not elaborated here.

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