親愛的圖書館

ISBN-10: 9571395080
ISBN-13: 9789571395081
Category: History / United States / State & Local / General
Pages: 368
Language: English
Published: 2021-10-01
Publisher: 時報文化出版
Author: 蘇珊．歐琳

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1986年洛杉磯中央圖書館，疑似遭到縱火，100萬本藏書付之一炬，是史上最嚴重的圖書館火災之一，且懸案至今未破。三十多年後，《紐約客》知名記者和《紐約時報》暢銷書作家蘇珊•歐琳，費時四年，鎖定一名嫌疑者。然而在採訪過一個又一個圖書館員後，她意外收穫更大的發現……我們知道的太少了，真正的靈魂與奧祕就藏在這裡，這是一本前所未見以「圖書館」為主題的圖書館之書。燃燒你的圖書館魂！書蟲們的Love Story. 《蘭花賊》作者最新力作「妙趣橫生」是作者蘇珊．歐琳的寫作風格，也是圖書館本身。「我想寫一個不屬於我、但我把它當成骨肉來疼愛的地方。世界出的差錯再多，似乎全被圖書館簡單一句無言承諾克服了：我在這裡，請向我訴說你的故事；我的故事在這裡，請聽。」一座百年圖書館的劫後重生。一封獻給圖書館的情書，也是一本了解圖書館的百科全書。 ★《紐約時報》《華盛頓郵報》年度選書 ★好萊塢巨星瑞絲．薇絲朋選書．親愛的圖書館長，齊聲推薦曾淑賢╱國家圖書館館長劉仲成╱國立公共資訊圖書館館長王錦華╱新北市立圖書館館長林奕成╱高雄市立圖書館館長陳昭珍╱中原大學通識中心講座教授兼圖書館館長宋怡慧╱丹鳳高中圖書館主任、作家圖書館收藏了無盡的圖書，也收藏了許多不可思議的人和故事。收藏的舉動等於是向世界宣示，每一則故事統統都重要。 1986年4月29日上午，洛杉磯中央圖書館火警鈴聲大作。當日大火成災：現場將近一千度高溫，燒了七個小時，整座圖書館付之一炬，總計四十萬本藏書遭烈火吞噬，外加七十萬本書受到毀損。儘管調查人員勘驗過火場，直到今天，三十多年過去了，人們仍不免好奇：真的有人蓄意放火燒了圖書館嗎──果真如此，誰會幹這種事呢？獲獎無數的《紐約客》知名記者和《紐約時報》暢銷書作者蘇珊．歐琳，憑藉對書籍和閱讀的狂熱投入這場圖書館大火調查。焚書燒館不啻為對人類心靈最具摧毀力的行動。為何最安全、最開放的場所會發生最危險的事件？歐琳以獨樹一幟的觀察力和敘事天賦，從個人的圖書館經驗，結合實地探訪，記錄央圖大火現場和後續種種餘波蕩漾。甚至親自嘗試燒一本書瞭解箇中滋味，天馬行空的神來之筆，笑到岔氣。既寫出了一本扣人心弦的調查報告，也是一本「趣味盎然」的圖書館之書。野心勃勃的調查蒐證，精巧細緻的文筆，構築一道深入圖書館歷史、戲劇、文化和人物故事的通道。蘇珊．歐琳為讀者披沙瀝金，一一舉證，這些受人愛戴的圖書館除了借書之外，還有無數服務市民的方式，並在其心智和靈魂上扮演舉足輕重的角色。全書洞見之豐富，寶物之多，作者行筆如火，從遠古焚書悲劇跳躍至當前書籍修復的最新手法，從洛杉磯央圖的沿革及演進，延伸探討圖書館在美國與全球各地的演變。還有與母親的感人故事……一場毀滅性火災的探索，變成一次進入無限豐富世界的旅程，裡面充滿意想不到的人物，發生著意想不到的事情，懷著意想不到的激情。從來沒有一本書如此廣泛地捕捉圖書館員們的故事。那些日夜逡巡書區、克盡職守的身影，在書中都成了搖滾巨星。蘇珊．歐琳總是對寫作的主題抱持極大的熱情，並充滿幽默感，眼見圖書館各部門百態躍然紙上，正是這些愛書的靈魂使圖書館成為市民心中無可取代的公共空間，一處現代人心靈的庇護所。「我喜歡聽別人回憶他們年輕時參觀圖書館的回憶，以及它對每個人成年後的影響如此深遠。光知道人們多喜歡圖書館，我就對人類的未來充滿希望。」──蘇珊．歐琳

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