"Paul Auster's brilliant eighteenth novel opens with a scorched pot of water, which Sy Baumgartner-phenomenologist, noted author, and soon-to-be retired philosophy professor-has just forgotten on the stove. Baumgartner's life had been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna, who was killed in a swimming accident nine years earlier. Now 71, Baumgartner continues to struggle to live in her absence as the novel sinuously unfolds into spirals...

"Can you learn to love someone after being traumatized in childhood? Behind the relationship conflict is the collision of spiritual trauma. Dedicated to those who are struggling and groping in the relationship and are eager to grow again. Analyzing the dislocation relationship of giving, taking, and alienation, identifying internal needs, ending the pain of the original family, enhancing the power of self-care, and rebuilding a healing relationship" 童年受过创伤，还能学会爱人吗...

"The powerful story of a 1,000-mile healing walk--from the lochs of Scotland to England's southwest coast--in a remarkable evocation of modern-day Britain."--