內容簡介
一九四八年，戰火的餘燼尚未散去，日本正從二戰的廢墟中蹣跚起步，人們努力揮別敗戰的陰霾，舉目望向未知。此時，功勳烜赫的畫家野口真司，本該在含飴弄孫中安享平靜的晚年，卻總在夜幕低垂時被過往的記憶審判。那段與日本軍國主義興起緊密相連的創作生涯，化作一道揮之不去的暗影，吞噬了他自以為的風平浪靜，拉扯出時代洪流下的尊嚴與悔愧。
It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson, and his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.
作者介紹
石黑一雄的著作已為他贏得全球聲譽與諸多榮譽，其中包括諾貝爾文學獎與布克獎。他的作品已被翻譯成四十多種語言。其中《長日將盡》與《別讓我走》光是在費伯（Faber）出版社的版本，銷量就雙雙突破了一百萬冊，且兩部作品皆被改編成廣受好評的電影。他最近的一部長篇小說《被埋葬的記憶》於 2015 年出版，一推出即榮登《週日泰晤士報》暢銷書榜榜首。
Kazuo Ishiguro's eight books have won him world-wide renown and many honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over forty languages. The Remains of the Dayand Never Let Me Go have each sold in excess of one million copies in Faber editions alone, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films. His most recent novel, The Buried Giant, was published in 2015, debuting at number 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list.
