A novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise - and utterly irresistible - storyteller.
Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn't seen or heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye.文章源自:力哥爱英语(ienglish521.com)力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/817.html
Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyce's remarkable debut. Harold Fry is determined to walk six hundred miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, Queenie Hennessey will live.文章源自:力哥爱英语(ienglish521.com)力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/817.html
Still in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks on his urgent quest across the countryside. Along the way he meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise. Memories of his first dance with Maureen, his wedding day, his joy in fatherhood, come rushing back to him - allowing him to also reconcile the losses and the regrets. As for Maureen, she finds herself missing Harold for the first time in years.文章源自:力哥爱英语(ienglish521.com)力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/817.html
And then there is the unfinished business with Queenie Hennessy.文章源自:力哥爱英语(ienglish521.com)力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/817.html
哈罗德·弗莱,六十岁,在酿酒厂干了四十年销售代表后默默退休,没有升迁,既无朋友,也无敌人,退休时公司甚至连欢送会都没开。他跟隔阂很深的妻子住在英国的乡间,生活平静,夫妻疏离,日复一日。文章源自:力哥爱英语(ienglish521.com)力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/817.html
一天早晨,他收到一封信,来自二十年未见的老友奎妮。她患了癌症,写信告别。震惊、悲痛之下,哈罗德写了回信,在寄出的路上,他由奎妮想到了自己的人生,经过了一个又一个邮筒,越走越远,最后,他从英国最西南一路走到了最东北,横跨整个英格兰。87天,627英里,只凭一个信念:只要他走,老友就会活下去!文章源自:力哥爱英语(ienglish521.com)力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/817.html
这是哈罗德千里跋涉的故事。从他脚步迈开的那一刻起,与他六百多英里旅程并行的,是他穿越时光隧道的另一场旅行。文章源自:力哥爱英语(ienglish521.com)力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/817.html
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