Douglas Stuart in Conversation with Alan Cumming | Douglas Stuart 與 Alan Cumming 對話
February 26, 2021
“For me, ‘Shuggie Bain’ is a love story…It’s about love before it’s about addiction.” (Douglas Stuart, New York Times Oct 23, 2020)
「對我而言，《Shuggie Bain》不只是一個關於酒癮的故事，當中的愛更動人心弦。」
(Douglas Stuart，《紐約時報》，2020年10月23日)
Hong Kong International Literary Festival and Bookazine invite you to a conversation between 2020 Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart and award-winning actor, author, filmmaker and activist Alan Cumming, presented by Montclair Literary Festival. Stuart’s debut novel, Shuggie Bain, is a heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love. It follows the childhood of Hugh “Shuggie” Bain and his wayward, alchoholic mother Agnes, and is also an epic portrayal of a working-class family in 1980s Glasgow. In naming Shuggie Bain the winner, the Booker Prize judges said: “We were bowled over by this first novel….It’s a desperately sad, almost-hopeful examination of family and the destructive powers of desire.”
Join us on March 25 at 8:00 pm to hear Douglas and Alan discuss Shuggie Bain, family and growing up in 1980s Scotland, and at 9:00 pm we present a live Q&A with Douglas Stuart from his home in New York. Email your questions in advance to info@festival.org.hk or post them on our event platform during the event.
Tickets cost $200 and include:
- Conversation between Douglas Stuart and Alan Cumming
- Live Q&A with Douglas Stuart
- A copy of Shuggie Bain; the first 100 copies signed by Douglas Stuart
香港國際文學節和Bookazine誠邀你出席「與 Douglas Stuart 和 Alan Cumming 對話」。Douglas Stuart 是2020年布克獎得獎者。Alan Cumming 是一位社運人士兼得獎演員、作家和電影製作人。Stuart 的出道小說《Shuggie Bain》是一個關於上癮、性慾與愛的故事。故事講述男孩 Hugh “Shuggie” Bain 的童年，以及他與染上酒癮的母親共同生活的艱辛歲月; 這本書也是1980年代格拉斯哥勞工階層的家庭生活寫照。《Shuggie Bain》榮獲布克獎; 大獎評審表示﹕「這部小說讓我們感到十分驚喜…故事非常傷感，卻又描繪出慾望的破壞性，以及一絲擺脫暗淡的希望之光。」
網上門票的售價為二百元，門票包括﹕
- 收聽 Douglas Stuart 與 Alan Cumming 的對話
- 與 Douglas Stuart 的現場問答環節
- 《Shuggie Bain》一本; 首一百本會有 Douglas Stuart 的親筆簽名
