Jazz

諾貝爾文學獎得獎作家Toni Morrison作品　

　　《Jazz》以鮮明熱烈的音樂為背景，敘述一對戀人Joe與Violet因著夢想來到大都會生活，當Joe愛上一個年輕女子卻又殺了她，而Violet企圖在葬禮上拿刀去割死者的臉，讓這段充滿妒嫉的三角戀情蒙上荒謬色彩。

　　作者透過愛情悲劇深入探討了性別、種族與城鄉的糾葛，如同爵士樂狂野、渾沌的曲調，交織著過去記憶的回想與未來無知的期盼。

　　In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, a middle-aged waiter who moonlights as a door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe’s wife, Violet, attacks the girl’s corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of black urban life.