One of the best novels I've read this century. Kate Atkinson is a marvel. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe LIFE AFTER LIFE: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound.--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?

On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third child of a wealthy English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in any number of ways. Ursula's world is in turmoil, facing the unspeakable evil of the two greatest wars in history. What power and force can one woman exert over the fate of civilization -- if only she has the chance?

Wildly inventive, darkly comic, startlingly poignant -- this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.

「這是本世紀我讀過最出色的小說，作者 Kate Atkinson 真是一位創作天才。《Life After Life》故事情節高潮迭起，你可以說它眼花撩亂、機智風趣、感動人心、詼諧有趣，甚至是悲痛欲絕、意義深遠，可是再多詞彙都不足以形容它。」《控制》的作者吉莉安．弗琳有如是讚美。如果你有機會一次又一次重生，你會做些什麼改變？　　1910年一個下雪的寒冬，烏蘇拉‧陶德出生了，她是一位英裔銀行家的第三個小孩，可是她沒能呼吸到人生第一口空氣就夭折了。同樣的一個下雪寒冬，烏蘇拉又出生了，這次她嚎啕大哭，準備展開她的人生旅程，一段相當特別的旅程。當她慢慢長大的同時，她也一步步邁向死亡，如此地不斷循環，每段生命都有不同的遭遇。烏蘇拉所處的世界是一團混亂，她面對的是人類史上兩次世界大戰，看到戰火的殘酷和無情。如果有機會的話，作為一個女人，她該如何發揮力量和影響力去改變人類文明的命運？　　本書集大膽創意、黑色幽默、辛辣勁道於一書，絕對是 Kate Atkinson 迄今最優秀的作品。