Philippe Cabassac has fly-truffled -- the art of stalking the flies that lay their eggs directly over the truffles -- every winter since childhood on his family estate in Provence. Since the death of his young wife, Julieta, the truffles have come to represent something far more than a delicacy for Cabassac's palate: they trigger an evocative sequence of dream visions in which he and his lost wife enter, on winter nights, a state of intimate and prolonged communion_ As Cabassac becomes increasingly involved in his dream life with Julieta, he loses his hold on his teaching obligations, on managing his estate, on his waking life altogether. Set against the fading of traditional Provencal culture and an incandescent Mediterranean landscape The Fly-Truffler celebrates a love that, by its very ardor, outlasts a lifetime.

古斯塔夫・索宾，原籍美国的当代诗人小说家，定居普罗旺斯将近四十年，他的文字淡雅细致，却不时透露出璀璨的激情，《纽约时报书评》盛赞他的小说漫着俄裔小说家纳博柯夫的音韵。 著有《风坚硬嘎嘎》、《气息的葬礼》、《走向平衡的字母》等诗集，以及书写普罗旺斯的文集《发光的残骸》。四部小说《蓝色维纳斯》、《眼镜》、《寻找松露的人》、以及2002年的新作《追寻消逝中的星星》。 译者简介： 穆卓芸，七零年代出生，求学时曾经转学两次，做过家教，百货公司刮胡刀专柜店员，女性影殿翻译。现为饭店救生员，闲暇时从事翻译。