He was going to lose the house and everything in it.

The rare pleasure of a bath, the copper pots hanging above the kitchen island, his family-again he would

lose his family. He stood inside the house and took stock. Everything in it had been taken for granted. How had that happened again? He had promised himself not to take anything for granted and now he couldn't recall the moment that promise had given way to the everyday.

Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, aging with the grace of a matinee idol. His wife Jane still loves him, and for all its quiet trials, their marriage is still stronger than most. Despite long hours at the office, he remains passionate about his work, and his partnership at a prestigious Manhattan law firm means that the work he does is important. And, even as his daughter Becka retreats behind her guitar, her dreadlocks and her puppy fat, he offers her every one of a father's honest lies about her being the most beautiful girl in the world.

He loves his wife, his family, his work, his home. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stands up and walks out. And keeps walking.

THE UNNAMED is a dazzling novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away.

约书亚•弗里斯：美国当代炙手可热的一线作家，曾凭借处女作《曲终人散》（Then We Came to the End）入围普利策文学奖和美国国家图书奖。2010年出版全新大作《当爱远行》，以精准而富有诗意的语言，讲述一个令人心碎的爱情故事，再次蜚声文坛，并被《纽约客》杂志推选为“最值得关注年轻作家”。《当爱远行》在初稿阶段就被好莱坞金牌电影制片人斯科特•鲁丁购下电影版权，在出版后更是屡获殊荣，成为各大畅销排行榜的常客，并陆续被《纽约客》、《经济学家》和亚马逊网站评选为2010年最佳小说。