"We are each the love of someone's life." So begins The Confessions of Max Tivoli,

a heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other.

Born with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love.

Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century, The Confessions of Max Tivoli is a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human.

安德鲁·西恩·格利尔(Andrew Sean Greer)1970年生于美国华盛顿。做过司机、剧院技术人员和电视临时演员。小说处女作《小行星之路》于2001年10月出版，广获好评。2004年 2月《星空下的婴儿》(The Confessionsof Max Tivoli)在美国出版，因其文字的优美流畅、情节的悬疑曲折，受到美国读者的欢迎和好评，成为了一本实实在在的畅销小说。