A day in the life of a mad housewife in Manhattan: "One of the truest and most awesome books I have ever read" ( The Scotsman). She was born Mary Dunne. A New York actress in a stalled career, she's previously been known as Maria and Martha. Married three times, she's also been called Mrs. Phelan, Mrs. Bell, and currently, Mrs. Terence Lavery—wife of the esteemed playwright. No wonder Mary Dunne forgot her name this morning at the hairdresser. She has no idea who she is anymore. Or maybe she's just crazy. She's curious to find out. Over the course of a single day, Mary tries to recall more than her name. But as memories of her past come trickling back—infuriating, illuminating, and grievous—she realizes there's so much she'd prefer to forget. As she tries to escape what she calls "the dooms," Mary must confront what she's done with her life—deliberately, haplessly, or by default. If only she were going crazy; it would be so much easier to explain it all away. Hailed by the Globe and Mail as a "feminist novel written before the wave of feminist novels began," I Am Mary Dunne is "as complex and satisfying as anything Moore has yet done" ( The Observer).

ブライアン・ムーアは、一人の女性が「自分は何者か」という根源的な問いに引き裂かれる様を、驚異的な心理描写で描き出しました。結婚を繰り返すたびに書き換えられる姓、演じてきた複数の人格。これらは単なるアイデンティティの喪失ではなく、社会が女性に強いる「記号化」という役割に対する、静かですが凄絶な抵抗として胸に響きます。 断片的な記憶と「破滅」の予感に苛まれる彼女の一日は、読者の内面をも激しく揺さぶるでしょう。名前に縛られ、同時に名前を失っていく孤独の深淵。この物語は、自身の輪郭を必死に手繰り寄せようとする魂の叫びであり、現代を生きる私たちが直面する自己の不在を鋭く突き刺す、比類なき心理劇の傑作なのです。