After eighteen years of marriage, an art historian wakes up one morning to find his wife standing in the bedroom doorway with her bags packed, leaving him with no explanation. Alone in his Copenhagen apartment, he tries to make sense of his enigmatic marriage and life. Memories of driving a cab, quiet walks in the snow, and intense sojourns in Paris and New York pass through his mind in fleeting images. The more he thinks of his wife, however, the more mysterious she becomes to him. Slowly he realizes that two people can live together for years without ever really knowing each other, and that the most important encounters in one's life are dictated by chance, not design. Exploring with great subtlety the secret, unpredictable connections between men and women, Silence in October is a psychological novel of immense acuity and masterful storytelling.

J.C.龚达尔（Jens Christian Grøndahl）

1959年生于哥本哈根，丹麦当今最重要的作家，在欧洲文坛享有盛名，被盛赞为“文学界的伯格曼”。作品曾多次入围“都柏林IMPAC”“梅迪西文学奖”“费米娜文学奖”等重要国际文学奖，并获得“大使文学奖”“金桂冠文学奖”等多项欧洲文学大奖。

《沉默的十月》是其跨入英语书市的第一本小说，也让他跻身国际文坛名家之列。正如法国《世界报》书评所言：“龚达尔捕捉了生命的中心！”他的作品是细读人生不可或缺的指引。