Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, "Memoirs of Hadrian" has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era.
The first woman to be elected to The French Academy, the multi talented personality of Marguerite Yourcenar was a novelist, essayist, playwright, short story writer, poet and translator. She was an artist at reconstructing historical eras in the form of her novels. Her novels, dealing with modern issues set in historical eras won her immense fame as a writer.
The inheritance Yourcenar received after the death of her father, allowed her to devote herself to traveling and literary pursuits and love affairs on the Paris artistic scene. She joined a bohemian crowd of artists, moving between Paris, Lausanne, Athens, Istanbul, Brussels and the Greek islands, which inspired her travel writing "Nouvelles Orientales" and "Feux" based on Greek mythology.
Yourcenar was among the first female writers to live an openly lesbian lifestyle, and she moved to the USA in 1939 to live with her partner Grace Frick. The couple were to remain together until Frick’s death in 1979. She taught French History and History of Art, and continued to write: her novel "Mémoires d’Hadrien" was published in 1951 and enjoyed success with both the critics and the public worldwide.
She was an inveterate traveller and remained active right up to her death in 1987. She was a militant vegetarian and defender of the rights of animals and inspired Brigitte Bardot to set up her animal sanctuary.
跨越两千年的历史文化长河,走进古罗马一位圣贤明君的内心世界无疑是十分困难的。然而在敏锐而渊博的尤瑟纳尔笔下,历史的灰烬被渐渐抹去、金子般的哲思熔炼留存,一位高贵、宁静、世事洞明、仿若有仙风的皇帝形象就完整而真实地展现在我们眼前。这无疑是一本需要被再三阅读并...
评分说起尤瑟纳尔 在一次偶然的情况下,一个书店里,这是几年前的事情了,但我愿意记起它。这个书店我不经常去,离住的地方较远。书店里有不少喜欢的书,记忆最深的是翻看尤瑟纳尔的书,东方出版社的一套书都在那里,当时读着比较费力,随意看看。并没有觉出妙来。 没...
评分这是现时北京市面上能够见到的《哈德良回忆录》唯一书面的读本,但是读完第一段便不知如何再继续下去。作为尤瑟纳尔最重要的一部恢弘史诗著作,这个译本叙事粗陋寡淡不说,尤瑟纳尔语言中特有的古典与优雅韵味也尽失,更别提获得其他什么阅读体验了。以前还觉得或许可以期待写...
评分如果有兴致可以仔细比较一下这版和东方、三联那版,其实也不需要仔细,稍微翻一下,便高下立判。这版语言优雅,富有韵味,更能体现原文的气质。陈那版就不说啥了,居然还是翻译过很多世界名著的。翻译界之混乱,可见一斑。 不说版本,光看此书,绝对值得一读。她的书都非常值...
评分又把尤瑟纳尔的《哈德良回忆录》法文版重读了一遍。这本八万字的小说是罗马皇帝哈德良的临终自述,全书都是第一人称叙述,讲述了哈德良自己一生的故事和对生命,世界,宇宙的感悟和认识。此次重读使我更加确定此书是一本伟大的小说,尤瑟纳尔是一个伟大的作家。此书最重要的价...
“惊为天人”
评分看完了!力荐! 刚看到第二章,真好看啊!“I hoped to discover the hinge where our wil meets and moves with destiny, and where discipline strengthens, instead of restraining." 这不就是庄子么?
评分很喜欢。看得很慢,不是一下子就想读完知道答案的那种,每天都会想看一点,一段时间没看都会记挂着。不仅达到了罗马皇帝人生的深度,也有一个时代。题外话,读者和作者的连接从第一个定tone的句子就开始了,这就是很主观的甄别,这本刚好是喜欢的。
评分希腊游后遗症发作中……
评分18-19年读书计划,半英半中读完。不算难懂,年纪大了就习惯看真的假的回忆录。
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