萨拉·沃特斯
Sarah Waters
英国现代备受瞩目的作家,1966年出生于英国威尔士,现居南伦敦,曾被Granta杂志选为“20位当代最好的英语作家”之一(2003),并获得数项文学奖项,如英国《星期日泰晤士报》的“年度青年作家奖”(2000)、“年度英语作家奖”(2003)、“CWA历史犯罪小说匕首奖”(2002)、入围“柑橘奖”(2002,2006)、“布克奖”(2002,2006,2009)等等,被认为是现今最好的小说家之一。
From the author of the New York Times Notable Book Tipping the Velvet and the award-winning Affinity: a spellbinding, twisting tale of a great swindle, of fortunes and hearts won and lost, set in Victorian London among a family of thieves.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby's household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves-fingersmiths-for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives-Gentleman, a somewhat elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be left to live out her days in a mental hospital. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways. . . . But no one and nothing is as it seems in this > Dickensian novel of thrills and surprises.
The New York Times Book Review has called Sarah Waters a writer of "consummate skill" and The Seattle Times has praised her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." Fingersmith marks a major leap forward in this young and brilliant career.
园艺学中有个名词叫“造景”,指的是通过人工手段,利用环境条件和构成园林的各种要素创作出所需要的景观。我认为这就是萨拉·沃特斯小说的特质。她用真实素材设置出虚构的景观,细节是取得下来的。沃特斯将六部小说的场景都放在不远的历史中(维多利亚时期、一战、二战),历...
评分 评分这是一部以女性之间的爱为基础。若是舍去了解作者这一步骤,就看《荆棘之城》很容易让人觉得这是出自19世纪哪位英国文学名家之手。但作者是萨拉·沃特斯,她是现今英国最优秀的年轻小说家之一。作者写欲望、阴谋以及爱情在维多利亚时代的大背景下交织穿插,甚是离奇跌宕。 ...
评分SPOILER ALERT! What do you know about your mother. ---The knowledge of knowing and Motherhood in Fingersmith Fingersmith begins with a confusing confession of identity- ‘My name, in those days, was Susan Trinder’, followed by the still confusing discuss...
评分书比较厚,并不好读。趣味性还是直接看bbc短剧比较好。
评分译本果然不靠谱~~原著好哇
评分很好玩是真的。
评分爱的书
评分写得好,拍得也好
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