What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?
On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.
Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she?
Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original -- this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.
凯特•阿特金森(Kate Atkinson):英国著名畅销小说作家,先后荣获南岸艺术文学奖,科斯塔奖,Waterstone年度作者,2013年凭借超级畅销书《生命不息》红遍全球。该书2013年4月在英美同步上市,空降各大畅销书榜NO.1,被《纽约时报》《时代周刊》《华盛顿邮报》等20多家媒体评选为“2013年度最佳图书”,被美国亚马逊编辑评选为“100本人生必读书”之一,也是英国2013年最畅销的长篇小说。
《生命不息》带领读者跟随女主角厄苏拉的脚步,看她如何在上世纪动荡的年代里,一遍又一遍活过自己的人生。作者阿特金森借由这个故事让我们见证,即使在最黑暗荒芜的时刻依旧有温暖的存在,并且透过她绝妙的叙事与描绘能力,带我们重返过去。这部小说颂赞了并存于人类中最光明美善与最丑陋不堪的面向,是阿特金森笔下最深刻且最具想象力的一部作品。
不断重启开机的生命 文/静流 1910年2月11日,程凤翔踏上了勘定中国西南边陲疆界的道路;同日,新军起义失败;同日,波丘尼发表了“未来派画家的宣言”;同日,毛泽东的原配夫人为罗一秀卒,享年二十一岁。 这就是历史上的1910年2月11日,没有发生什么特别重大的事件,也没有...
评分十五岁那年的某个夜晚,一个人在房间挑灯苦读时因极度困乏而睡着。半夜,于睡梦中悠然醒来,发现自己正捧着一本数学习题集躺在床上,一分钟后,台灯的插头处突然打起了火花。而我,在意识依然模糊的状态下,迅速地冲过去扯掉了台灯的插头,制止了一场即将发生的火灾。 这是发...
评分再明显不过,对于一本书的评价很难用好坏来分辨。在大多数时候,过于绝对的评价并不公正。或者说,一个理智的评价者不应该也不允许自己对于一本作品做出所谓意义上的好评,那样只会使后来的读者对于作品产生不可避免的误读。 当然对于国内的读者而言,受到阅读习惯和平台的...
评分再明显不过,对于一本书的评价很难用好坏来分辨。在大多数时候,过于绝对的评价并不公正。或者说,一个理智的评价者不应该也不允许自己对于一本作品做出所谓意义上的好评,那样只会使后来的读者对于作品产生不可避免的误读。 当然对于国内的读者而言,受到阅读习惯和平台的...
评分在刚刚看到《生命不息》这本书的简介时,我一直觉得这会是一本科幻书,比如穿越时间隧道什么的,或者干脆就像中国的影视剧那样,主人公可以借助某一个天象或者事件穿越。但真正看了书后才发觉,这本书和穿越什么的根本就不沾边,倒是充满了哲学意味。一条蛇衔着自己的尾巴...
This is a fiction story. There are areas that doesn't make sense but plese ignore it. I find this book is difficult to read. Difficult in the way of multiple story lines. I have to flip backward to remind me what happen in her previous life or lifes. The ending is open for discussion.
评分I had high hopes for this book, but sadly it didn't work for me (it's more personal and the hiatus didn't help). However, I do admire Atkinson's ability to weave such a grand story with skill and precision. Reincarnation is not an easy subject to write about since it's very easy to make readers feel "gimmicky". Also a vivid portrait of the family.
评分生生不息的轮回,却总也绕不过的生离死别~就算如九尾狐再活多少遍,生命中的遗憾也总是难以修复或以新的形式出现,叫我们痛苦或遗憾~“人不可能同时踏入两条河流”,所以对于我们只有今世来说,就尽力地不留遗憾吧
评分I had high hopes for this book, but sadly it didn't work for me (it's more personal and the hiatus didn't help). However, I do admire Atkinson's ability to weave such a grand story with skill and precision. Reincarnation is not an easy subject to write about since it's very easy to make readers feel "gimmicky". Also a vivid portrait of the family.
评分中产阶级的词汇量...结尾到底特么是哪个?故事倒是流畅,不过前后不同世代略有记不住还得回去查= =
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