Michael Ondaatje’s stunning novel takes place during the final moments of the Second World War. It explores the lives of four people who come together in a damaged villa in Tuscany as the war retreats around a young Canadian nurse; an enigmatic thief whose skills have made him one of the war’s heroes as well as one of its casualties; a Sikh soldier in the British army; and the English patient, who lies badly burned in an upstairs room. It is his adventures and turbulent love affair in the North African desert before the war, gradually uncovered, that become the centre around which these people’s past and present lives unfold.
Set mainly in Italy, this is a breathtaking story of love and passion that arcs back in time to Canada, to London during the Blitz and the intricacies of bomb disposal, and to the mysterious, often dangerous world of desert exploration.
Michael Ondaatje brings his formidable poetic and narrative powers to bear on the destiny of his characters. In luminous prose, he reveals the complex impact of public conflict on private lives.
迈克尔•翁达杰(Michael Ondaatje,1943-)加拿大小说家、诗人。出生于斯里兰卡,11岁时随母亲来到英国,19岁移居加拿大,接受高等教育。到目前为止,翁达杰共出版6部长篇小说、10余部诗集和其他一些非虚构作品。1992年出版的《英国病人》获得英国布克奖和加拿大总督奖,根据小说改编的同名电影大获成功。2007年出版的小说《遥望》获得总督奖。翁达杰的小说,融合了爵士乐的节奏、电影的蒙太奇手法,语言深刻而优美。
先看了电影,如今情节已经模糊,只记得和看《教父》的感觉很像,前面漫长的铺垫让人有些不耐,看着看着,不知在哪个点就沉沦了,如书中所言,被“拽入”那口“记忆之井”,越潜越深,不愿出来。 一两年后再读小说,又是很不同的体验。 小说的语言非常美,想象力四溢的芬芳恰...
评分昨晚看完了The English Patient的最后一章。果然周五的晚上不能耗在网上,还是得干点有意义的事情,第二天才不会觉得浪费了人生。 怎么说呢,其实有点失望。看的过程之中经常被语句和气氛给吸引,搞得有点小欲罢不能,但是整个读完之后却没有什么特别的感觉,只记得写得很美。...
评分Well, I have to say, the book is quite different from the movie. One can regard them as separated work. Though they both are based on the same plot and characters, the way they present the story, the pattern and tone, the main focus of the story telling are...
评分原谅我还是翻动了它。它意味着难过,战争,失落,分离。是一切不该发生的。我曾经在回避这本书,担心触犯可怕的事情。在没有开始之前,不允许预言结局。但是那句话,那句话,我还是没有抵挡住,于是陷入其中。我答应过告诉你人如何陷入爱情。她不肯离开他。坚守在他的身边,即...
评分这本小说以第二次世界大战、阿拉伯大沙漠和古老的意大利遗迹为背景,穿插叙述了两段爱情故事:一个如雄雄烈火,一个如圣洁的泉水。第一种爱情中的恋人既是叛教者又是圣徒,既当祭司又当牺牲品,他们先犯罪后救赎自己;第二种爱情中的恋人纯洁如人类始祖,时间在他们爱情中刻下...
意义上第一本原著,想象力超越语言。故事看得心很累。
评分电影是多单薄和自大呀
评分很刻骨的,描写。关于战争
评分原谅我的浅薄,我更喜欢《英国病人》电影,里面艾玛殊爵士与凯瑟琳的爱情是多么动人。相比而言,小说意境太过深远且情节也不够连贯而更像是一篇散文。而且想当初,我就是因为电影才喜欢上拉尔夫-费因斯的。????
评分在墨西哥的大巴车上读完了这本书,描写细腻动人。
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