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。
读这英文原版小说好费劲。。。 还在我看了电影之后…… 有人说不想为之写书评、影评,是因为无法企及那份深刻的爱情、那无奈的战争,以及无法企及那沙漠中的苍凉与绝望。
评分总有一本小说,会让你感受到文字的魅力,却又能让你忘记文字这种形式沉醉其中。会让你享受书中的故事,却又在读后掩卷沉思。 不同国家、职业,性格特异的四个人因为一场战争,而聚集在一座荒废的别墅里,战争虽已远离,却余威犹在,它在每个人身上刻下的都是不动声色却刻骨铭心...
评分(发表于《书城》2013年1月号) 温峰宁/文 在小说《英国病人》中,小偷卡拉瓦乔感慨道:“我根本没想到会在这个修道院的废墟里遇到拉迪斯劳斯•德•艾尔麦西伯爵。”——正是在修道院中,护士汉娜,扫雷兵基普还有卡拉瓦乔围绕在英国病人艾尔麦西身边,伴随着他的故事,书...
评分 评分All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps.翁达杰的语言和伍尔芙相近,诗般的呓语和压制的悲痛,最喜欢英国病人的故事,it's a love story that has no clear beginning in time or space. PS: 我看正经书的速度要能有看闲书速度那么快就好了。
评分很刻骨的,描写。关于战争
评分难得让我爱不释手的小说
评分All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps.翁达杰的语言和伍尔芙相近,诗般的呓语和压制的悲痛,最喜欢英国病人的故事,it's a love story that has no clear beginning in time or space. PS: 我看正经书的速度要能有看闲书速度那么快就好了。
评分每个场景都像梦和诗一样。行文开始不大习惯,之后变得不可自拔。
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