A child born of chance might imagine that Chance was its father, in the way that gods fathered children, and then abandoned them, without a backward glance, but with one small gift. I wondered if a gift had been left for me. I had no idea where to look, or what I was looking for, but I know now that all important journeys start that way. 'Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of ties that bind and of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark's, a nineteenth century clergyman, opens like a map that Silver must follow. Caught in her own particular darknesses, she embarks on an Ulyssean sift through the stories we tell ourselves, stories of love and loss, of passion and longing, stories of unending journeys that move through places and times, and the bleak finality of the shores of betrayal. But finally, "I love you. The most difficult words in the world. But what else can I say?" A story of mutability, of talking birds and stolen books, of Darwin and Stevenson and of the Jekyll and Hyde in all of us.
詹妮特·温特森(1959—)英国当今实力派女作家,出生于英国的曼彻斯特,在英格兰北部兰开夏郡的阿克灵顿被收养长大,所受的是刻板的福音派信教会教育。第一部小说《橘子不是惟一的水果》发表于1985年,赢得了很高的赞誉。其他作品还有《激情》、《性和樱桃》、《在身体上写作》、《艺术与谎言》等。《守望灯塔》为其最新力作。
Winterson的语言非常美,像苏格兰北方海湾里温柔的浪。 作者有意识地徐徐释放着书中人物的情感、推进他们的故事,又将其混入诗般文字的韵律感中,如波浪般在我脑海里一脉一脉地向前舞动。而且,虽说具此美感,她的语言其实又简炼得惊人,已不像伍尔芙(Winterson曾自称是伍...
评分 评分对我这种浅薄的人来说,皮相之必要,有时甚于内涵。像《守望灯塔》,之所以千里迢迢从上海书城拖回家,只是为了它的书名和装帧。宁谧的靛蓝色背景上有个灯塔昏蒙的影子,发亮的是黄色信号灯,强烈的视觉冲击。印象中前些年是找过这本书的,但当时没有中文版。英文版的封面上有...
评分真正的魔幻现实决不可能被发现在除拉美以外的任何土地上,包括詹妮特温特森的英格兰,以及这个名叫索尔茨的苏格兰海边小镇。 好吧,让我们先不要作任何的辨别,让我们来讲故事吧,让我用我的生活来讲一个重新开始的故事,一个我不知道的故事吧!或者让我们叫它们寓言,关于爱...
评分在新购买的《写在身体上》还没到货前,提前品尝了詹妮特·温特森的文字味道。用了一下午泡在图书馆的时间,看完了《守望灯塔》。 “巴比·达克为什么不娶莫莉? 他怀疑她,你永远不要怀疑你的爱人。 可他们也许没告诉你实话。 那不要紧,你告诉他们说实话。 这是什么...
A short and beautiful story. The original one maintains more sentiment and blandness.
评分It moved me to tears, tears mixed with fear and trembling.
评分I'll call you, and we'll light a fire, and drink some wine, and recognize each other in the place that is ours. Don't wait. Don't tell the story later. Life is so short. This stretch of sea and sand, this walk on the shore, before the tide covers everything we have done. I love you. The three most difficult words in the world. But what else can
评分“Where did love begin?What human being looked at another and saw in their face the forests and the sea? Was there a day, exhausted and weary,dragging home food, arms cut and scarred,that you saw yellow flowers, not knowing what you did, picked them because I love you? ”
评分语言相当诗意,但是故事越来越扯了。
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