It appears that the author of K could not be happier that people are talking about the sexually explicit nature of her writing-touted as a Chinese Lady Chatterly's Lover-expressing her pleasure in the lengthy foreword: "So to all you readers who see the erotic in K, I congratulate you on your luck." Hong writes of the illicit love affair between young Julian Bell, son of Vanessa and nephew of Virginia Woolf, and Lin Cheng, then the wife of a college dean who is Julian's employer in China. Grabbing the freedom to blend fact with fiction, Hong imagines, quite vividly, all the angst, guilt, and eroticism involved in the taboo union between a "respectable" Chinese woman and a "foreign devil." Set against the backdrop of the Japanese invasion of China and all its attendant horror, the book conveys a vivid sense of the disparities between sensibilities both emotional and physical. This is a fast and interesting read that will not disappoint those looking for yet another literary work alluding to the Bloomsbury group. Recommended for all libraries. [The daughter of Ling Shuhua, on whom Lin Cheng is based, has brought suit against this book in China, claiming that it defames her mother. Hong Ying currently lives in London.-Ed.]-Michelle Reale, Elkins Park, P.
--Michelle Reale, Elkins Park, PA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Written with the elegant and poetic simplicity that has become Ying's hallmark, her latest novel is based on fact - the passionate affair between Bloomsbury Group favourite Julian Bell and Chinese intellectual Lin Cheng. The erotic tale is set against the backdrop of pre-revolution Peking, a place of sleaze and decadence. Lin teaches Julian the Daoist Art of Love, and finds him an eager pupil. For a time it is possible for them to ignore the disintegration of Chinese culture going on all around, and the distant drumbeats of war. But these elements come to overwhelm their illicit liaison with tragic consequences. Following on from Ying's acclaimed Summer Of Betrayal and her autobiography Daughter Of The River, the book is high on passion and emotion without ever straying over the line of good taste. In Julian Bell (nephew of Virginia Woolf) and Ling Cheng, Ying has drawn a pair of remarkable characters who each have their secrets to protect.(Kirkus UK)
虹影,享誉世界文坛的著名女作家。1962年生于重庆。曾在北京鲁迅文学院、上海复旦大学读书。代表作有长篇《K》、《阿难》、《饥饿的女儿》、《一个流浪女的未来》、诗集《鱼教会鱼歌唱》等。
编著有《海外中国女作家小说精选》、《以诗论诗》、《中国女作家异域生活小说选》、《墓床》等。
曾获“英国华人诗歌一等奖”、中国台湾《联合报》短篇小说奖新诗奖、纽约《特尔菲卡》杂志“中国最优秀短篇小说奖”,三部长篇被译成16种文字在欧美、以及以色列、日本等国出版。长篇自传体小说《饥饿的女儿》曾获中国台湾1997年联合报读书人最佳书奖,被权威媒体评为2000年十大人气作家之一。
忘记是怎么知道虹影的,只知道在学校图书馆借到她的《饥饿的女儿》,几乎是一口气看完,完全被她独特而深入骨髓般透彻的写作震撼到,这是怎样一个女子,柔弱的身体里透着那么决绝的坚忍。。也是出于对她这份独特的写作个性的偏好,继续去图书馆搜寻了这本《英国情人》来看...
评分这部小说迷人的地方太多了,历史上一段当事人讳莫如深,知情人缄口不言的跨国婚外恋情,加上虹影笔下情欲交缠的描写本身已经是足够吸引眼球的噱头,而东西文化的认同与冲突、情感与欲望的焦灼,以及让人呢喃伤神的诗歌更是加重厚度。当然,故事发生地——珞珈山,让现今...
评分3星半,男女主人公因为所接触和理解的性生活和传统文化的价值观不同,也就注定会有分歧。女主最终选择了英国诗人作为婚外情,她自我认为契合的人却拒绝了婚姻。实际上她并不是自己悲剧命运的侩子手,真正给她带来精神困境的是她所相信的文化观念,是她无处安放的精神世界。
评分虹影的书对于我来说,仿佛是有魔力的……我总是重复不断地买。因为在书店很难可以发现她的书,于是仿佛也形成了一种习惯,每进一个书店不管大小我都会有意识地看看会不会有她的书,如果有,心里就会有种窃喜……这是一种不可名状的心情。 我已经记不清我是从什么时候开始读虹...
评分这部小说迷人的地方太多了,历史上一段当事人讳莫如深,知情人缄口不言的跨国婚外恋情,加上虹影笔下情欲交缠的描写本身已经是足够吸引眼球的噱头,而东西文化的认同与冲突、情感与欲望的焦灼,以及让人呢喃伤神的诗歌更是加重厚度。当然,故事发生地——珞珈山,让现今...
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