圖書標籤: 愛爾蘭 小說 post-colonialism Irish Deane 長篇小說 英文 曆史小說
发表于2024-11-08
Reading in the Dark pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
A New York Times Notable Book
Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize
Winner of the Irish Times Fiction Award and International Award
"A swift and masterful transformation of family griefs and political violence into something at once rhapsodic and heartbreaking. If Issac Babel had been born in Derry, he might have written this sudden, brilliant book."
--Seamus Heaney
Hugely acclaimed in Great Britain, where it was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize and short-listed for the Booker, Seamus Deane's first novel is a mesmerizing story of childhood set against the violence of Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.
The boy narrator grows up haunted by a truth he both wants and does not want to discover. The matter: a deadly betrayal, unspoken and unspeakable, born of political enmity. As the boy listens through the silence that surrounds him, the truth spreads like a stain until it engulfs him and his family. And as he listens, and watches, the world of legend--the stone fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly--reveals its transfixing reality. Meanwhile the real world of adulthood unfolds its secrets like a collection of folktales: the dead sister walking again; the lost uncle, Eddie, present on every page; the family house "as cunning and articulate as a labyrinth, closely designed, with someone sobbing at the heart of it."
Seamus Deane has created a luminous tale about how childhood fear turns into fantasy and fantasy turns into fact. Breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, Reading in the Dark is one of the finest books about growing up--in Ireland or anywhere--that has ever been written.
An easy read with short episodes of memories. Deane's narrative lingers around the dark secrets and chaotic past in a sensitive and haunting manner. The Irish folklore tradition is prominent in his storytelling skill, but the characters seem a little bit bland and mashed.
評分傢族秘密、曆史創傷與個人成長的完美結閤。形式上以編年、主題為綫索的小章節之間看似關聯不大,卻暗藏瞭主人公一步步接近真相的推演步驟,帶來一種偵探小說中的懸疑感。這本書最吸引人的地方在於作者將曆史黑暗麵那種鬼魅般的破壞性效應寫得可知可感,老房子、曆史事件的發生地、某個特定的人都成為瞭“記憶之場”,時刻提醒人們那些陰魂不散的過去永遠不會消逝於時空之中。作者還結閤瞭古老的口述傳統,在敘事中融入愛爾蘭民間傳說的影子,使原本現實主義的描寫平添瞭魔幻色彩。(Katie講的那個故事主綫很像Henry James的The Turn of the Screw,倒是很契閤哥特和心理驚悚的整體氛圍) 所以說秘密會使人疏離,記憶會成為傷痛,知情也不一定是幸福。
評分傢族秘密、曆史創傷與個人成長的完美結閤。形式上以編年、主題為綫索的小章節之間看似關聯不大,卻暗藏瞭主人公一步步接近真相的推演步驟,帶來一種偵探小說中的懸疑感。這本書最吸引人的地方在於作者將曆史黑暗麵那種鬼魅般的破壞性效應寫得可知可感,老房子、曆史事件的發生地、某個特定的人都成為瞭“記憶之場”,時刻提醒人們那些陰魂不散的過去永遠不會消逝於時空之中。作者還結閤瞭古老的口述傳統,在敘事中融入愛爾蘭民間傳說的影子,使原本現實主義的描寫平添瞭魔幻色彩。(Katie講的那個故事主綫很像Henry James的The Turn of the Screw,倒是很契閤哥特和心理驚悚的整體氛圍) 所以說秘密會使人疏離,記憶會成為傷痛,知情也不一定是幸福。
評分傢族秘密、曆史創傷與個人成長的完美結閤。形式上以編年、主題為綫索的小章節之間看似關聯不大,卻暗藏瞭主人公一步步接近真相的推演步驟,帶來一種偵探小說中的懸疑感。這本書最吸引人的地方在於作者將曆史黑暗麵那種鬼魅般的破壞性效應寫得可知可感,老房子、曆史事件的發生地、某個特定的人都成為瞭“記憶之場”,時刻提醒人們那些陰魂不散的過去永遠不會消逝於時空之中。作者還結閤瞭古老的口述傳統,在敘事中融入愛爾蘭民間傳說的影子,使原本現實主義的描寫平添瞭魔幻色彩。(Katie講的那個故事主綫很像Henry James的The Turn of the Screw,倒是很契閤哥特和心理驚悚的整體氛圍) 所以說秘密會使人疏離,記憶會成為傷痛,知情也不一定是幸福。
評分An easy read with short episodes of memories. Deane's narrative lingers around the dark secrets and chaotic past in a sensitive and haunting manner. The Irish folklore tradition is prominent in his storytelling skill, but the characters seem a little bit bland and mashed.
“你不能让过去的事情就此结束吗?”母亲对小男孩说。男孩心里默默回答,“不可能的,你知道,这是不可能的。”这一谶语,贯穿《黑暗中阅读》(Reading in the dark)始终。小说里,家族往事与爱尔兰民族独立运动相交织,那些混杂着离间、背叛、家国恨、儿女情的过往,...
評分“你不能让过去的事情就此结束吗?”母亲对小男孩说。男孩心里默默回答,“不可能的,你知道,这是不可能的。”这一谶语,贯穿《黑暗中阅读》(Reading in the dark)始终。小说里,家族往事与爱尔兰民族独立运动相交织,那些混杂着离间、背叛、家国恨、儿女情的过往,...
評分“你不能让过去的事情就此结束吗?”母亲对小男孩说。男孩心里默默回答,“不可能的,你知道,这是不可能的。”这一谶语,贯穿《黑暗中阅读》(Reading in the dark)始终。小说里,家族往事与爱尔兰民族独立运动相交织,那些混杂着离间、背叛、家国恨、儿女情的过往,...
評分“你不能让过去的事情就此结束吗?”母亲对小男孩说。男孩心里默默回答,“不可能的,你知道,这是不可能的。”这一谶语,贯穿《黑暗中阅读》(Reading in the dark)始终。小说里,家族往事与爱尔兰民族独立运动相交织,那些混杂着离间、背叛、家国恨、儿女情的过往,...
評分“你不能让过去的事情就此结束吗?”母亲对小男孩说。男孩心里默默回答,“不可能的,你知道,这是不可能的。”这一谶语,贯穿《黑暗中阅读》(Reading in the dark)始终。小说里,家族往事与爱尔兰民族独立运动相交织,那些混杂着离间、背叛、家国恨、儿女情的过往,...
Reading in the Dark pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024