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After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans' hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie's schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie's life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience.
Originally published in the United States in 1959, The Charioteer is a bold, unapologetic portrayal of male homosexuality during World War II that stands with Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories as a monumental work in gay literature.
Mary Renault (1905-1983) was born in London and educated at St Hughs, Oxford. She trained as a nurse at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary, where she met her lifelong partner, Julie Mullard. Her first novel, Purposes of Love, was published in 1937. In 1948, after North Face won a MGM prize worth $150,000, she and Mullard emigrated to South Africa. There, Renault was able to write forthrightly about homosexual relationships for the first time - in her masterpiece, The Charioteer (1953), and then in her first historical novel, The Last of the Wine (1956). Renault's vivid novels set in the ancient world brought her worldwide fame. In 2010 Fire From Heaven was shortlisted for the Lost Booker of 1970.
无与伦比地具象化了人的精神世界,笔下人物的情感如同看得见线条的引力场,细腻哀伤。它无意展现时代全景,只是时间洪流中某些特定时刻、特定人群的横断面,确实像快照(snap shot)。Laurie这个角色是挺不讨喜的,感觉跟她的写法有关,也不全是设定问题,相较于几乎弥漫全书的与Ralph之间那种浓墨而非重彩的情感张力,他和Andrew之间的感情反倒显得朦胧而寡淡,也使他最终的选择难免显得缺乏情感逻辑,Ralph则完美得有些失真。全书看下来,最喜欢的人物竟是Alec,看到他最后对Laurie说“用用你的脑子,如果你还有的话”,竟感到莫名的解气,最后就连Bunny都感觉坏得真实,我一定是没有get到玛丽奶奶的深意。
评分发烧在家两天,读完全书。我以后一定会再重新读一遍,或许更多遍。惊叹于Renault对人物的处理,有意思的是,Andrew是Laurie认为“最真实”的人,作者却只从Laurie的主观视角进行描写,反而显得遥远而理想化,并不令人厌烦,但越看越和其他的主要人物有所区别。微妙精准的心理描写和具有英国特色的人物对话也是值得琢磨的地方,看到外网上有美国读者评价说单是拨开层层英式对话的外衣看懂人物想表达什么就花了不少功夫(扶额)
评分Ralph撩人,剧情狗屎。
评分发烧在家两天,读完全书。我以后一定会再重新读一遍,或许更多遍。惊叹于Renault对人物的处理,有意思的是,Andrew是Laurie认为“最真实”的人,作者却只从Laurie的主观视角进行描写,反而显得遥远而理想化,并不令人厌烦,但越看越和其他的主要人物有所区别。微妙精准的心理描写和具有英国特色的人物对话也是值得琢磨的地方,看到外网上有美国读者评价说单是拨开层层英式对话的外衣看懂人物想表达什么就花了不少功夫(扶额)
评分对Charioteer迷思的深刻演绎:二战的背景和人物身份使它明显地充满现代的阴翳、世俗与易变,然而却惊人地丰盈而真实。与Andrew的本可以是一场高尚纯粹的古典式情谊,如精细易碎的瓷器,但却被战争阴影和人心病态狠狠嘲弄;Ralph则如此现实而强大,期许着近在咫尺的快乐,却暗中施加着丧失自我的不安全感。结局构成的一场妥协无比暗昧,似乎在昭示着这场斗争的无解。
当你在钢筋水泥的建筑中冥视那些欢快跳跃的小动物们,我的内心只能不断告诫自己宽容是一种能力。然而空气中充满腐烂的绝望,不论悲伤还是快乐。我这个充满适应性的灵魂,为什么却没有勇气去照照镜子呢?Should I find a wicked runt with congenitally short neck and receding...
评分当你在钢筋水泥的建筑中冥视那些欢快跳跃的小动物们,我的内心只能不断告诫自己宽容是一种能力。然而空气中充满腐烂的绝望,不论悲伤还是快乐。我这个充满适应性的灵魂,为什么却没有勇气去照照镜子呢?Should I find a wicked runt with congenitally short neck and receding...
评分当你在钢筋水泥的建筑中冥视那些欢快跳跃的小动物们,我的内心只能不断告诫自己宽容是一种能力。然而空气中充满腐烂的绝望,不论悲伤还是快乐。我这个充满适应性的灵魂,为什么却没有勇气去照照镜子呢?Should I find a wicked runt with congenitally short neck and receding...
评分当你在钢筋水泥的建筑中冥视那些欢快跳跃的小动物们,我的内心只能不断告诫自己宽容是一种能力。然而空气中充满腐烂的绝望,不论悲伤还是快乐。我这个充满适应性的灵魂,为什么却没有勇气去照照镜子呢?Should I find a wicked runt with congenitally short neck and receding...
评分当你在钢筋水泥的建筑中冥视那些欢快跳跃的小动物们,我的内心只能不断告诫自己宽容是一种能力。然而空气中充满腐烂的绝望,不论悲伤还是快乐。我这个充满适应性的灵魂,为什么却没有勇气去照照镜子呢?Should I find a wicked runt with congenitally short neck and receding...
The Charioteer pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024