From one of England's most celebrated writers, the author of the award-winning "The History Boys," a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large.
艾倫•貝內特
1934年生,英國當代最重要的劇作傢,兼具小說傢、演員多重身份,曾兩度拒絕英國女王授勛,六十年代以電視係列片《藝穗節之外》成名,主要劇作包括《往事四十年》、《喬治三世的瘋狂》等。2006年劇作《曆史男孩》獲得托尼奬最佳劇本奬。而他的兩本自傳作品和小說《非普通讀者》也是廣受好評的文學暢銷書。
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評分书是主宰世界的女王《非普通读者》 这是一本很奇特的小书,说是小书,是因为这本书的开本真的不大,尽管靠精装来增加了厚度,但是仍然只是一本小书。打开翻翻你就会发现这本小书远比看起来还要更小,因为里面后半部是英文的原文,实际内容只有一半,而且你还可以从中充分对...
評分一、非普通生日诅咒 1934年5月9日,艾伦·贝内特出生在英格兰约克郡利兹市的一个屠夫家中。就在两年前的同一天,这个家庭已经迎来了他们的第一个儿子。两个孩子同一天过生日,这在普通家庭看来,是件喜上加喜的事情。可在这个注定普通不了的屠户之家,不仅父母不重视孩子们的生...
評分一、非普通生日诅咒 1934年5月9日,艾伦·贝内特出生在英格兰约克郡利兹市的一个屠夫家中。就在两年前的同一天,这个家庭已经迎来了他们的第一个儿子。两个孩子同一天过生日,这在普通家庭看来,是件喜上加喜的事情。可在这个注定普通不了的屠户之家,不仅父母不重视孩子们的生...
評分弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙是这样诠释约翰生博士心目中的普通读者的“他没有那么高的教养,造物主也没有赏给他那么大的才能。他读书,是为了自己高兴,而不是为了向别人传授知识,也不是为了纠正别人的看法。他受一种本能所指使,要根据自己能捞到手的一星半点书本知识,塑造出某种整体 ...
下午在B&N把這本書蹭完。繼the History Boys後,我又一次陷入對Alan Bennett的深深崇拜不可自拔 = =,即使他在書中調侃瞭McEwan和Byatt...
评分Had she been asked if reading had enriched her life she would have had to say yes, undoutedly, though adding with equal certainty that it had at the same time drained her life of all purpose.
评分女王陛下真的是一個好讀者,“books are a commonwealth, letters a republic”,you know the author only by reading them. “reading is not doing”,see, my problem is the Queen’s problem, too.
评分Had she been asked if reading had enriched her life she would have had to say yes, undoutedly, though adding with equal certainty that it had at the same time drained her life of all purpose.
评分很好讀的書,雖然是虛構的故事卻也讓我讀的津津有味。120頁很快就看完瞭,仍然覺得不過癮。可能是自己愛讀書,找到瞭共鳴。
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