E.L. Doctorow is one of America's most accomplished and acclaimed living writers. Winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Humanities Medal, he is the author of nine novels that have explored the drama of American life from the late 19th century to the 21st. Al Alvarez is a poet, literary critic, and author of many non-fiction books on topics ranging from suicide, divorce and dreams – The Savage God, Life After Marriage, Night – to poker and mountaineering – The Biggest Game in Town, Offshore. He was poetry editor of The Observer from 1956-66. He has contributed regularly to The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker. His most recent books are an autobiography, Where Did It All Go Right?, New & Selected Poems and The Writer’s Voice. He lives in London.
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Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century, where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat. Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with magical feats of escape, the mighty J. P. Morgan dominates the financial world and Henry Ford manufactures cars by making men into machines. Emma Goldman preaches free love and feminism, while ex-chorus girl Evelyn Nesbitt inspires a mad millionaire to murder the architect Stanford White. In this stunningly original chronicle of an age, such real-life characters intermingle with three remarkable families, one black, one Jewish and one prosperous WASP, to create a dazzling literary mosaic that brings to life an era of dire poverty, fabulous wealth, and incredible change in short, the era of ragtime.
《拉格泰姆时代》读完,眼前不由浮现张择端的“清明上河图”。一幅画,画尽北宋时期都城东京汴河两岸世情繁华,戏剧性情节冲突,令观者看罢回味无穷。一本书,也几乎写尽了那个时代所有的繁华,余味无穷。 《拉格泰姆时代》作者E.L.多克托罗,美国当代著名作家,曾获...
评分E.L.多克特罗在扉页上写了句题记“这首乐曲不要弹得太快。拉格泰姆是不能弹得太快的”,这是拉格泰姆音乐大师斯科特•乔普林的话语。然而如果我们聆听乔普林生前的演奏录音就会发现,他最有名的一首《枫叶拉格泰姆曲》是如此欢快而充满朝气,频繁出现的切分音符将节奏拆...
评分文/文小妖 拉格泰姆是产生于19世纪末的美国流行音乐形式之一。这种音乐形式采用于黑人旋律,盛行于第一次世界大战前美国经济十分繁荣时期。 每个时代都有其节奏和步伐。19世纪初期的美国,从一个农村化的共和国变成了城市化的国家。机器代替了手工,产品大量增加。...
评分原文地址:[http://www.qh505.com/blog/post/5977.html] 这年是1914年,他头朝下悬在百老汇上空,而弗朗茨·斐迪南大公据说已被暗杀。就是在这一瞬间胡迪尼的脑海中出现了一个形象。那是一个小男孩,他正望着一辆汽车亮晶晶的黄铜前灯中他自己的影像。 ——《4[0》] 1914年是开...
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