Despite growing up with a widowed and reclusive mother, young Zoe Cunningham retains an unshakable faith in storybook happy endings. When her mother, Anne, finally decides to remarry, Zoe is thrilled with her prospective stepfather, Simon Gould, who is not only wealthy, but also kind and generous. Simon's affection for his new family allows Zoe to pursue what she thinks is an independent life: her own apartment in a fashionable part of London, a university education, casual affairs, and carefree holidays at Simon's villa in Nice. When a series of unexpected calamities intervene, Zoe learns that the idyllic freedom she enjoys has come at a steep price. To preserve both her mother's and her own sense of wellbeing, Zoe must discern the real motives of the strangers on whom she now depends, including the silent and mysterious man whose nocturnal movements have attracted her attention.
安妮塔•布鲁克纳(Anita Brookner)
英国作家和艺术历史学家,1928年7月16日出生在伦敦,于1949年毕业于伦敦大学国王学院,获得文学学士,并于1953年获得库尔陶尔德艺术学院的艺术史博士学位。
布鲁克纳是在剑桥大学担任美术“斯雷德教授”职位的第一位女性。她的职业生涯始于艺术史学家,五十多岁时才开始小说创作。随着她的第一部自传体小说《生活的开端》出版问世,布鲁克纳开始从事双重职业,即写作和研究艺术史。她的第四部小说《杜兰葛山庄》获得布克小说奖。
《天使湾》讲述的故事并不离奇,简单地说就是一个女孩的成长过程。但是书的名字却可以让人联想到很多,最初我想这一定是讲述有关美丽心灵的故事,或者是写某个地方的人们悲欢离合、爱恨情仇。毕竟创作就是这样的过程,写人、写事,就要看谁的手法更高明,能够让你读后产...
评分每天下班后,煮面条、打扫房间、洗衣服、做运动,如此日复一日,实在叫人疲惫。所以,打扫卫生的时候,我总是会听到另一种声音:“放下手中的拖把,肆无忌惮地走出房门,去找一个清净的地方,打坐、呼吸。”可是,我没有听从这种声音,我一直把手头的活儿完成之后,坐在垫子上...
评分“……我给你一个建议,在你还有精力的时候充分利用自己的精力。你有朋友吗?” “如果你指的是爱人的话,那没有。我曾经有一个,但那还是我无忧无虑、自由自在的时候。” “人从来都不会自由,有的只是对自由的幻想罢了。人们永远都摆脱不了或显或隐的责任和义务。而后者隐形...
评分这是一本标准的安妮塔•布鲁克纳小说。 主人公是女性,单身独立的知识女性,处在跨文化背景的家庭环境中,焦虑而彷徨。挥之不去的是孤独感,这种孤独感游荡在漂泊的生活、不定的心境,无处安放的心。 书中主角坎宁安小姐自幼丧父,与母亲相依为命,虽然父亲在世时家境不错,...
评分一个很简单的故事,寡居的母亲和年纪尚小的女儿相依为命,偶尔的机会,遇到一位年过七十的男性,继而母亲下嫁,女儿获得短暂的来自经济及生活的自由,之后养父去世,女儿被迫接受来自生活的责任及义务赡养母亲并忧虑茫然的未来,然后母亲心力衰竭去世,女儿独自一人生存于世,...
wording is amazingly accurate,chiseled by a mind of calm and unyielding insight,thus though short in length,reading is an arduous procedure.
评分wording is amazingly accurate,chiseled by a mind of calm and unyielding insight,thus though short in length,reading is an arduous procedure.
评分wording is amazingly accurate,chiseled by a mind of calm and unyielding insight,thus though short in length,reading is an arduous procedure.
评分wording is amazingly accurate,chiseled by a mind of calm and unyielding insight,thus though short in length,reading is an arduous procedure.
评分wording is amazingly accurate,chiseled by a mind of calm and unyielding insight,thus though short in length,reading is an arduous procedure.
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