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War with the Newts (European Classics) pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
Orwell meets Vonnegut in the simultaneously hilarious and chilling masterpiece from the man who invented the word “robot”
This legendary but previously hard-to-get novel is a hilarious dystopian satire about the choice between ecological catastrophe and making your quarterly financial goals. As both a commentary on capitalism and the rise of fascism, as well as an early work of science fiction, it is one of the most important books of the twentieth century.
When the curmudgeonly sailor Captain von Toch discovers a breed of large, intelligent newts in far-off Polynesia, he realizes that, with a little training, they could be used as a virtual army of complacent pearl-divers in shark-infested waters. Then von Toch’s financial backers realize that the newts can be trained for all kinds of underwater civil engineering projects, or to build new islands, even to defend shorelines—wielding weapons, no less!
There’s only one problem: released from their previous environment, the newts replicate like, well, aqua-bunnies. And soon they aren’t so complacent anymore.
Acclaimed by many as the first dystopian novel, and others as the best book of science fiction ever written, Karel Capek’s masterpiece remains all that and more: smart, funny, and relevant.
卡・恰佩剋(1890-1938) 是捷剋現代著名的科學幻想作傢。他的作品以構思獨特、體裁新穎、情節離奇而著稱。
一般来说,此书是一部政治讽刺小说,可是我觉得这样理解实在过于简单,此书完全可以进行多重分析和理解。 首先,鲵鱼可以看成黑人奴隶的象征,刚开始时黑人也被认为没有灵魂,简单来说“黑人不是人”,这与书中的“鲵鱼到底是鲵鱼”真是绝妙对句。所以鲵鱼是会呼吸的工...
評分卡雷尔·恰佩克的小说《鲵鱼之乱》发表于1936年。可以说在捷克这是第一部有世界影响力的长篇小说,或者说,科幻小说?或许作家本人会提出意见(就如冯内古特一样)。在1936年捷克广播电台的一次广播中,他说道:“是这种与人类历史,而且与最真实的人类历史的对照,促使我坐到...
評分卡雷尔·恰佩克的小说《鲵鱼之乱》发表于1936年。可以说在捷克这是第一部有世界影响力的长篇小说,或者说,科幻小说?或许作家本人会提出意见(就如冯内古特一样)。在1936年捷克广播电台的一次广播中,他说道:“是这种与人类历史,而且与最真实的人类历史的对照,促使我坐到...
評分前言很明显的带有八十年代初的政治色彩,强调阶级,强调剥削和资本主义。但是翻译的确还不错,很多术语也是那个年代用的,现在在改变,但是现在读起这种词语并不觉得突兀。整个翻译并不生硬,但是保留了欧洲传统的味道在里面。 再说说内容。作者是卡.恰佩克...
評分在评论内容之前,我想说说翻译。个人觉得翻译很用心,比较遗憾的是,看完书我才发现这个版本是从英文译本再转译的。如果从原文翻译会更好。翻译巧妙地模拟了不同人物文体的文风,惟妙惟肖。比如第五章“赫万托船长和他的受过训练的娃娃鱼”里面巧妙地利用两个海员之间的闲谈来...
War with the Newts (European Classics) pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024