具体描述
Set in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, QUARTET is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauve- flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. Jean Rhys's first novel is both poignant anddisturbingly intimate in its vivid depiction of a woman on her own.
作者简介
Jean Rhys was born in Dominica in 1890, the daughter of a Welsh doctor and a white Creole mother. She came to England when she was sixteen and then drifted into a series of jobs - chorus girl, mannequin, artist's model - after her father died.
She began to write when the first of her three marriages broke up. She was in her thirties by then, and living in Paris, where she was encouraged by Ford Madox Ford, who also discovered D. H. Lawrence. Ford wrote an enthusiastic introduction to her first book in 1927, a collection of stories called The Left Bank. This was followed by Quartet (originally Postures,, 1928), After Leaving Mr Mackenzie (1930), Voyage in the Dark (1934) and Good Morning, Midnight (1939). None of these books was particularly successful, perhaps because they were decades ahead of their time in theme and tone, dealing as they did with women as underdogs, exploited and exploiting their sexuality. With the outbreak of war and subsequent failure of Good Morning, Midnight, the books went out of print and Jean Rhys literally dropped completely from sight. It was generally thought that she was dead. Nearly twenty years later she was rediscovered, largely due to the enthusiasm of the writer Francis Wyndham. She was living reclusively in Cornwall, and during those years had accumulated the stories collected in Tigers are Better-Looking.
In 1966 she made a sensational reappearance with Wide Sargasso Sea, which won the Royal Society of Literature Award and the W. H. Smith Award in 1966, her only comment on the latter being that 'It has come too late'. Her final collection of stories, Sleep It Off Lady, appeared in 1976 and Smile Please, her unfinished autobiography, was published posthumously in 1979. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1966 and a CBE in 1978.
Jean Rhys, described by A. Alvarez as 'one of the finest British writers of this century', died in 1979.
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这本新出版的奇幻小说简直是近些年来我读到过最令人心潮澎湃的作品之一。作者构建的世界观宏大而细腻，仿佛每一个角落都浸透着古老的传说与未解的谜团。我尤其欣赏他对魔法体系的独特设定——它不是那种随手可得的力量，而是需要付出代价、遵循严格规则的自然法则。书中的角色塑造更是教科书级别的，主角团的四人组，每个人都有着鲜明的个性和深刻的内在挣扎。他们之间的化学反应令人着迷，时而紧张对立，时而又相互扶持着冲破绝境。我记得有一段情节，描述他们在“低语之森”中迷失方向，那种深入骨髓的恐惧和对彼此信任的考验，让我完全沉浸其中，几乎能感受到脚下泥土的湿冷和耳边若有若无的低语声。情节推进张弛有度，高潮迭起的战斗场面如同电影慢镜头般清晰，而穿插其中的哲学思考，又将故事提升到了一个更高的层次。读完最后一页，我感到一种巨大的失落感，迫不及待地想知道后续的故事会如何发展。这绝对是一部值得反复品味、细细研读的史诗级巨著。
评分这本书最让我惊喜的一点，在于它如何处理叙事视角。它并非采用单一主角的线性叙述，而是巧妙地在三条看似平行但最终会汇合的线索间切换。这种多视角的叙事不仅丰富了故事的层次感，更重要的是，它让读者得以从不同角度去审视同一个事件，从而对角色的行为产生更深层次的理解和共情。比如，当我们通过一位叛军的视角目睹一场“解放”行动时，感到的是热血沸腾；但当视角切换到被“解放”城邦的守卫者时，同样的行动却被描绘成了残忍的入侵。这种叙事上的高明处理，使得全书充满了张力，迫使读者不断反思“真相”的相对性。此外，作者在描述那些宏大的战争场面时，笔触却异常克制和精准，没有过度的渲染，反而通过对具体士兵的恐惧和日常的描摹，将战争的荒谬与悲剧性展现得淋漓尽致。强烈推荐给所有厌倦了非黑即白设定的读者。
评分我花了整整一个周末才把这本书啃完，放下后感觉像是经历了一场漫长的旅行，身心俱疲但又无比满足。与其他流行的奇幻小说相比，这部作品的基调明显更加阴郁、更贴近现实的残酷性。作者对于政治阴谋和权力斗争的描写，其深度和复杂程度甚至可以媲美顶级的历史小说。书中的权力中心机构“议会”的运作方式，那套盘根错节的关系网和微妙的制衡，看得我冷汗直冒。我特别欣赏它对“宿命论”的挑战，主角们似乎被命运推着走，但每一次关键的选择，都清晰地展示了人类在巨大洪流面前依然可以展现出的能动性。这本书的语言风格偏向古典，句式严谨，用词考究，初读时可能需要稍稍适应一下，但一旦沉浸进去，那种文字本身的韵律感就会把你牢牢锁住。这是一部需要静下心来，细细品味其文字结构和内在逻辑的深度之作。
评分说实话，我一开始是被这本书封面那极具设计感的插画吸引的，本以为这可能只是又一本徒有其表的畅销书，没想到内容质量如此扎实。这是一部极其注重叙事节奏的作品，它没有那种老套的开场铺陈，而是直接将读者扔进了一场危机四伏的追逐戏中。作者的文笔非常老辣，大量运用意象化的语言来描绘环境和人物心境，读起来有一种非常强烈的画面感。比如，他对“时间停滞”那一章的描写，没有冗长的科学解释，而是用一种近乎诗意的笔触，描绘了万物凝固、唯有主角思维飞速运转的瞬间，那种孤独和超脱感，让我反复读了好几遍才舍得放下。这本书的优点在于它敢于挑战传统叙事结构，时不时地插入一些似乎与主线无关的“碎片化”日记或手稿，这些看似零散的信息，却在关键时刻拼凑出整个世界观的完整版图，这种阅读体验非常新鲜，充满了解谜的乐趣。如果你喜欢那种需要动脑筋、层层剥茧才能获得真相的故事，这本书绝对不会让你失望。
评分我通常对厚厚的奇幻小说会抱持一丝警惕，因为很多作品后期都会有崩坏的迹象，但这部作品自始至终都保持着惊人的稳定性和创意输出。让我印象最深的是它的世界观构建，它成功地将赛博朋克的美学元素与古老的炼金术概念巧妙地融合在了一起，创造出一种既熟悉又陌生的“科技神话”氛围。故事的核心冲突也处理得非常巧妙，它不仅仅是光明与黑暗的对决，更多的是关于“记忆的本质”与“自由意志”的探讨。书中对于一些次要角色的刻画也极为成功，比如那个总是游走在灰色地带的间谍，他的动机和最终的选择，复杂得让人心碎。我非常喜欢作者处理复杂伦理困境的方式，没有简单的对错，只有基于各自立场无可奈何的抉择。这本书的篇幅虽然可观，但阅读过程丝毫没有拖沓感，每一个章节的收尾都像是一个精准的小悬念，让你不得不立刻翻到下一页。
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