具体描述
First Love, Last Rites is Ian McEwan's first collection of short stories and was originally published in 1975.
This collection was Ian McEwan's first published work and comprises a collection of eight short stories, all of which are summarised individually on this page.
All of the stories in First Love, Last Rites are linked with the central themes of sex, death and obsession and all bar one have a supplemental theme of adolescence (or at the very least young adulthood). All the stories are seen from a male perspective.
The stories are all on adult themes and contain references to sexual behaviours and violence which may disturb some readers.
"First Love, Last Rites" won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976.
作者简介
Ian McEwan was born on 21 June 1948 in Aldershot, England. He studied at the University of Sussex, where he received a BA degree in English Literature in 1970. He received his MA degree in English Literature at the University of East Anglia.
McEwan's works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim. He won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for his first collection of short stories First Love, Last Rites; the Whitbread Novel Award (1987) and the Prix Fémina Etranger (1993) for The Child in Time; and Germany's Shakespeare Prize in 1999. He has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction numerous times, winning the award for Amsterdam in 1998. His novel Atonement received the WH Smith Literary Award (2002), National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award (2003), Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction (2003), and the Santiago Prize for the European Novel (2004). He was awarded a CBE in 2000. In 2006, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Saturday and his novel On Chesil Beach was named Galaxy Book of the Year at the 2008 British Book Awards where McEwan was also named Reader's Digest Author of the Year.
McEwan lives in London. His most recent novel is Solar.
目录信息
* Solid Geometry by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
* Homemade by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
* Last Day Of Summer by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
* Cocker At The Theatre by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
* Butterflies by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
* Conversation With A Cupboard Man by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
* First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
* Disguises by Ian McEwan (from First Love, Last Rites)
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读后感
Incest without story makes PORN. I would recommend the Cement Garden --- which I gave a five star rating --- but not this collection. Considering the time it was published it might be outstanding somehow. But I don't like the story Solid Geometry ---- I li...
评分Incest without story makes PORN. I would recommend the Cement Garden --- which I gave a five star rating --- but not this collection. Considering the time it was published it might be outstanding somehow. But I don't like the story Solid Geometry ---- I li...
评分Incest without story makes PORN. I would recommend the Cement Garden --- which I gave a five star rating --- but not this collection. Considering the time it was published it might be outstanding somehow. But I don't like the story Solid Geometry ---- I li...
评分Incest without story makes PORN. I would recommend the Cement Garden --- which I gave a five star rating --- but not this collection. Considering the time it was published it might be outstanding somehow. But I don't like the story Solid Geometry ---- I li...
评分Incest without story makes PORN. I would recommend the Cement Garden --- which I gave a five star rating --- but not this collection. Considering the time it was published it might be outstanding somehow. But I don't like the story Solid Geometry ---- I li...
用户评价
我得说，这本书的语言风格简直是一场华丽的文字冒险。它不像传统文学那样追求工整和典雅，反而大量运用了充满画面感和冲击力的意象组合，构建了一个既迷幻又真实的叙事空间。有时候，我会觉得作者像是一个拥有超凡感官的炼金术士，将日常的琐碎提炼成闪烁着奇异光芒的片段。比如对某一个眼神、某一次无言的对望的描绘，其复杂程度堪比一首结构精密的交响乐，包含了期待、试探、恐惧和某种必然的宿命感。它的结构是跳跃的，并非线性叙事，而是通过不同时间点和不同人物视角的快速切换，像拼图一样拼凑出一个完整却又充满留白的图景。这种叙事手法要求读者投入极大的注意力去梳理线索，但回报也是丰厚的，一旦跟上作者的思路，那种豁然开朗的体验是无与伦比的。读完一个章节，我常常需要停下来，回味那些被精妙拆解的句子，它们像锋利的刀片，精准地切割着现实的表象，直抵内核的荒凉与热情。
评分从文学性的角度来看，这部小说的文本密度非常高，每一个词汇的选择都经过了精心的锤炼，没有一句是多余的。它散发着一种古典的悲剧美学，尽管故事的主题可能非常现代或者具有反叛性，但其内在的驱动力——关于爱与失落、获得与永恒的错位——却是跨越时代的。作者的视角是高远的，他似乎能看到人物命运的最终走向，但他选择耐心跟随他们，观察他们在既定轨道上的挣扎与抗争，这显示出一种高明的叙事克制力。在情节高潮部分，作者并没有选择戏剧性的爆发，而是让一切在一种近乎宿命的平静中完成，这种“无声胜有声”的处理手法，远比歇斯底里的呐喊更具穿透力。它留给读者的空间是巨大的，它不会给你标准答案，而是将那些未解的谜团和未竟的情感，原封不动地放置在你面前，让你自己去完成最后的“共情仪式”。读完后，那种回味悠长、意犹未尽的感觉，是真正优秀作品的标志。
评分这本书最让我震撼的是它对“边缘”状态的描摹，那种游走在规则之外，却又对世界抱有近乎宗教般虔诚的探索欲望。角色们似乎都带着某种不合时宜的执拗，他们拒绝被简单地定义，拒绝被主流的价值体系所驯服。作者对这种“局外人”心态的理解非常深刻，没有进行道德上的审判，而是以一种近乎同情的、甚至略带欣赏的笔触去记录他们的挣扎和选择。故事中那些发生在深夜、人迹罕至之处的场景，被烘托出一种近乎史诗般的重量感，仿佛每一次呼吸、每一个决定都关系到灵魂的归属。我尤其喜欢作者对“沉默”的运用，很多关键的转折点，没有激烈的对白，只有长久的、令人窒息的静默，但在这静默中，千言万语都已被心领神会。这使得整部作品弥漫着一股既冷峻又热烈的矛盾气息，它让你在阅读时感到不安，却又忍不住被这种不安所吸引，因为它触及了我们内心深处最原始的、渴望挣脱束缚的冲动。
评分如果说很多故事讲述的是“发生”了什么，那么这部作品更侧重于“感受”如何被塑造和扭曲。它更像是一部关于感知力的实验报告，作者试图解构和重组记忆、欲望和现实之间的脆弱连接。书中的某些段落，特别是对感官体验的细致描写，简直达到了令人眩晕的程度，气味的残留、光线的折射、触觉的细微变化，都被放大到极致，让你感觉自己不再是旁观者，而是直接被卷入角色神经末梢的体验之中。叙事结构上，它玩弄了时间的概念，过去与现在似乎总是纠缠在一起，共同作用于当下的一刻。这种非线性的处理方式，反而更贴合人类真实记忆的运作模式——它们很少是整齐划一的，而是碎片化的、带着强烈情感色彩的回溯。整本书读下来，会有一种被“洗涤”过的感觉，仿佛作者用一种极端而又富有诗意的方式，清空了你对既定事实的预设，留下了更本质的、更难以名状的体验。
评分这部作品的叙事节奏感把握得恰到好处，从开篇那略带迷茫却又充满生命力的笔触中，我仿佛能触摸到人物内心最细微的颤动。作者在描摹场景时，那种细腻入微的观察力令人惊叹，即便是最寻常的街景，在他的笔下也焕发出一种独特的、带着时代印记的光泽。情节的推进并不急于求成，而是像一条缓缓流淌的河流，时而平静开阔，时而又在不经意的转角处激起一阵涟漪，让你措手不及。我特别欣赏作者对于人物内心独白的运用，那些不加修饰的思绪，真实得令人心疼，它们不是为了推动剧情的工具，而是构建角色灵魂的砖石。读到中段，那种青春期特有的躁动与对未来的不确定性交织在一起，让人联想到自己那些青涩的岁月，既怀念又庆幸已经走过。文字的质感很强，读起来有一种醇厚的年代感，像是在翻阅一本泛黄的老照片集，每一页都承载着光阴的故事，情感的铺陈克制而有力，没有过多煽情的渲染，却在不经意间击中人心最柔软的部分。这不仅仅是一个故事，更像是一段被精心保存下来的生命切片，值得反复咀嚼。
评分啊，不阴暗的小说我不会给五星的
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评分语言太赞了 但是内容太阴暗 好几次要咬咬牙才能读下去~不过真是好的短篇 充满张力~ 不愧是Ian McEwan~
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