A new literary, historical novel from the popular author of Therapy and Thinks .
The protagonist is the American novelist Henry James, and the focus is on James’s friendship with George Du Maurier, the famous Punch artist and illustrator, and on his literary middle years – the 1880s. Henry is seriously worried by the declining popularity of his books and decides to try his hand as a playwright. At the same time, George Du Maurier diversifies into writing novels. The consequences for both men are surprising, ironic, comic and tragic by turns. As Du Maurier’s Trilby , much to the bewilderment of its author himself, becomes the bestseller of the century, Henry anxiously awaits the first night of his make-or-break play, Guy Domville .
Thronged with vividly drawn characters, Author, Author presents a fascinating panorama of literary and theatrical life in late Victorian England, which in many ways, foreshadowed today’s cultural mix of art, commerce and publicity. But it is essentially a novel about authorship – about the obsessions, hopes, triumphs and disappointments of those who live by the pen.
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从主题的广度来看,《Author, Author》展现了作者宏大的野心。它不仅仅是一个关于个人命运的故事,它更像是一部关于“记忆如何塑造现在”的哲学探讨。作者巧妙地将多个时代的碎片编织在一起,探讨了历史的偶然性与必然性之间的微妙关系。我特别欣赏他处理“身份认同”的方式,书中有好几个人物都在不断地扮演不同的角色,试图掩盖或重塑自己的过去。这种对身份流动的探讨,在当代文学中并不少见,但作者的处理方式却极其老辣。他不是简单地抛出问题,而是通过情节的推进,让读者一步步跟随角色,体验那种身份错位带来的焦虑感。这本书的后劲在于,它会让你开始审视自己的记忆,思考你所坚信的“自我”究竟有多少是真实构建的,又有多少是环境或他人强加的滤镜。它带来的不是即时的娱乐,而是持久的思考,是那种读完后会让你看世界角度都发生微小偏移的深度作品。
评分如果说有什么让我感到“不适”的,那可能就是作者近乎残忍的现实主义描摹了。他没有美化那个时代的任何方面,反而毫不留情地撕开了那些精致表象下的腐朽与虚伪。书中的角色们,没有绝对的好人或坏人,每个人都有着自己难以启齿的污点和挣扎求存的灰色地带。我记得其中一个段落,描写了一个底层人物为了生计而做出的艰难抉择,那种无力感和道德困境的拉扯,让我感到彻骨的寒冷。作者的笔下没有廉价的救赎,也没有简单的正义伸张,更多的是对人性局限性的深刻洞察和无奈的叹息。这使得阅读体验变得沉重,但正是这种沉重,赋予了故事一种无可辩驳的真实感。它不像很多小说那样提供逃避的港湾,而是把你直接推到生活的漩涡中央,逼着你去直面那些不那么光鲜亮丽的真相。读完后,我需要好一阵子才能从那种压抑的氛围中抽离出来,但这种被“震撼”的感觉,才是阅读的真正价值所在。
评分这本书的语言风格,简直是文学界的一股清流,它充满了古典韵味,却又在不经意间流露出极强的现代意识。作者似乎对英语的每一个音节都进行了精心的掂量和排列,使得即便是描述最平淡无奇的场景,读起来也充满了音乐性。我尤其喜欢他对“沉默”的描绘。在许多场景中,人物之间没有激烈的争吵,没有直白的表白,有的只是长时间的对视,或者一个轻微的叹息,但作者通过精准的词汇选择,将那些未说出口的话语的重量,实实在在地压在了读者的心头。这种“留白”的处理,高明之处在于,它迫使读者必须参与到文本的构建中去,你必须主动去填补那些情感的空隙。说真的,我很少看到有哪本书能让我停下来,只是为了反复吟诵某一句台词,感受它在舌尖上打转的感觉。它不是快消品,它更像是需要细细品味的陈年佳酿,后劲十足。
评分我必须承认,我极度欣赏作者在结构上的那种近乎建筑师般的严谨布局。《Author, Author》的叙事线索复杂得令人咋舌,它像一张巨大的蜘蛛网,表面上看似松散,但每一根丝线都牢牢地牵动着核心的秘密。我特别佩服作者处理多重视角的能力,他能在瞬间切换,从一个潦倒诗人的自白,无缝衔接到一位贵族夫人的内心独白,而且丝毫不显突兀。更绝妙的是,这些看似分散的叙事点,最终在临近高潮时,像被一股无形的力量猛地吸拢,所有的矛盾和误解都在那个瞬间得到了爆发式的释放。这种掌控力,不是简单地“讲好一个故事”能概括的,这简直是对时间和空间的玩弄。我花了整整一个下午的时间,对照着自己的笔记,试图梳理清楚某个关键人物的动机变化,那种破解谜题的成就感,简直让人肾上腺素飙升。这本书要求读者付出极高的专注力,但回报是双重的:不仅是情节的满足,更是对作者高超技艺的由衷赞叹。
评分这本《Author, Author》……说实话,初读时我有点摸不着头脑。作者似乎非常热衷于在文字的迷宫里布下种种看似无关紧要的细节,那些关于十九世纪末伦敦雾气如何凝结在鹅卵石上的描写,那种近乎偏执的精确,初看之下简直是一种负担。我甚至好几次想把它搁置,觉得作者是不是在故弄玄虚,用华丽的辞藻堆砌一个空洞的骨架。直到我读到第三章,那个关于一位失踪钟表匠的侧写时,一切才突然像齿轮咬合般精准地转动起来。作者的笔触并非直白叙事,更像是一种缓慢渗透的氛围营造,他把历史的重量、人性的幽微,甚至是那个时代特有的那种压抑感,都通过细碎的感官体验——比如旧书页发霉的气味、壁炉里木柴爆裂的声响——渗透到读者的意识深处。我发现自己开始模仿书里人物的呼吸节奏,对那些晦涩的隐喻产生了共鸣。这绝对不是那种一目了然的畅销小说,它更像是一块需要耐心打磨的璞玉,一旦被你真正看透,那种沉淀下来的质感是其他作品无法比拟的,让人忍不住一读再读,每次都能发现新的纹理。
评分8.2-15| HG a tireless womanizer and HJ a lifelong celibate the first half is as boring as the ending is touching love the nod to little Agatha at the end funny how this book came out shortly after the master a coincidence that in turn birthed a new book about this novel
评分8.2-15| HG a tireless womanizer and HJ a lifelong celibate the first half is as boring as the ending is touching love the nod to little Agatha at the end funny how this book came out shortly after the master a coincidence that in turn birthed a new book about this novel
评分8.2-15| HG a tireless womanizer and HJ a lifelong celibate the first half is as boring as the ending is touching love the nod to little Agatha at the end funny how this book came out shortly after the master a coincidence that in turn birthed a new book about this novel
评分8.2-15| HG a tireless womanizer and HJ a lifelong celibate the first half is as boring as the ending is touching love the nod to little Agatha at the end funny how this book came out shortly after the master a coincidence that in turn birthed a new book about this novel
评分8.2-15| HG a tireless womanizer and HJ a lifelong celibate the first half is as boring as the ending is touching love the nod to little Agatha at the end funny how this book came out shortly after the master a coincidence that in turn birthed a new book about this novel
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