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《面纱》:毛姆有争议的作品!女性精神觉醒经典的读本!爱、幻灭、生死、背叛、别离……
爱到分离才相遇的凄美故事!毛姆剖析人性三大力作:《刀锋》《面纱》《人性的枷锁》。同名电影《面纱》好评如潮。
内容简介
Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-
starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love. The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive.
容貌娇美而又爱慕虚荣的英国女子凯蒂,为了避免自己变成一位老姑娘,接受了生性孤僻的医生瓦尔特·费恩的求婚。她离开了上世纪20年代伦敦浮华而空虚的社交圈,随瓦尔特远赴神秘的东方殖民地--香港。
对婚姻感到不满和无趣,凯蒂开始悄悄与令她芳心摇动的香港助理布政司查理·唐生偷情。瓦尔特发现妻子的不忠后,孤注一掷,开始了他奇特而可怕的报复计划:凯蒂必须随他前往遥远的中国内地,去平息一场正疯狂流行的霍乱瘟疫。在异国美丽却凶险的环境中,他们经历了在英国家乡的舒适生活中无法想象和体验的情感波澜……
在爱情、背叛与死亡的漩涡中挣扎的凯蒂,亲历了幻想破灭与生死离别之后,终将生活的面纱从她的眼前渐渐揭去,从此踏上了不悔的精神成长之路。
作者简介
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965
W.S.毛姆(William Somerset Maugham),1874-1965,英国著名小说家,剧作家,散文家。曾先后就读于坎特伯雷的国王学校和德国海德堡大学,后到伦敦圣托马斯医院学医,并取得外科医师资格。
他的首部长篇小说《兰贝斯的丽莎》于1897年发表。1915年,他的杰作《人性的枷锁》问世,1919年《月亮与六便士》的出版确立了他作为长篇小说家的地位。他的其他著作有长篇小说《刀锋》、《面纱》,旅行札记《在中国屏风上》,及各种散文、短篇小说集等。1903-1933年期间,他创作了近30部剧本,深受观众欢迎。
毛姆被公认为20世纪在全世界范围内流行最广、最受欢迎的英国作家之一,被誉为“最会讲故事的作家”。他的小说机智、幽默,常在讥讽中潜藏对人性的怜悯与同情。1952年,牛津大学授予他名誉博士学位。1954年,英王授予他“荣誉侍从”的称号。
精彩书评
一对英国夫妇经历情感危机之后,来到中国内地的霍乱疫区救治病人与孤儿。上世纪二十年代的贵州湄潭政府缺席,社会松散,人情冷漠。小说中“一盘散沙”的惨景至今仍然具有振聋发瞶的力量。
——中国社科院文学研究所所长陆建德
《面纱》以其悲天悯人的情感关照,以其对道德冲突的敏感解析,以其对人性的尖锐反讽,以其对人类欲望、恐惧和悔恨等内在世界的准确建构,而成为一部艺术的杰作。
——《观察家》
回首现代作家,毛姆给了我最为深刻的影响。
——乔治·奥威尔,《1984》作者
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