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The Unbearable Lightness of Being 豆瓣
9.1 (13 个评分)
作者:
Milan Kundera
译者:
Michael Henry Heim
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
1999
- 5
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Book Description
A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover -- these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine.
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Jonathan Oliver employs a husky-voiced tone that proves the right match for this darkish story, one that requires of listeners a dollop of patience. Set first in Czechoslovakia, then in Switzerland, Kundera's story tells the sometimes laborious story of a womanizing Czech surgeon forced to flee the Russian invasion and take on menial roles, giving his passion for the flesh a slighly different perspective, as he is no longer a doctor but just a window-washer. His relationship with this current female-of-choice, the interesting and puzzling Tereza, is at the center of the novel. Oliver is good, very good, pausing with great effect, having just the right amount of low-key drama and contemplative musing
Book Dimension
length: (cm)19.7 width:(cm)12.8
Book Description
A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover -- these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine.
From AudioFile
Jonathan Oliver employs a husky-voiced tone that proves the right match for this darkish story, one that requires of listeners a dollop of patience. Set first in Czechoslovakia, then in Switzerland, Kundera's story tells the sometimes laborious story of a womanizing Czech surgeon forced to flee the Russian invasion and take on menial roles, giving his passion for the flesh a slighly different perspective, as he is no longer a doctor but just a window-washer. His relationship with this current female-of-choice, the interesting and puzzling Tereza, is at the center of the novel. Oliver is good, very good, pausing with great effect, having just the right amount of low-key drama and contemplative musing
Book Dimension
length: (cm)19.7 width:(cm)12.8
The Great Gatsby 豆瓣 Goodreads
The Great Gatsby
9.3 (18 个评分)
作者:
[美] F·Scott Fitzgerald
Penguin Books
2000
- 2
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Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
围城 谷歌图书 Goodreads 豆瓣
围城
9.1 (795 个评分)
作者:
钱钟书
人民文学出版社
1991
- 2
《围城》是钱钟书所著的长篇小说。第一版于1947年由上海晨光出版公司出版。1949年之后,由于政治等方面的原因,本书长期无法在中国大陆和台湾重印,仅在香港出现过盗印本。1980年由作者重新修订之后,在中国大陆地区由人民文学出版社刊印。此后作者又曾小幅修改过几次。《围城》 自从出版以来,就受到许多人的推崇。由于1949年后长期无法重印,这本书逐渐淡出人们的视野。1960年代,旅美汉学家夏志清在《中国现代小说史》(A History of Modern Chinese Fiction)中对本书作出很高的评价,这才重新引起人们对它的关注。人们对它的评价一般集中在两方面,幽默的语言和对生活深刻的观察。从1990年代开始,也有人提出对本书的不同看法,认为这是一部被“拔高”的小说,并不是一部出色的作品。很多人认为这是一部幽默作品。除了各具特色的人物语言之外,作者夹叙其间的文字也显着机智与幽默。这是本书的一大特色。也有人认为这是作者卖弄文字,语言显得尖酸刻薄。但这一说法并不为大多数人接受。
汤姆叔叔的小屋 豆瓣
8.0 (35 个评分)
作者:
[美] 斯托夫人
译者:
林玉鹏
译林出版社
2006
- 6
《汤姆叔叔的小屋》出版至今已有一百五十多年了。该书在1852年首次以单行本出版,立即获得巨大成功,第一周就销售一万册,当年就印行一百多次、三十五万册,这在19世纪中叶可是个天文数字了。该书在国外也大受欢迎,在英国当时有四十家出版社出版该书,销售量达到了一百五十多万册。该书受到世界各国读者的热烈欢迎,也受到著名作家如托尔斯泰、屠格涅夫、乔治·桑、海涅、狄更斯等的高度赞扬。它曾被改编成戏剧、音乐剧等在美国各地舞台上演多年,现已被译成世界上四十多种文字。其魅力经久不衰,时间充分证明了这是一本经典名著。