THE BLUE TOUCH PAPER: A MEMOIR
Book ID/图书代码： 04560015B79479
English Summary/英文概要： This shockingly funny and brilliant work is set to be the standout literary memoir of the autumn, with the broad appeal of beautifully-written and fascinating memoirs by Edmund de Waal and Diana Athill.
One of the best-known playwrights of our time delivers an astonishing debut: a vibrant and affecting account of becoming a writer amid the enormous flux of post-war England. In his customarily dazzling prose and with great warmth and humour, Hare (‘Britain’s leading contemporary playwright,’ Sunday Times) takes us from his university days at Oxford, where he found himself inspired by meeting Alfred Hitchcock; to the swinging London of the 1960s and his enormously influential Portable Theatre; to his breakthrough successes as a playwright in the 1970s.
Through it all, Hare sets the progress of his own life against the dramatic changes in post-war England. Filled with indelible glimpses of such figures as Laurence Olivier, Tennessee Williams, Julie Christie, and Joseph Papp, The Blue Touch Paper is a powerful evocation of a society in transition and a writer in the making.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本有趣、精彩的作品今秋最棒的文学类回忆录，语言优美，内容感人。
作为当代最著名的剧作家之一，Hare向读者交出了一份满意的答卷，该回忆录生动、感人地叙述了他是如何在战后英格兰动荡的社会中成为一名作家的。书中包含了大量绚丽的篇章，颇为动人，同时又不失幽默。作者回顾了其早年在牛津的求学时代，20世纪60年代动荡的伦敦，其颇具影响力的剧院，一直到20世纪70年代成功跻身著名剧作家。
整个回忆录中，Hare以战后英格兰的巨大社会变革为背景，讲述了自己的人生经历。书中还提到了劳伦斯•奥利弗等名人，很大程度上唤起了人们对那个时代——那个变革中的社会——的记忆。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：“这是一个真诚、动人、精彩的故事，讲述了作者如何在20世纪60年代和70年代成为一名作家，而当时，英国社会正处在巨大的变革中，复杂的历史背景和作者跌宕起伏的个人经历相互交织。”——Joan Didion
’Frank, moving and beguiling, the fascinating story of becoming a writer in the 1960s and 70s when Britain was changing even faster than the author.’ Joan Didion
About the Author/作者介绍： David Hare，剧作家，著有30部完整的舞台戏剧，其中17部已在国家剧院上演，包括《天窗》等。其创作的电影和电视剧本包括《时时刻刻》、《朗读者》等。
David Hare is the author of 30 full-length plays for the stage, seventeen of which have been presented at the National Theatre. They include Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy’s View, The Blue Room and Stuff Happens. His many screenplays for film and television include The Hours, The Reader, Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefield.
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