CLOSE QUARTERS

Book ID/图书代码： 04560005B08001

English Summary/英文概要： In a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal, fête-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread over the hull.

The sequel to Rites of Passage, Close Quarters, the second volume in Golding’s acclaimed sea trilogy, is imbued with his extraordinary sense of menace. Half-mad with fear, with drink, with love and opium, everyone on this leaky, unsound hulk is ’going to pieces’. And in a nightmarish climax the very planks seem to twist themselves alive as the ship begins to come apart at the seams.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《海上仪式》中出现过的埃德蒙塔尔博特，乘坐一艘老军舰继续朝着澳大利亚航行。他在种种困境中学会了爱与生活的真谛。(RH)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding’s other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Free Fall, Pincher Martin, The Double Tongue, and Rites of Passage, which won the Booker Prize.

ONE OF THE BEST SEA TRILOLOGIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE – WILLIAM GOLDING IS A NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE LAURATE.

威廉•戈尔丁（Willeam Gerald Golding）是一位英国小说家，诗人，1983年诺贝尔文学奖得主。他的小说富含寓意，广泛地融入了古典文学，神话，基督教文化以及象征主义。其作品的主题一般是与黑暗邪恶有关，但他的小说中也表达一种昏暗的乐观主义。他的第一本小说《蝇王》（1954年）突出了他一直不停探讨的主题：人类天生的野蛮与文明的理性的斗争。这部小说也奠定了他的世界声誉。

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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