VOSS
Book ID/图书代码： 01370505B08594
English Summary/英文概要： This novel opens in Sydney, 1845, with the German explorer Voss preparing to cross the Australian continent. This physical aspect of the novel is loosely based on the ill-fated expedition of Ludwig Leichhardt.
Prior to leaving Sydney, Voss meets Laura Trevelyan. Laura is the niece of one of Voss’s patrons and is perhaps the only person apart from Voss himself who perceives that his journey is a challenge of will as much as a geographical journey of discovery. Voss and Laura, despite only meeting four times before he departs, form a spiritual bond which strengthens during the course of the novel.
This is a deeply sad story of tragic love in Australia’s colonial times. Voss, "The German" and Laura, a young Sydney woman, are societal misfits who meet quite awkwardly in drawing room one day. Soon after this meeting, Voss begins his epic journey into the unknown Australian outback. As the journey progresses he realizes his love for Laura and writes her a letter asking for her hand in marriage. She accepts his proposal and a love affair of the minds begins. More letters are written but never received by either party. Amazingly, their love blossoms for each other in a small minded, petty, and class driven society. Sadly, in the end their love is tragically never to be.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《探险家沃斯》原名《沃斯》，是一九七三年诺贝尔文学奖获得者，澳大利亚作家帕特里克•怀特的第五部长篇小说,出版于一九五七年。本书与一九五五年出版的《人树》均为作者的成名作。尽管澳大利亚评论界对于怀特的作品有过争论，人们对《探险家沃斯》的评价却是一致的。一九八六年三月，经澳大利亚诗人与小说家马鲁夫改编的歌剧《沃斯》在阿得雷德艺术节上演出，深受好评，被誉为澳大利亚第一出真正的民族歌剧。
澳大利亚作家、诺贝尔奖获得者帕特里克•怀特的长篇名作。本书以十九世纪中叶一支探险队深入澳洲内陆、神秘失踪为蓝本,展现了人与自然、灵魂与肉体之间的漫长斗争，是一部新的“天路历程”。作者还生动地描绘了上个世纪澳洲殖民地的风土人情。(360C)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 帕特里克•怀特（PatrickVictorMartindaleWhite，1912-1990）澳大利亚小说家、剧作家。生于英国。怀特自幼喜爱文学，9岁就能读懂莎士比亚戏剧。1932年，怀特赴英国剑桥皇家学院研读现代语言，毕业后留英国。第二次世界大战期间，他服役于英国皇家空军情报部门，赴中东工作五年。1948年回澳大利亚定居，先经营农牧场，后专门从事写作。 怀特的第一部小说是《快乐的山谷》（1939）、成名作是《人之树》（1955），这部长篇巨著获“澳大利亚的创世纪”之称，给作家带来国际声誉。此后又发表了《伏斯》（1957）、《可靠的曼陀罗》（1966）、《活体解剖者》（1970）等长篇小说和《烧伤者》（1964）、《白鹦鹉集》等短篇小说集，以及剧本《在沙萨帕里拉的季节里》（1961）、《快乐的灵魂》（1962）、《秃山之夜》（1962）等。1973年，怀特发表了他最著名的长篇小说《风暴眼》，同年获诺贝尔文学奖，以表彰“他那史诗般气概和刻画人物心理的叙事艺术，把一个新大陆介绍到文学领域中来”。怀特将这笔奖金捐出，设立了“怀特文学奖”。Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. White’s international breakthrough novel was VOSS (1957), a symbolic story of a doomed journey into the Australian desert. RIDERS IN THE CHARIOT (1961) was set in the imaginary Sydney suburban town, Sarsaparilla, White’s Yoknapatawpha. These works established him as one of the most important modern writers.
Patrick White was born in England in 1912, when his parents were in Europe for two years; at six months he was taken back to Australia where his father owned a sheep station. When he was thirteen Patrick White was sent to school in England, to Cheltenham, and after four rather miserable years there he went to King’s College, Cambridge, where he specialized in languages. After leaving the university he settled in London, determined to become a writer.
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