SOMETHING SPECIAL
Book ID/图书代码： 00470005B12212
English Summary/英文概要： Something Special was previously unpublished except in a 1950s anthology and in Japan, and rediscovered after her death.
It is the only short story that Iris Murdoch ever wrote for publication .Set in Dublin, against the vividly recognizable backdrop of the writer’s native city in the late fifties, Something Special is the story of Yvonne, an ordinary, bold young Irish woman who believes there’s more to life than marriage to Sam, the respectable young man who’s courting her.
Written with verve and characteristic sly humor, it moves to a surprising climax and conclusion - a poignant, strangely haunting story about the incompatibility of dreams and desires.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《特別的事》除了於20世紀50年代在日本入選某本文學選集外，此後再無出版記錄。作者死後這部作品才重新進入公眾的視野。
這是默多克唯一一本為出版而創作的短片故事。儘管故事發生在都柏林，讀者可以從中清晰地發現作者家鄉在20世紀50年代時期的影子。故事的主人公是一個叫做伊馮的平凡而勇敢的年輕女子，在她看來人生有很多事情遠比嫁給山姆更為重要。山姆是一位人格高尚的小夥子，而且一直在追求著伊馮。
本書充滿熱情和典型的狡猾式幽默，高潮和結局出乎意料。這也是一本尖銳深刻，給人以強烈感受的故事，講述了夢想與欲望之間的不一致性。(兼职翻译-XMM)
Awards/获奖情况：The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1969): The Nice and the Good
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1970): Bruno’s Dream
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Novel winner (1973) : The Black Prince
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1973): The Black Prince
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1974): The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
The Booker Prize Best Novel winner (1978): The Sea, the Sea
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1985): The Good Apprentice
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1987): The Book and the Brotherhood
’A delight for Murdoch enthusiasts’---Guardian
About the Author/作者介绍： Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She went to Badminton School, Bristol, and read classics at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a fellow of St Anne’s college. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year’s Honours List. She died in February 1999.
艾麗絲•默多克女爵士（Iris Murdoch，1919-1999年），愛爾蘭小說家。在作品中她審視了自由、愛、性、道德以及命運之間的關係。她以敘述技巧、機智和獨創性而著稱。她的小說經常關注哲學的困境，情節構思精細而複雜，人物具有象徵意義。《鐘》（The Bell）（1958年）是她最知名的作品，書中描寫了一個世俗宗教團體的明爭暗鬥。默多克出生於都柏林，1942年畢業于牛津大學，1987年被授予大英帝國女勳爵頭銜。她一生創作頗豐,有二十五部小說、六個劇本、一冊詩集及五部哲學著作問世。由其丈夫約翰•貝雷(John Bayley)所著的回憶錄《挽歌獻愛妻》改編而成的電影《艾麗絲的情書》,在第五十二屆柏林電影節上備受追捧,轟動一時。
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