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THE BIRD OF NIGHT

Book ID/图书代码: 12100010B38524

English Summary/英文概要: The Bird of Night is a novel by Susan Hill. It won the 1972 Whitbread Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 34 years later she commented: A novel of mine was shortlisted for Booker and won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction. It was a book I have never rated. I don’t think it works, though there are a few good things in it. I don’t believe in the characters or the story.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 1972年,蘇珊•希爾憑藉小說《夜鳥》獲得了惠特佈雷德獎,入圍布克獎。
34年後,蘇珊這樣評論這本書:
我的這部小說入圍了布克獎,並獲得了惠特佈雷德小說獎。儘管書中有些值得一讀的東西,我卻從未看好這本書。我根本不相信書中的人物和故事。(Ruby)

Awards/获奖情况:There are some books which resonate forever - I read Bird of Night, and almost all Susan Hill’s other work, when first published and have never forgotten either the reality of living with a man so haunted as Francis nor the Aldeburgh setting. (I made my first visit there after reading this book.) I’m re-reading it as a book group choice (mine) and surprisingly it hasn’t dated. Susan Hill is a brilliant writer, especially when creatng characters beyond her experience (a mad homosexual poet, the soldiers in Strange Meeting, etc.) Her sense of place and of desolate emotions is superb.

About the Author/作者介绍: 蘇珊•希爾(1942—),英國當代影響廣泛的女小說家、廣播劇作家。1942年出生於約克郡斯卡巴勒,1963年畢業于倫敦大學皇家學院英國文學系,獲特優生稱號。此後5年任《考文垂電訊晚報》書評專欄作家。
自1939年起,成為專業作家、記者、廣播員,並一度專為英國廣播公司撰寫電視劇本。1975年與莎士比亞專家斯坦利•威爾斯結婚,此後便停止創作,但仍然是位傑出的批評家、廣播員和書評家。
她10多年間所創作的小說,一直盛銷不衰。希爾的作品講究傳統結構、藝術上精益求精,而且具有鮮明的主題,——探索現代人的孤獨感、失敗感和隔離感。她以其女性特有的敏感,於細微處見出人物獨特的心理狀態,往往寥寥數筆,盡得主人公(多為老人、小孩)內心的隱秘和感情的微妙。
蘇珊16歲時便寫出頗為成功的處女作《圍牆》;在倫敦大學讀本科時,又創作出《幫個忙》,此後作品趨向成熟,陸續發表了長篇小說《紳士淑女》,《我是城堡之王》(1971年薩默塞特•毛姆獎)、《夜鳥》(1972年惠特比獎)等優秀作品,同時,她也是雀巢聰明豆兒童圖書金獎得主。

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