A BIT ON THE SIDE
Book ID/图书代码: 06580004B06691
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Chinese Summary/中文概要: 文筆細膩,可媲美契訶夫(俄國知名文學家 Anton Chekhov)的威廉.崔佛(William Trevor),向讀者呈現了十二篇小故事,講述著各種社會上小人物的故事,描述當代城市和鄉村生活人性和非人性方面…
一位侍者對他的前妻坦承他之前犯下罪行後的動盪生活;慘遭不幸的女子反覆不停地訴說著父母親不穩定的婚姻生活;女學生後悔四處八卦家庭老師被戴綠帽子的事情;而本書書名則是關於一個中年的會計師為何想要結束外遇的故事。(Vicky)
Awards/获奖情况:最受尊崇的當代英國作家之一
三度奪下惠特筆年度小說獎 (Whitbread Book Awards)
二度榮獲霍桑登獎 (Hawthornden Prize for Literature)
五度入選英國曼布克獎 (The Man Booker Prize)
曾獲頒著名的大衛.柯恩英國文學終身成就獎(David Cohen British Literature Prize) Review
“Reading the Irish writer William Trevor is like drinking cool water when you are tired. You may think you want something stronger or fizzier than his understated prose and his calm understanding of the human condition; but before long you realise that he is providing the kind of refreshment you really need…. His [10]th volume of short stories shows him at his best…. He holds the attention without any melodrama or cheap tricks.”---The Sunday Telegraph, April 18, 2004
“Beautiful, spartan prose…His characters are concisely drawn. [They] understand the consolations of sympathy. [This] is a suggestion that lends a human quality to his writing.”---Saturday Telegraph, April 24, 2004
“Perfectly crafted stories… In his tenth book of stories William Trevor displays a matter-of-fact mastery. His tone and material are distinctive without any striving–it’s rare for him to raise his voice…. Trevor keeps his point of view fluid, so that the reader’s impressions of a central character can be enriched by other people’s…. Trevor has laid claim to a large stretch of human terrain. He must go on exploring it, even at the risk of turning it into a private and increasingly imaginary country. Call it Trevorland.”---The Observer, April 25, 2004
About the Author/作者介绍: 威廉.崔佛(William Trevor)1928年出生於科克郡(County Cork)的米契爾斯頓(Mitchelstown),童年時光都在愛爾蘭度過。他上過幾所愛爾蘭學校,之後進了都柏林的三一大學(Trinity College)。他是愛爾蘭文學學會的會員之一,也是英國知名小說家,出版過許多作品,獲獎不斷。
長篇小說作品中《老朽男孩》(The Old Boys,1964)與《旅店》(The Boarding House,1965),皆獲得霍桑登獎,《丹姆絲的孩童》(The Children of Dynmonth,1976)與《幸運愚者》(Fools of Fortune,1983),這兩本作品都獲得英國惠特筆小說獎。《沉寂的花園》(The Silence in the Garden,1988)得到當年的《約克郵報》書獎,《兩種生命切片》(Two Lives)獲得《星期週報》的年度書獎提名,收錄於《CHEATING AT CANASTA》的〈閱讀圖格鎳〉(Reading Turgenev,1991)同時入選布克獎決選名單。其餘尚有三本作品入圍布克獎決選名單:《露西的意外人生》(THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT,2002。新苗)、《大嘴巴堤摩西》 (The Children of Dynmouth,1976。新苗)、《艾克德芬‧歐妮爾太太的旅館》(Mrs Eckdorfin O’Neill’s Hotel,1970)。他也是位著名的短篇故事作家,曾寫過舞臺劇、廣播劇和電視劇劇本,有些電視劇是以他的短篇故事為基礎。作品《Felicia’s Journey》,榮獲1994年英國惠特筆年度圖書大獎,在1999年改拍成電影《意外的旅程》,同名譯作由時報文化出版(版權已開放)。《CHEATING AT CANASTA》2007年紐約時報評選為百大好書之一。
崔佛自認受喬哀斯(James Joyce)短篇故事寫作的影響:致力挖掘與社會中下階層人物息息相關的生活陰暗面。整體而言,崔佛的作品並不晦暗;特別是早期作品富含高度諷刺的幽默性,讀者能因此觀照生活中的悲喜劇。
崔佛於一九九九年獲頒著名的大衛.柯恩英國文學終身成就獎(David Cohen British Literature Prize),老當益壯的他,創作力持續,是最受尊崇的當代作家之一。 英國「當代作家」網頁上的介紹:www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth122
台灣自由新聞網介紹http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2004/new/sep/23/life/article-5.htm
曼布克獎網站介紹: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/authors/60
維基百科介紹: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trevor
BBC3作者訪談: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/johntusainterview/trevor_transcript.shtml
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