ANDRE AND OSCAR

Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B76063

English Summary/英文概要： The Irish playwright Oscar Wilde is a quintessentially 1890s figure, one of the modern world’s first “celebrities”, though the scandal of his downfall resonates still today. André Gide, on the other hand, was recognised as the foremost French stylist of the first half of the 20th Century, showered with honours and crowned with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947.

So for many people it will come as something of a surprise to discover how far the two men’s lives overlapped during a period of 10 years. Fate brought them together in France, Italy and Algeria, the latter providing the occasion of Wilde’s insistence that Gide be initiated into the pleasures of the flesh, despite the strictures of his Protestant upbringing.

This book intertwines the story of their sometimes turbulent relationship with chapters on their respective mothers, wives and lovers, all of whom were players in their often heart-wrenching dramas.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 爱尔兰剧作家奥斯卡•王尔德先生是19世纪90年代独树一帜的人物, 同时，也是英国现代文坛的奠基人, 尽管他的同性恋丑闻至今仍被后人所诟病。另一方面, 安德烈•纪德先生，这位大家公认的20世纪上半叶最有影响力的法国作家, 他的作品一经出版，就受到了世人的交口称赞；并于1947年摘得诺贝尔文学奖的桂冠。

因此， 对大多数人来说，能够发现这两个人的生活在10年间有交集绝对是一件令人啧啧称奇的事情。命运之神把他们两人带到了同时期的法国、意大利和阿尔及利亚；安德烈•纪德先生与奥斯卡•王尔德的同性恋主张如出一辙, 尽管他在一个教规严厉的新教徒家庭里长大。

本书独辟蹊径，以他们各自的母亲、妻子、情人和孩子们为切入点， 这些人都对他们两人的未来创作以及今后人生起到了至关重要的影响。(Susie)

Awards/获奖情况：“本文的谋篇布局如同行云流水一般…字里行间无不流露出作者敏锐的洞察力以及对十九世纪末同性恋者生活状态的详细解读。”——The Stage杂志

“Exceptionally well written… full of perception and information about homosexual lifestyles at the end of the nineteenth century.”The Stage

About the Author/作者介绍： 乔纳森•弗莱尔是享誉英国文坛的著名作家和评论员。他是研究奥斯卡•王尔德作品的权威人士，迄今为止，他已创作并发表了很多关于奥斯卡•王尔德的著作和演讲（奥斯卡•王尔德，19世纪英国最伟大的作家与艺术家之一，以其剧作、诗歌、童话和小说闻名。）和王尔德一样，他毕业于英国的顶尖学府——牛津大学，弗莱尔还是奥斯卡•王尔德文学协会的创办人之一。

The British writer and broadcaster Jonathan Fryer studied French at Tours while in his teens and it was through his research into the writings of André Gide that he first became aware of the extraordinary links between Gide and Oscar Wilde. The author’s other literary biographies include studies of Dylan Thomas and Christopher Isherwood.

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