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Flaubert's Parrot

Flaubert's Parrot
作者:Julian Barnes
出版社:Vintage Classics
出版年:2009-07
ISBN:9780099540588
行业:其它
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内容简介

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey and his own life.

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作者简介

Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, including Metroland, Flauberts Parrot, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters, England, England and Arthur and George, and two collections of short stories, Cross Channel and The Lemon Table.

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读书文摘

1846年,居斯塔夫曾怀疑自己是否有能力写出有出版价值的东西,他宣称:“假如有天我真的现身,那一定是全副武装。”

1836年 在特鲁维尔结识了一位徳国音乐出版商的妻子埃莉萨・施莱辛格,对她一见“倾”心。这份感情的影响一直持续到青少年时代的结。她对他极为和蔼和关爱;他们在接下来的四十年里一直保持联系。回想往事,他很欣慰她并未接受这份爱恋:“幸福就像天花。得太早,会毁掉你的身体。”

我并不太喜欢巧合。它们有些诡异: 那一瞬间,你觉得自己一定是生活在上帝操纵的有序宇宙中,他本人在背后监督,还扔给你一些含混的线索,帮你感受万物宿命的存在。我更宁愿认为世界是混沌而任性的,它的疯狂既永恒又短暂——去感觉人类无比确定的无知、残忍和愚昧。

让巧合合法化的一种方式,当然,就是管它们叫反讽。聪明人就是这么干的。反讽毕竟是现代模式,是寻求共鸣和机智的酒友。谁会反对它呢?但有时我心想,最富于机智和共鸣的反讽,难道不就是外观漂亮、内有底蕴的巧合吗?

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