Memoirs of Hadrian

出版者:Farrar, Straus and Giroux

作者:Marguerite Yourcenar

页数:408

译者:Grace Frick

出版时间:2005-5-18

价格:USD 16.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780374529260

具体描述

Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, "Memoirs of Hadrian" has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era.

作者简介

The first woman to be elected to The French Academy, the multi talented personality of Marguerite Yourcenar was a novelist, essayist, playwright, short story writer, poet and translator. She was an artist at reconstructing historical eras in the form of her novels. Her novels, dealing with modern issues set in historical eras won her immense fame as a writer.

The inheritance Yourcenar received after the death of her father, allowed her to devote herself to traveling and literary pursuits and love affairs on the Paris artistic scene. She joined a bohemian crowd of artists, moving between Paris, Lausanne, Athens, Istanbul, Brussels and the Greek islands, which inspired her travel writing "Nouvelles Orientales" and "Feux" based on Greek mythology.

Yourcenar was among the first female writers to live an openly lesbian lifestyle, and she moved to the USA in 1939 to live with her partner Grace Frick. The couple were to remain together until Frick’s death in 1979. She taught French History and History of Art, and continued to write: her novel "Mémoires d’Hadrien" was published in 1951 and enjoyed success with both the critics and the public worldwide.

She was an inveterate traveller and remained active right up to her death in 1987. She was a militant vegetarian and defender of the rights of animals and inspired Brigitte Bardot to set up her animal sanctuary.

读后感

A famous book, but not good for me. Mostly a bit of this and that, here and there, love, war, laws, travels, mourning, old age. It lacks focus and depth. For me, the most interesting part is his meditation about death. It rings genuine feelings. But again...  

因为罗芃老师的节译本只收入在《尤瑟纳尔研究》一书中，没有独立的豆瓣页面，故借地写一点最近重读罗译哈德良的随感。（五星好评给罗译） 豆瓣上有时会看到一些评论，说罗译接近知音体，没有体现尤瑟纳尔的高大上。其实，这里可能是对尤瑟纳尔有所误解的。尤瑟纳尔的文名很大，...  

我想看看那个为人议论的陈译烂句有无所本： 「我又见到了夜里披着散发的歪侧着的脑袋和眼睑的延伸部分使其显得斜视的眼睛以及好像沉入梦乡的宽阔的年轻的脸庞。」（东方出版社，2002年，陈筱卿译，163页） 好，来看看旧译： 「我重新见到了夜里披着散发的歪侧的脑袋，眼睑的...  

用最简单的话说，这是一个关于星象和掌纹的故事。 两千年前的某个星夜，那位通晓占星术的祖父把睡梦中的哈德里安摇醒，宣布：他命中注定要主宰帝国。火光映照着哈德里安十一岁的厚厚掌心，那手相与天宇之上的星座线条相契。那一晚，一只手印证了全部的星宿。 40年以后，51岁的...  

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用户评价

中文译文太搞笑了

“惊为天人”

梦想抚触大理石般文字

神马时候可以看法语本啊啊啊

很建议一读