莎拉·沃特斯(Sarah Waters),1966年齣生於英國威爾斯,現居南倫敦。沃特斯是英國當代備受矚目的文壇新星,全職小說作傢。
文學博士齣身的沃特斯,深諳寫作之道,擅長捕捉讀者心理,營造懸疑驚悚的故事氛圍。當沃斯特在撰寫博士論文時,對19世紀倫敦生活産生瞭濃厚興趣,並開始寫小說。作品均以維多利亞時代為背景,優雅飄渺的氛圍中帶有神秘懸疑感。她的前三部小說,使她獲得瞭主流評論傢和新聞界的高度贊揚。
A novel of relationships set in 1940s London that brims with vivid historical detail, thrilling coincidences, and psychological complexity, by the author of the Booker Prize finalist Fingersmith.
Sarah Waters, whose works set in Victorian England have awards and acclaim and have reinvigorated the genres of both historical and lesbian fiction, returns with novel that marks a departure from nineteenth century and a spectacular leap forward in the career of this masterful storyteller.
Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit liasons, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of Londoners: three women and a young man with a past-whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in ways that are surprising not always known to them. In wartime London, the women work-as ambulance drivers, ministry clerks, and building inspectors. There are feats of heroism, epic and quotidian, and tragedies both enormous and personal, but the emotional interiors of her characters that Waters captures with absolute and intimacy.
Waters describes with perfect knowingness the taut composure of a rescue worker in the aftermath of a bombing, the idle longing of a young woman her soldier lover, the peculiar thrill convict watching the sky ignite through the bars on his window, the hunger a woman stalking the streets for encounter, and the panic of another who sees her love affair coming end. At the same time, Waters is absolute control of a narrative that offers up subtle surprises and exquisite twists, even as it depicts the impact grand historical event on individual lives.
Tender, tragic, and beautifully poignant, The Night Watch is a towering achievement that confirms its author as "one of the best storytellers alive today" (Independent on Sunday).
發表於2024-06-01
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讀《荊棘之城》到最後,暗暗責怪作者為什麼到高潮時便戛然而止。看瞭《守夜》,突然有點明白瞭。書裏的海倫總讓我覺得是二十世紀版的莫德,不僅因為作者似乎有意無意用一些細節將兩者聯係起來,更多的是海倫的內心世界。海倫齣身工人階層,在1941年遇見上層社會的凱,凱,高手...
評分 評分最近在看《守夜》,perfect,比想象的復雜。 在書堆瞭一眼把它叨齣來瞭,因為看到瞭"薩拉·沃特斯"。乾淨,沒書封沒序沒提要沒作者譯者介紹,開闆獻給某某,再一頁正文,我聞到諷刺的味道。二戰和愛情,嘖嘖。戰爭是不可追憶的戰爭,愛情是無法言語的愛情。印象最深那個情節,...
評分for 南方都市報 從《輕舔絲絨》(Tipping the Velvet)、《親和力》(Affinity)到《指匠情挑》(Fingersmith),英國作傢薩拉·沃特斯的小說均以維多利亞時期為背景,書寫同性戀者的生活。而花費四年時間寫成的《守夜》(Night Watch)首次將小說背景設置為1940年代二戰前後...
評分莎拉•沃特斯是一位多少帶有異色的純文學作傢。她的前三部小說都以十九世紀為背景,寫的是重重禁錮之下的女人之間的愛情。沃特斯善於在故事中混閤陰謀與愛情,手法傳統,包袱層疊,是愛情小說,更是偵探佳作。前三部作品均被搬上BBC的劇集或大銀幕,沃特斯也因此格外受人...
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可惜語言能力有限,跳著看的。
評分can't grade a foreign novel.
評分去年去把JULIA和HELEN那天晚上的走的路走瞭一遍。
評分all right.
評分去年去把JULIA和HELEN那天晚上的走的路走瞭一遍。
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