The Wild Palms

William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner), (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was an American author. He is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, and was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.

出版者:Vintage

作者:William Faulkner

页数:304

出版时间:1995-10-31

价格:USD 15.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780679741930

图书标签:WilliamFaulkner小说美国西方文学美国文学福克纳文学US

If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem is a novel by the American author William Faulkner published in 1939. The novel was originally published under the title The Wild Palms, which is the title of one of the two interwoven stories. This title was chosen by the publishers, Random House, over the objections of Faulkner's choice of a title. Subsequent editions have since been printed under the title If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (1990, following the "corrected text" and format of Noel Polk), and since 2003 it is now usually referred to by both names, with the newer title following the historically first published title and in brackets, to avoid confusion: The Wild Palms [If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem].

Wild Palms/Old Man is a blend of two stories, a love story and a river story, entitled "Wild Palms" and "Old Man", respectively. Both stories tell us of a distinct relationship between a man and a woman. The novel starts with the first chapter, "Wild Palms", and continues, alternating the two stories chapter by chapter, until ending with the final chapter, "Old Man".

In an interesting example of literary tribute, Jorge Luis Borges translated the complete novel into Spanish as Las palmeras salvajes (1940), a work that influenced a good number of leading Latin American novelists.

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可能文化差异 很多对白感觉不得要领 但仍觉是非常好的作品

Between grief and nothing I will take grief. +10086

"They say love dies between two people. That's wrong. It doesn't die. It just leaves you, goes away, if you are not good enough, worthy enough. It doesn't die; you're the one that dies." "Between grief and nothing I will take grief."

可能文化差异 很多对白感觉不得要领 但仍觉是非常好的作品

虽然给了福克纳一票五星但唯独这本中文版我也读了英文版我也读了仍旧提不起太大兴趣。无法从音乐结构的角度来欣赏counterpoint，角色与故事也很难吸引我，总觉的他们干了很多事，可没一件是我有共鸣的，而且从语言上，他们想的也没那么多了。老人河里那种冒险片般的场面就更不适合我的胃口了。（但也许让李文俊老先生来翻一翻我会更喜欢毕竟英文版的虽说看完了其实也是吃力极了到底还是福克纳呀（有时候我也在拷问自己我喜欢的到底是真的福克纳还是李文俊的译文