Lighthousekeeping

詹妮特·温特森（1959—）英国当今实力派女作家，出生于英国的曼彻斯特，在英格兰北部兰开夏郡的阿克灵顿被收养长大，所受的是刻板的福音派信教会教育。第一部小说《橘子不是惟一的水果》发表于1985年，赢得了很高的赞誉。其他作品还有《激情》、《性和樱桃》、《在身体上写作》、《艺术与谎言》等。《守望灯塔》为其最新力作。

出版者:Harvest Books

作者:[英] 珍妮特·温特森

页数:252

出版时间:2006-04-03

价格:USD 14.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780156032896

图书标签:JeanetteWinterson小说英文原版英国英国文学外国文学English.Literature英文

A child born of chance might imagine that Chance was its father, in the way that gods fathered children, and then abandoned them, without a backward glance, but with one small gift. I wondered if a gift had been left for me. I had no idea where to look, or what I was looking for, but I know now that all important journeys start that way. 'Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of ties that bind and of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark's, a nineteenth century clergyman, opens like a map that Silver must follow. Caught in her own particular darknesses, she embarks on an Ulyssean sift through the stories we tell ourselves, stories of love and loss, of passion and longing, stories of unending journeys that move through places and times, and the bleak finality of the shores of betrayal. But finally, "I love you. The most difficult words in the world. But what else can I say?" A story of mutability, of talking birds and stolen books, of Darwin and Stevenson and of the Jekyll and Hyde in all of us.

读后感

十九世纪到二十世纪，作为欧洲来说，算得上是世界范围内的行业大发展，无论是航海、渔业还是蒸汽、工业都呈现百花齐放的态势。在这个时期，仿佛一切都有可能，那些不同寻常的，那些匪夷所思的，那些令人不解的，具有非常浓厚的神秘色彩，一切皆可想象，一切皆有可能。 要论思想...

对我这种浅薄的人来说，皮相之必要，有时甚于内涵。像《守望灯塔》，之所以千里迢迢从上海书城拖回家，只是为了它的书名和装帧。宁谧的靛蓝色背景上有个灯塔昏蒙的影子，发亮的是黄色信号灯，强烈的视觉冲击。印象中前些年是找过这本书的，但当时没有中文版。英文版的封面上有...  

文/夏丽柠 珍妮特.温特森是英伦文学世界里的一朵奇异之花。倘若将她比喻成花朵，我想她更青睐于自拟成水果。如此说来，她的作品里有《橘子不是唯一的水果》、《给樱桃以性别》以及《苹果笔记本》就毫不奇怪了。如果我们真的被这色彩斑斓的水果篮所迷惑，就会错过一个或者几个...  

真正的魔幻现实决不可能被发现在除拉美以外的任何土地上，包括詹妮特温特森的英格兰，以及这个名叫索尔茨的苏格兰海边小镇。 好吧，让我们先不要作任何的辨别，让我们来讲故事吧，让我用我的生活来讲一个重新开始的故事，一个我不知道的故事吧！或者让我们叫它们寓言，关于爱...  

用户评价

A short and beautiful story. The original one maintains more sentiment and blandness.

It moved me to tears, tears mixed with fear and trembling.

The continous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.

I'll call you, and we'll light a fire, and drink some wine, and recognize each other in the place that is ours. Don't wait. Don't tell the story later. Life is so short. This stretch of sea and sand, this walk on the shore, before the tide covers everything we have done. I love you. The three most difficult words in the world. But what else can

Love is an unarmed intruder. 近期读过的最好的英语小说。有中文翻译版，但是美妙的英文语言不知道能不能翻出感觉。个人觉得有点儿《芒果街上的小屋》以及《情人》的影子，也有人说这是魔幻现实文学。