发表于2024-12-23
Wake Up, Sir! 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: Novel Jonathan Ames
WAKE UP, SIR! is an homage to the novels and stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It is the story of a young alcoholic man, Alan Blair, and his valet, Jeeves. Now this Jeeves is not the same Jeeves as featured in Wodehouse - the fact that he possesses the same name is simply a mad coincidence. But, there is something curious about young Alan's valet - is he really there? Is he a mirage, a fantasy, an alcoholic hallucination, an invisible friend? Or does he really exist (as much as anyone can exist in fiction)? Regardless, Jeeves is there in one way or another as Ames brilliantly mimics the structure of many Wodehouse adventures. Instead of visiting a country estate, Alan and Jeeves go to an artist colony where Alan hopes to finish his novel, quit his drinking and possibly fall in love - three reasonable things for anyone to want ...whether attended to by a valet or not.
之前看过休叔的那版《Jeeves &Wooster》,感觉这本的模仿程度太重了,虽然也还是很有趣,
评分之前看过休叔的那版《Jeeves &Wooster》,感觉这本的模仿程度太重了,虽然也还是很有趣,
评分30多岁的Alan,几年前出版了一本书之后,一直挣扎写出第二部作品。戒酒无望的文艺青年,被纽约的室友赶出,父母不在世,借住到姑妈和姑父家。意外得到一笔遗产之后,竟然给自己请了个贴身男仆,搬离自己嫌弃无比的姑父家。一整本书描述了两人仅仅一周的经历,起起伏伏,读起来感觉过了好几个月。Alan永远不费吹灰之力就可以招来天大的麻烦,他的男仆Jeeves则是冷静理智的旁观者。书里太多让人忍俊不禁的神奇比喻,比如形容Alan的鼻子被打歪了是from left to right just like an English sentence. 之前还没读过大名鼎鼎的Wodehouse的经典Wooster & Jeeves,所以没有被模仿的风格困扰。不过立即被室友扔了一本Wodehouse的小说补做功课????
评分看到最后也不禁和主人公一起感叹,这三百多页的文字竟然只发生在一周以内,印象深刻的是侍从Jeeves将人生与电影相比较,两小时的电影是上百小时凝神拍摄的结晶,而数百万时刻拼凑的人生,在瞬息之间便能完成回忆和审视。The whole thing is a conundrum.
评分之前看过休叔的那版《Jeeves &Wooster》,感觉这本的模仿程度太重了,虽然也还是很有趣,
Wake Up, Sir! 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书