雪莉.傑克森(Shirley Jackson)
美國現代小說家,出生於舊金山。在她短暫的人生裡,出版了六部長篇小說、一部劇本、一本詩集、四本童書和五十五篇短篇小說,以及其他一些散文作品。她所遺留的作品雖不算多,對後世文壇的影響卻難以想像。一些美國文壇名家如史蒂芬.金,便對她極力推崇,並將《燃燒的凝視》一書獻給這位大師。
雪莉.傑克森最知名的短篇小說〈樂透〉於一九四八年發表在《紐約客》雜誌。小說一刊登,迅即造成極大的迴響,被譽為《紐約客雜誌》「有史以來無人能匹敵的最高人氣作品」。然而它的超高人氣,不僅僅是讚譽而已,還包含了使《紐約客》雜誌收到有史以來最激烈的讀者回應──上百封抗議信如雪片般飛來,指控這篇小說對社會產生負面影響,有些讀者甚至直接退訂雜誌,以示不滿;亦有不少讀者致電給出版社,想要打聽小說情節是否為真。
不過,面對作品引起如此廣泛的討論與爭議,雪莉.傑克森卻從不多作評註及回應,儘管許多讀者不解其作品涵義,她仍沉默以對,認為「已將該說的都寫在作品裡了」。
而今,雪莉.傑克森的小說已成為美國家喻戶曉的作品,即使在台灣,也常是英文系學生的指定閱讀經典。她的作品已有多部被拍成電影,例如大衛.塞爾夫所執導的《鬼入侵》,即改編自她的長篇小說The Haunting of Hill House,它同時名列藍燈書屋「現代文庫」讀者票選出的「二十世紀百大英文長篇小說」。她的作品受到讀者口碑相傳逾半世紀,《雪莉.傑克森經典短篇小說選集──樂透》更是一部無法被遺忘的經典。
发表于2024-11-23
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You would probably think the story is about luck, as the title indicates “The Lottery”. Everything seems alright, plain and normal until we see Mrs Hutchinson is stoned to death. The prize for the “winner” is death or sacrifice. When you reach to the ...
评分You would probably think the story is about luck, as the title indicates “The Lottery”. Everything seems alright, plain and normal until we see Mrs Hutchinson is stoned to death. The prize for the “winner” is death or sacrifice. When you reach to the ...
评分The short story, The Lottery, is a classic work of an American novelist, Shirley Jackson. It narrates a story about the people of a small village that held an annual activity of lottery, the person who was chosen from the lottery would be hit to death by st...
评分You would probably think the story is about luck, as the title indicates “The Lottery”. Everything seems alright, plain and normal until we see Mrs Hutchinson is stoned to death. The prize for the “winner” is death or sacrifice. When you reach to the ...
评分You would probably think the story is about luck, as the title indicates “The Lottery”. Everything seems alright, plain and normal until we see Mrs Hutchinson is stoned to death. The prize for the “winner” is death or sacrifice. When you reach to the ...
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雪莉.傑克森是美國驚悚恐怖小說大師,寫作風格深深影響了史蒂芬.金、尼爾.蓋曼等文學名家。史蒂芬.金曾引用雪莉. 傑克森的文句作為小說開頭,甚至寫出《燃燒的凝視》一書,來獻給這位大師。她的小說既非無中生有的靈異,也不見血腥場面,儘管只是日常生活中偶爾流出的一絲不安,卻能在人心中擴散成巨大的恐懼,讓人嚇得頭皮發麻,更反映出每個人內心嚮往毀滅與黑暗的那個角落。本書所收錄的25個短篇,皆為經典之作,出版至今雖已逾半世紀,仍受到世代讀者口碑相傳,聲譽持久不衰。
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