Julian Patrick Barnes is a contemporary English writer of postmodernism in literature. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize--- Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005), and won the prize for The Sense of an Ending (2011). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh.
Following an education at the City of London School and Merton College, Oxford, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. Subsequently, he worked as a literary editor and film critic. He now writes full-time. His brother, Jonathan Barnes, is a philosopher specialized in Ancient Philosophy.
He lived in London with his wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh, until her death on 20 October 2008.
发表于2025-01-22
The Noise of Time 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
最近北京的天又渐渐地蓝了起来。前几年,相比小时的记忆,北京的天色显得十分单调。不见了土黄的沙尘暴和湛蓝的秋高气爽、黎明时的鱼肚白或是晴夜里的深湛星空。取而代之的是一年四季的灰色。神似艾略特诗中伦敦的模样,沉重的灰暗空气像是有着生命,用身体挤压着窗扇,也挤压...
评分When someone repeats the old adage that no one ever put up a statue to a critic, you could always try saying: “Well, Stalin ...” Stalin, of course, was known for rather more than his ear for music, but it would have to be one of the more insulting ironies...
评分谈到英国小说家朱利安·巴恩斯,普通读者和尖刻的评论家首先会想到的一个词是:聪明。这不仅仅指巴恩斯总能带给人新鲜的感觉(特别是在小说内容趋向同质化的今天),而且还在于巴恩斯似乎总能找到最贴切的叙述方式,更不用提语言的精炼和美感,以及层出不穷的金句。从《福楼拜...
评分《见证》风行一时以后,对这个世界而言,肖斯塔科维奇还有秘密吗?朱利安•巴恩斯要以肖斯塔科维奇为主角写一本小说,等于给自己设置了至少两道屏障。一是,肖斯塔科维奇的音乐懂的人少但他的故事知道的人不少,小说的基本创作手法就是虚构,用真实的历史人物做主角,虚构还...
评分《时间的噪音》『英』朱利安·巴恩斯 The Noise of Time— Julian Barnes 译林出版社 ⏱命运。这是一个大词,意味着某些事你无能为力。当生活告诉你,“就这样”,你只好点头,称之为命运。p13 ⏱在一部小说中,他生活中所有的焦虑,他的强大和软弱的混合,他歇斯底里的潜...
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In 1936, Shostakovitch, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant figure, has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia (or, more likely, executed on the spot), Shostakovitch reflects on his predicament, his personal history, his parents, various women and wives, his children—and all who are still alive themselves hang in the balance of his fate. And though a stroke of luck prevents him from becoming yet another casualty of the Great Terror, for decades to come he will be held fast under the thumb of despotism: made to represent Soviet values at a cultural conference in New York City, forced into joining the Party and compelled, constantly, to weigh appeasing those in power against the integrity of his music.
Barnes elegantly guides us through the trajectory of Shostakovitch's career, at the same time illuminating the tumultuous evolution of the Soviet Union. The result is both a stunning portrait of a relentlessly fascinating man and a brilliant exploration of the meaning of art and its place in society.
9.11-9.12 拾起读完。情感充沛然而压抑。One to hear,One to remember,And one to drink. 数月前因为肖斯塔科维奇而买的这本The Noise of Time,这两天才翻出来读完,也是我第一次读Julian Barnes。肖斯塔科维奇的经历让人发凉,我想也许小说是另一种阐述,但它确确实实就是那种让人喉咙发紧的书。我们读1984读到老大哥时,有时候都会发笑,但这本书就是不能笑。 封面是肖斯塔科维奇提着箱子的等待。那个年代许多艺术家莫名其妙地消失,他不想被家人看到自己被逮捕的场面,所以每天自己提着装了行李的箱子在电梯口等着。做懦夫比做勇士难,勇士身后是更多人的牺牲,懦夫忍受的则是双倍的拷问。所以反反复复出现的诘问:生比死更容易吗?
评分与其说是传记不如说是苍凉咏叹调 用抗拒的悲伤的目光注视着无法选择的人生。片断式记叙的3个leap year 越到结局越让我几欲落泪。只是至少如今 his music would be...just music
评分把心提到嗓子眼读完全本 以前听the Jazz album的时候开玩笑说觉得这张又皮又布尔乔亚 打开书读到肖斯塔科维奇的经历时候才才觉得心焦 集权体制下的音乐家 作品不能发表 职业生涯岌岌可危 终日惶恐担心自己会被带走而消失 纵然恐惧 畏缩 心理状态逐渐崩坏 终其一生还是想要维护家人 希望音乐能成为拯救自己的救赎者 始终对自己钟爱的音乐抱有热诚 这样的coward觉得也 非常勇敢
评分感情分加一星。将集权控制下艺术家的生存状态描绘地淋漓尽致:终其一生,肖斯塔科维奇都害怕伸过来抓取的手。这是一个一辈子被锁链捆绑的人,一个他人口中的懦夫,作者心中的英雄。最后,在所有的荣誉、羞耻、幻想、徒劳、讽刺都貌似远去后,在肉身终将殒灭的这个世界,会不会有一天——只是有一天——让音乐的归音乐?巴恩斯的笔法一直是严肃的,写精神上的苦难,但不消费苦难。三幕剧用了相同的开头,即使都写到恐惧,也是不同层次的心理状态。结尾的月台与开头呼应,「a triad」是嘈杂时代中飘忽的光,读到这里不禁有些泪目。One to hear/One to remember/And one to drink. 最终,还是有人去倾听,思考,铭记。
评分把心提到嗓子眼读完全本 以前听the Jazz album的时候开玩笑说觉得这张又皮又布尔乔亚 打开书读到肖斯塔科维奇的经历时候才才觉得心焦 集权体制下的音乐家 作品不能发表 职业生涯岌岌可危 终日惶恐担心自己会被带走而消失 纵然恐惧 畏缩 心理状态逐渐崩坏 终其一生还是想要维护家人 希望音乐能成为拯救自己的救赎者 始终对自己钟爱的音乐抱有热诚 这样的coward觉得也 非常勇敢
The Noise of Time 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书