[英]伊恩·麥奎爾(Ian McGuire)
成長於英國赫爾市,畢業於曼徹斯特大學和弗吉尼亞大學,是曼徹斯特大學創意寫作中心的創始人兼副院長。小說曾發錶於《芝加哥評論》《巴黎評論》等。他的首部小說是《難以置信的身體》(Incredible Bodies)。《北海鯨夢》是伊恩・麥奎爾的第二本小說,他擅長描寫聲音和氣味,不論是捕鯨獵熊、開刀驗屍,以及船員的南腔北調,都讓人身臨其境,寫實程度不輸給奧斯卡大贏傢《荒野獵人》。
"A fast-paced, gripping story set in a world of gruesome violence and perversity, where 'why?' is not a question and murder happens on a whim: but where a very faint ray of grace and hope lights up the landscape of salt and blood and ice. A tour de force of narrative tension and a masterful reconstruction of a lost world that seems to exist at the limits of the human imagination." —Hilary Mantel
“This is a novel that takes us to the limits of flesh and blood. Utterly convincing and compelling, remorselessly vivid, and insidiously witty, The North Water is a startling achievement.” —Martin Amis
A nineteenth-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original tale that grips like a thriller.
Behold the man: stinking, drunk, and brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle. Also aboard for the first time is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money, and no better option than to sail as the ship's medic on this violent, filthy, and ill-fated voyage.
In India, during the Siege of Delhi, Sumner thought he had experienced the depths to which man can stoop. He had hoped to find temporary respite on the Volunteer, but rest proves impossible with Drax on board. The discovery of something evil in the hold rouses Sumner to action. And as the confrontation between the two men plays out amid the freezing darkness of an arctic winter, the fateful question arises: who will survive until spring?
With savage, unstoppable momentum and the blackest wit, The North Water weaves a superlative story of humanity under the most extreme conditions.
發表於2024-05-13
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這本書大概從20%的地方開始吸引瞭我,就是那段Sumner不小心掉入冰海裏,數次掙紮仍未能爬上冰塊,最後slumps backwards into the dark water and away的那個結尾,像美劇的畫麵一樣,讓人住不住想看下去他到底有沒有活下來。四天一口氣讀完瞭剩下的80%,每一章的結尾總有一個...
評分一艘駛嚮格陵蘭島的捕鯨船,幾個心中各懷鬼胎的船員。極度寒冷、風雪肆虐、食物匱乏、藥品短缺。這注定是一場有去無迴的旅程。如果人類的極限可以抵抗自然的偉力,那麼對於人心的罪惡與凶險,又是否具有免疫的能力? 英國作傢伊恩.麥奎爾的近作《北海鯨夢》是一部具有“硬核”...
評分 評分《北海鯨夢》齣版以後,我的朋友問我這部小說可不可以給她兒子看,我笑瞭一下,如果作為童話的話,這個故事可有點兒黑呀。 因為這不是一部跟花兒呀、溫暖呀、陽光呀、詩呀有關的書。誠然,捕鯨的曆程堪稱史詩,但那是慘烈的、純粹男性化的、掙紮在生與死的邊緣的故事。 這是一...
評分《北海鯨夢》齣版以後,我的朋友問我這部小說可不可以給她兒子看,我笑瞭一下,如果作為童話的話,這個故事可有點兒黑呀。 因為這不是一部跟花兒呀、溫暖呀、陽光呀、詩呀有關的書。誠然,捕鯨的曆程堪稱史詩,但那是慘烈的、純粹男性化的、掙紮在生與死的邊緣的故事。 這是一...
圖書標籤: 英國文學 小說 英文原版 聽解讀 驚悚 聽讀 有聲讀物 小說
文字生猛又冷峻,充滿戳刺感官的細節血肉。嚴酷蒼茫的北極海域如舞颱,接連上演捕鯨血戰、殘忍命案與船難求生,無論對自然還是對同類,都在試探著文明缺席時獸性袒露的幅度。人性之惡被赤裸呈現而不加解釋,作者大概信奉性惡論。男主角在愛斯基摩女人對他開口說英文時,大為驚怒,叫她走開。
評分感覺有點毛骨悚然
評分Dark, violent, unsettling, more a literary fiction than a thriller
評分Dark, violent, unsettling, more a literary fiction than a thriller
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The North Water 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載