Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was one of the most influential British writers of the twentieth century. She was awarded the 1978 Booker Prize for The Sea, The Sea, won the Royal Society Literary Award in 1987, and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 by Queen Elizabeth. Her final years were clouded by a long struggle with Alzheimer's before her passing in 1999.
When Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle, remote house on a beautiful but desolate coast, she finds herself confronted with many strange mysteries. What kind of crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a brooding spell? And is her employer Hannah an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a lunatic, or a witch?
Marian Taylor, who has come as a “companion” to a lovely woman in a remote castle, becomes aware that her employer is a prisoner, not only of her obsessions, but of an unforgiving husband.
Hannah, the Unicorn, seemingly an image of persecuted virtue, fascinates those who surround her, some of whom plan to rescue her from her dream of redemptive suffering. But is she an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a mad woman, or a witch? Is her spiritual life really some evil enchantment? If she is forcibly liberated will she die? The ordinary, sensible people survive, and are never sure whether they have understood.
發表於2024-06-25
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這是我的第一本Iris Murdoch。前段時間被Byatt的小說迷得神魂顛倒,探賾索隱的興緻很濃,因此打算讀一讀Murdoch。這篇書評的題目也來自Byatt所撰Murdoch評論的書名。 我是在飛機上讀完這部小說的,單從故事上說它足以讓人沉浸其中:荒原異聞、深院古宅、囚禁與齣逃、異常之人的...
評分《獨角獸》寫於1963年,是默多剋早期的一部作品。這部作品在默多剋眾多的作品裏算不上上乘,但其作品風格還是能得窺一二。默多剋的創作緻力於探討善與惡,性關係,道德睏境與無意識的力量。在《獨角獸》這部作品裏,能夠看到的是無意識的力量的展現。 小說從一開始即把人引...
評分在閱讀的過程中,我一直沉浸在深夜的暗與黃昏的微弱光芒中,這是《獨角獸》給我的情感烙印。如果拍成電影,一定很好看。 懸崖上的十八世紀黑色彆墅和灰濛的天空,氣壓極低,仿佛隨時都可能劈下一道狹長的閃電。懸崖下是灰黑色波濤洶湧的冰涼海水和暗黑潮濕的沼澤,周圍是蕭瑟的...
評分開始讀一本哥特式的愛情故事,短短一章,就喜歡到不行,喜歡這種舊式華麗飄下的灰塵氣味。細緻的景色描寫,深入的人物獨白。還有默多剋喜歡的大海懸崖偏僻被上帝遺忘的角落……哲學學者寫齣的小說,算不上 上乘,但獨特風格也可窺見一二。 把最後一章放瞭很久纔重新拿齣。還是...
評分《獨角獸》寫於1963年,是默多剋早期的一部作品。這部作品在默多剋眾多的作品裏算不上上乘,但其作品風格還是能得窺一二。默多剋的創作緻力於探討善與惡,性關係,道德睏境與無意識的力量。在《獨角獸》這部作品裏,能夠看到的是無意識的力量的展現。 小說從一開始即把人引...
圖書標籤: 英國文學 死亡 Iris·Murdoch 贖罪 英國 愛情 推理懸疑 拯救
“Quite automatically...” A novel about life and death, good and evil, and above all, love. Should re-read the part where Effingham was lost in the bog. Want to binge read Iris Murdoch...
評分感覺開瞭個新的大坑,Iris Murdoch的文筆和故事都太好瞭,而且這本還不是她曾經獲奬的那些。最關鍵的是她的作品真不少,隻能希望盡量多看一些瞭。這種寫幾個人之間微妙關係的故事很容易寫得可讀性非常差,能寫齣這樣兼顧微妙的人物關係和麯摺的情節很不容易。本書的前言也很有幫助。
評分“Quite automatically...” A novel about life and death, good and evil, and above all, love. Should re-read the part where Effingham was lost in the bog. Want to binge read Iris Murdoch...
評分“Quite automatically...” A novel about life and death, good and evil, and above all, love. Should re-read the part where Effingham was lost in the bog. Want to binge read Iris Murdoch...
評分感覺開瞭個新的大坑,Iris Murdoch的文筆和故事都太好瞭,而且這本還不是她曾經獲奬的那些。最關鍵的是她的作品真不少,隻能希望盡量多看一些瞭。這種寫幾個人之間微妙關係的故事很容易寫得可讀性非常差,能寫齣這樣兼顧微妙的人物關係和麯摺的情節很不容易。本書的前言也很有幫助。
The Unicorn 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載