First Love, Last Rites

Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer, a children's novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His other award-winning novels are The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, and Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize.

出版者:Vintage

作者:Ian McEwan

页数:176

出版时间:1997

价格:GBP 7.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780099754817

图书标签:Ian_McEwan英国文学IanMcEwan小说英文原版英国外国文学英文

The first collection of short stories -- winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.

Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.

读后感

代赵毅衡老师发 —————— 八十年代初，美国大学的创作班开始遍地开花，什么大学都能开一个，请来的老师多半是需要钱的作家诗人。那时候就引发辩论，问大学开这种行当，除了给一些名声可疑的作家诗人们饭碗，给当作家梦的学生一点似有似无的希望最后更加残酷的失望，其他...  

周末，重读《立体几何》。 《立体几何》描写了一对纠结夫妇，梅茜有些神经质，甚至歇斯底里，渴求男人的关爱，无论是身体还是内心，可惜两方面“我”都未能满足她。小说开头有段精彩的对白： 她摇摇我的肩膀。“先别睡好吗？别让我一个人呆着。” “我就睡在你身边”，我说，...

刊于《外滩画报》(2010/5/5) 1975年，伊恩·麦克尤恩的第一本短篇小说集《最初的爱情，最后的仪式》便获得了萨姆塞特·毛姆奖。在这组短篇小说里，他以极具实验性的精神，把青春期的爱、性与死等母题一一尝试，试图找到自己的写作主题；他又以热爱的作家们为模仿对象，尝试...  

第一次读麦克尤恩，感觉很愉快！这本短篇小说集目前我只读了第一篇《立体几何》。下面我就这篇文章谈谈自己的看法。 小说由三段剧情嵌套而成。主情节是男主在妻子的干扰下试图揭开M的消失之谜。次情节男主曾祖与M的交情则是作为主线的背景和起因而存在的。次情节...  

用户评价

So very twisted yet beautifully written.

an amazing and thrilling book

Solid Geometry: about broken marriage, mystery and revenge; Homemade: about abnormal incest and juvenile rebel; Last day of summer: about strange friendship and strange death; Cocker at Theatre: about a rehearsal ridiculous and pornographic···Excellent

Absurd? Serious !!!

Not a fan of short stories. Good writing skills though. I liked last day of summer.