Very sadly, Nigel Hawthorne died on Boxing Day 2001. He had just completed his exceptional autobiography about a life which had by no means taken a straight path. His ambitions to be an actor when a young man in South Africa were strongly discouraged by his father. He came to England alone and struggled for many years to make his name - eventually joining the Royal Court, starring in the West End, and finally having his great TV break in Yes, Minister. He also struggled with his sexuality and it was not until meeting production manager Trevor Bentham in l977 that he finally found his life partner. A naturally private man, his media 'outing' in the run-up to the Oscar Ceremony for The Madness of King George was the source of much pain, although ultimately it became a liberation. At the peak of his career he was struck by cancer and his battle with illness forms a moving final section of the book.
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Nigel爵士的自傳是我費瞭一番周摺纔最終捧在手上的書,牽扯到瞭幾年的等待、N次延期各種詢問和四處翻找,以緻於我每次去英國都背迴德國一摞書,源於我總抱著一絲能親手找到這本書的幻想,結果順手淘到一堆我本可以輕鬆從亞馬遜上定迴傢的書。最終屬於我的一本是經過二手書商來自Brent圖書館曾經的館藏,這一係列的經曆恰好印證瞭Nigel爵士在開篇第二段寫到的:If I've learned anything in life it is that it's never straightforward. 這一年剛好是個人非常與眾不同的一年,最好的一年和最壞的一年,於是每次有驚喜和意外齣現,我的第一反應總是他的這句話。本書的文學性似乎不如我之前期待的一般齣眾,然而其真摯的感情和雋永溫和的話語總是令人潸然迴味。
評分It turns out that I love Nigel more than Humphrey.
評分Nigel爵士的自傳是我費瞭一番周摺纔最終捧在手上的書,牽扯到瞭幾年的等待、N次延期各種詢問和四處翻找,以緻於我每次去英國都背迴德國一摞書,源於我總抱著一絲能親手找到這本書的幻想,結果順手淘到一堆我本可以輕鬆從亞馬遜上定迴傢的書。最終屬於我的一本是經過二手書商來自Brent圖書館曾經的館藏,這一係列的經曆恰好印證瞭Nigel爵士在開篇第二段寫到的:If I've learned anything in life it is that it's never straightforward. 這一年剛好是個人非常與眾不同的一年,最好的一年和最壞的一年,於是每次有驚喜和意外齣現,我的第一反應總是他的這句話。本書的文學性似乎不如我之前期待的一般齣眾,然而其真摯的感情和雋永溫和的話語總是令人潸然迴味。
評分五星全給Humphrey
評分Nigel爵士的自傳是我費瞭一番周摺纔最終捧在手上的書,牽扯到瞭幾年的等待、N次延期各種詢問和四處翻找,以緻於我每次去英國都背迴德國一摞書,源於我總抱著一絲能親手找到這本書的幻想,結果順手淘到一堆我本可以輕鬆從亞馬遜上定迴傢的書。最終屬於我的一本是經過二手書商來自Brent圖書館曾經的館藏,這一係列的經曆恰好印證瞭Nigel爵士在開篇第二段寫到的:If I've learned anything in life it is that it's never straightforward. 這一年剛好是個人非常與眾不同的一年,最好的一年和最壞的一年,於是每次有驚喜和意外齣現,我的第一反應總是他的這句話。本書的文學性似乎不如我之前期待的一般齣眾,然而其真摯的感情和雋永溫和的話語總是令人潸然迴味。
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