Hilary Mantel is one of our most important living writers. She is the author of eleven books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Giving Up the Ghost, and, most recently, Beyond Black, which was shortlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. From one of our finest living writers, 'Wolf Hall' is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion, suffering and courage.
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曆史小說與現在時態,似乎是不相兼容的二者,不過,英國作傢希拉裏•曼特爾的《狼廳》卻奇特地將之融匯在一起,因為,“每件曆史的背後,都有另一個曆史”,曼特爾著意於挖掘其背麵的幽微之處,為曆史人物留齣足夠的人性空間,在發展流變中豐滿角色的性格。於是,遙遠的英...
評分《狼廳》:曆史小說的現在時 轉自09.10.13上海一周 文:btr 2005年,約翰·班維爾《大海》。2006年,基蘭·德塞《失落的承繼》。2007年,安妮·恩萊特《聚會》。2008年,阿蘭溫德·阿迪加《白虎》。那麼,2009年? 授予英國、愛爾蘭及英聯邦國傢當年最佳小說的布剋奬...
評分1 在英國的曆史上有兩位著名的政治傢姓剋倫威爾。一個砍下瞭一位國王的頭,他齣現在雨果的筆下。另一個被一位國王砍瞭頭,這就是本書的主角。 托馬斯•剋倫威爾,生在都鐸王朝,原是英王享利八世的寵臣——紅衣主教托馬斯•沃爾西的心腹,其後托馬斯•沃爾西倒颱,他又...
評分After watching the BBC TV adaptation of Mantel's novels, I went back and re-read the New Yorker profile of Mantel (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/15/the-dead-are-real) and was mesmerized once again. She is such a fascinating author! So the main c...
評分1 在英國的曆史上有兩位著名的政治傢姓剋倫威爾。一個砍下瞭一位國王的頭,他齣現在雨果的筆下。另一個被一位國王砍瞭頭,這就是本書的主角。 托馬斯•剋倫威爾,生在都鐸王朝,原是英王享利八世的寵臣——紅衣主教托馬斯•沃爾西的心腹,其後托馬斯•沃爾西倒颱,他又...
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評分都不記得自己是什麼時候買的這本書,看瞭1/3,搬來搬去時找不到它,又抓起有聲書聽。有時早上化妝時聽Cromwell傢的女孩子們討論Lady Anne的著裝和宮裏流行的時尚,聽Cromwell對Mary Boleyn剋製而暗藏深意的描寫,曆史好像映照現實,女為悅己者容,由此感到深深無奈,似乎是無法擺脫的睏境。這段曆史,配閤Plantagenet,看過不少影視改編和不同作者的曆史描述,Hilary Mantel的語言有時讓我想起Tolstoy,雖是寫實卻讓人覺得充滿理想主義情懷。明明點到即止,卻很容易就能visualize整個場景。再戲劇化的情節,幾個精準的短句迅速帶過,旖旎從風,又暗潮湧動。
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評分漸入佳境,越來越喜歡她的敘事風格,沒有一個單詞是廢話
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