萨拉·沃特斯(Sarah Waters), 1966年出生于英国威尔士,文学博士。
三度入围“布克奖”,两度入围“莱思纪念奖”。
曾获“贝蒂·特拉斯克文学奖”、“毛姆文学奖”。
被《星期日泰晤士报》评为“年度青年作家”(2000)、文学杂志《格兰塔》选为“20位当代最好的英国青年作家”之一(2003)、“英国图书奖”评为“年度作家”(2003)等,文学评论界称其为“当今活着的英语作家中最会讲故事的作家”。
发表于2025-03-19
The Night Watch 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
在第418页倒数第二段和最后一段之间: (此为倒数第二段)They held each other's gaze, in silence; then moved together and kissed. Helen was still not quite used to the difference between Julia's kisses, and Kay's-to the relative strangeness of Julia's mouth, ...
评分读《荆棘之城》到最后,暗暗责怪作者为什么到高潮时便戛然而止。看了《守夜》,突然有点明白了。书里的海伦总让我觉得是二十世纪版的莫德,不仅因为作者似乎有意无意用一些细节将两者联系起来,更多的是海伦的内心世界。海伦出身工人阶层,在1941年遇见上层社会的凯,凯,高手...
评分for 南方都市报 从《轻舔丝绒》(Tipping the Velvet)、《亲和力》(Affinity)到《指匠情挑》(Fingersmith),英国作家萨拉·沃特斯的小说均以维多利亚时期为背景,书写同性恋者的生活。而花费四年时间写成的《守夜》(Night Watch)首次将小说背景设置为1940年代二战前后...
评分国家没有灭亡,山河有待重整,1947年,战争完结,但万众期待的美丽新世界没有来临。《守夜》是华特斯第四本小说,离开了维多利亚时代,仍是不离不弃地关于伦敦。 战后的伦敦,凯在街头踽踽独行,一个人去影院看半场电影。海伦和维维在婚介所向战争中失去伴侣者介绍对象,朱丽亚...
评分读《荆棘之城》到最后,暗暗责怪作者为什么到高潮时便戛然而止。看了《守夜》,突然有点明白了。书里的海伦总让我觉得是二十世纪版的莫德,不仅因为作者似乎有意无意用一些细节将两者联系起来,更多的是海伦的内心世界。海伦出身工人阶层,在1941年遇见上层社会的凯,凯,高手...
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Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant and compelling storyteller.
This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching . . . Helen, clever, sweet, much-loved, harbours a painful secret . . . Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly loyal, to her soldier lover . . . Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances...
Tender, tragic and beautifully poignant, set against the backdrop of feats of heroism both epic and ordinary, here is a novel of relationships that offers up subtle surprises and twists. The Night Watch is thrilling. A towering achievement.
The Night Watch 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书