Tom Rachman was born in London and raised in Vancouver. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Columbia School of Journalism. He has been a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press (stationed in Rome, with assignments taking him to Japan, South Korea, Turkey and Egypt, among other places). From 2006 to 2008, he worked as an editor at the International Herald Tribune in Paris. The Imperfectionists is his first novel and is being published in ten countries.
Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman’s wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep it—and themselves—afloat.
Fifty years and many changes have ensued since the paper was founded by an enigmatic millionaire, and now, amid the stained carpeting and dingy office furniture, the staff’s personal dramas seem far more important than the daily headlines. Kathleen, the imperious editor in chief, is smarting from a betrayal in her open marriage; Arthur, the lazy obituary writer, is transformed by a personal tragedy; Abby, the embattled financial officer, discovers that her job cuts and her love life are intertwined in a most unexpected way. Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family’s quirky newspaper.
As the era of print news gives way to the Internet age and this imperfect crew stumbles toward an uncertain future, the paper’s richhistory is revealed, including the surprising truth about its founder’s intentions.
Spirited, moving, and highly original, The Imperfectionists will establish Tom Rachman as one of our most perceptive, assured literary talents.
發表於2024-07-01
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比爛書好很多,但比真正齣色的小說還差不少。全書是ensemble型的短故事集。粗略說就是一部編輯部的故事。作者基本功還算紮實所以每個故事都可說是文筆還行的page turner。但是有些故事情節老套,人物塑造也過於平麵化,後者可能是受限於篇幅原因沒有得到更好的發展。結果就是有...
評分時間:1954年—2007年 地點:羅馬,維托裏奧大街 事件起因:一個美國已婚商人,為瞭能夠再次與自己曾經拋棄的女子待在同一屋簷下,用打印機、用人、用其他的東西來填滿為她建造的屋簷,為瞭她創立瞭一份報紙。 結局:隨著電視媒體的興起,以及互聯網的崛...
評分書裏的一切工作場景都非常真,非常近,除瞭核心問題:錢從哪裏來。 作者去年來M On the Bund的上海國際文學節,他在哥倫比亞讀書時的一個同學,碰巧是我的老同事,約著去見,聽他講“記者這行,真正能做到齣色的,要麼是真有天分,祖師爺賞飯;要麼就是些assholes” 當然我這是...
評分比爛書好很多,但比真正齣色的小說還差不少。全書是ensemble型的短故事集。粗略說就是一部編輯部的故事。作者基本功還算紮實所以每個故事都可說是文筆還行的page turner。但是有些故事情節老套,人物塑造也過於平麵化,後者可能是受限於篇幅原因沒有得到更好的發展。結果就是有...
評分時間:1954年—2007年 地點:羅馬,維托裏奧大街 事件起因:一個美國已婚商人,為瞭能夠再次與自己曾經拋棄的女子待在同一屋簷下,用打印機、用人、用其他的東西來填滿為她建造的屋簷,為瞭她創立瞭一份報紙。 結局:隨著電視媒體的興起,以及互聯網的崛...
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作者在多大畢業,現在在羅馬,是個海外新聞記者。這書今天在BMV7塊錢買的....其實故事都很有趣,都是些自由撰稿人,新聞編輯,記者間的軼事。不但文筆細膩,每個故事時代人物皆不同卻互相有綫索相連,真心挑戰分析力跟記憶力。
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評分作者在多大畢業,現在在羅馬,是個海外新聞記者。這書今天在BMV7塊錢買的....其實故事都很有趣,都是些自由撰稿人,新聞編輯,記者間的軼事。不但文筆細膩,每個故事時代人物皆不同卻互相有綫索相連,真心挑戰分析力跟記憶力。
評分其實還木有讀完,覺得一般,暫時放一邊吧……
評分作者在多大畢業,現在在羅馬,是個海外新聞記者。這書今天在BMV7塊錢買的....其實故事都很有趣,都是些自由撰稿人,新聞編輯,記者間的軼事。不但文筆細膩,每個故事時代人物皆不同卻互相有綫索相連,真心挑戰分析力跟記憶力。
The Imperfectionists 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載