约翰·威廉斯(John Williams,1922—1994),美国作家、诗人、学者。辍过学,当过电台播音,从过军。退役后入大学就读并获博士学位,于1954年—1985年间在母校丹佛大学任教,教授大学英语及创意写作。曾编选《文艺复兴时期的英语诗歌》,也创作过两本诗集。
一生只写了四部小说:《惟有黑夜》(1948)、《屠夫十字镇》(1960)、《斯通纳》(1965)、《奥古斯都》(1973,本书获得当年美国国家图书奖)。
译者:郑远涛,生长于广州,在北京度过七年,大理两年,现居美国旧金山市郊,向太平洋开轩。英文系毕业,从事翻译十余年,译著成书出版的作家包括玛丽·瑞瑙特(亚历山大三部曲)、约翰·伯格、约翰·威廉斯与张爱玲等。第30届梁实秋文学奖(翻译类译诗组)评审奖得主。
发表于2024-12-25
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盖乌斯·屋大维·恺撒,人称奥古斯都,是罗马帝国第一位元首,为罗马带来了两个世纪的和平与繁荣。关于他的史料从不匮乏且毁誉参半:作为一个不算太坏的独裁者,他如何平衡私欲和善举?作为一个有表演欲的政治家,我们又能在史料中读到多少真实? 约翰·威廉斯无意深究历史细节...
评分by 谷立立 约翰·威廉斯的一生贯穿着同一个关键词:拒绝。终其一生,他拒绝被定义、被归类,拒绝成为公众瞩目的文化明星,拒绝循规蹈矩地做传道授业的文学教授,只愿我行我素、我手写我心地诠释一位真正作家的本色。这倒不是说他一生庸庸碌碌、无所作为。事实上,他在文学上的...
评分我的命运是改变世界,但时间会毁掉罗马 赵松 距今2062年前,即公元前44年的3月15日,罗马共和国发生了一件影响深远的大事件——终身独裁官尤利乌斯·凯撒在元老院遇刺身亡。随后出现的,却并非刺杀凯撒的那些贵族共和派所宣称的“自由”,而是罗马陷入了无政府状态的可怕动乱。...
评分奥古斯都,罗马帝国第一位元首,“罗马第一公民”,原名盖乌斯•屋大维•图里努斯,恺撒的甥外孙和养子。他的故事被各种方式不断演绎。约翰•威廉斯在小说《奥古斯都》中采用了别致的书信体形式,从奥古斯都同时代人和自己的角度,用不同碎片拼凑起一个大家眼中的奥古斯...
评分他被尊为“奥古斯都”,他把二月抽出了一天;他是八月名称的由来;他是历史上伟大帝国的开创者;他被历史选中,也同样选择了历史,他就是盖乌斯·屋大维·奥古斯都,罗马帝国的开创者。周末资本市场停盘,闲来无事续接前篇读完了约翰·威廉斯的历史文学巨著《奥古斯都》,值得...
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"Augustus" tells the story of Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen who, on the death of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of the Roman Empire. He is destined to rule that world astonishingly well, given the odds and intrigues against him. He would later be known as Augustus Caesar (63 B. C. - 14A. D.), the first Roman emperor. Through the use of fictional letters, memoranda and dispatches, we see how Augustus established his essential base of power and how he was continually obliged to put down, by a subtle combination of force and guile, the challenges of such men as Cicero, Brutus, Cassius and, finally, Mark Antony. The narrative mosaic John Williams has built on impeccable historical research brings Augustus vividly to life. Williams invests his characters with such profound humanity and treats them with such terrible honesty and compassion that we enter into their very lives and times.
At times slightly monotonous but nevertheless gripping enough for me to read on. As a biased Livia admirer, I can't say I'm entirely happy with Williams' portrait of the first Roman Empress. The highlights to me are the journals of Julia. As for Augustus, Book III sums it all: A benevolent tyrant, a man of contradictions.
评分At times slightly monotonous but nevertheless gripping enough for me to read on. As a biased Livia admirer, I can't say I'm entirely happy with Williams' portrait of the first Roman Empress. The highlights to me are the journals of Julia. As for Augustus, Book III sums it all: A benevolent tyrant, a man of contradictions.
评分At times slightly monotonous but nevertheless gripping enough for me to read on. As a biased Livia admirer, I can't say I'm entirely happy with Williams' portrait of the first Roman Empress. The highlights to me are the journals of Julia. As for Augustus, Book III sums it all: A benevolent tyrant, a man of contradictions.
评分看完了觉得蛮震撼的,作者文笔相当不错。Augustus从一个青涩少年成长为站在权力顶峰之人,虽然坐拥四海却也注定孤独一生,问心无愧就好。
评分"There was a moment of Rome, and it will not wholly die; the barbarian will become the Rome he conquers."
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