约翰•丹顿(John Darnton)
他曾经是《纽约时报》著名记者。
他两度夺得乔治•波尔克奖。更凭借一则在冷战时期偷渡出波兰的故事,荣膺普利策奖。
他的第一部畅销之作《尼安德特人》被誉为“具有广博知识的一种娱乐性阅读”。导演斯皮尔伯格购买了这本书的电影改编权。
他所有的作品,包括《尼安德特人》、《生命》、《灵魂捕手》和《实验》等都是美国当年最红小说,均被翻译成多种语种。
In this riveting new novel, bestselling author John Darnton transports us to Victorian England and around the world to reveal the secrets of a legendary nineteenth-century figure. Darnton elegantly blends the power of fact and the insights of fiction to explore the many mysteries attached to the life and work of Charles Darwin.
What led Darwin to the theory of evolution? Why did he wait twenty-two years to write On the Origin of Species? Why was he incapacitated by mysterious illnesses and frightened of travel? Who was his secret rival? These are some of the questions driving Darnton’s richly dramatic narrative, which unfolds through three vivid points of view: Darwin’s own as he sails around the world aboard the Beagle; his daughter Lizzie’s as she strives to understand the guilt and fear that struck her father at the height of his fame; and that of present-day anthropologist Hugh Kellem and Darwin scholar Beth Dulcimer, whose obsession with Darwin (and with each other) drives them beyond the accepted boundaries of scholarly research. What Hugh and Beth discover - Lizzie’s diaries and letters lead them to a hidden chapter of Darwin’s autobiography - is a maze of bitter rivalries, petty deceptions, and jealously guarded secrets, at the heart of which lies the birth of the theory of evolution.
其实这几天都在看这本书。课业紧张的缘故始终没有时间解决完。 作为一个新人,其实我几乎没有写过什么书评。 而且,我也不认为我写得能叫做书评,最多就是读后感了。见笑! 对于达尔文,在我这个学医的看来,最直观的了解,也可以说是唯一的了解,就是他的进化论。至于别的,...
评分看书名猜想,这是一部跟风的小说,跟的,是《达芬奇密码》。后者的成功实在太让人眼红,于是连兰登书屋都没拒绝约翰•丹顿这个畅销书作家的跟风之作。但,毕竟是畅销书作家,毕竟是兰登书屋,书的内容还是值得期待。 及至开始阅读,发现连双线并行交叉的故事结构都学得一丝...
评分我很郁闷的是我竟然花了好几天的时间看完这本又长又臭故弄玄虚的书,途中无数次箱放弃阅读,但还是心存侥幸的希望这故事能好物沉归底戏肉在后头,结果最终证明我实在是浪费时间。只能说这本书纯粹是想借《达芬奇的密码》的东风来挣钱。
评分 评分历史背景坚实?达尔文暂且不说,把华莱士描写成一个惟利是图的奸恶之辈,不知是否历史真实?如果不是,那就涉嫌污蔑诽谤了。总觉得对历史真实人物的艺术创造不该是这样的。
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