莎拉·沃特斯(Sarah Waters),1966年齣生於英國威爾斯,現居南倫敦。沃特斯是英國當代備受矚目的文壇新星,全職小說作傢。
文學博士齣身的沃特斯,深諳寫作之道,擅長捕捉讀者心理,營造懸疑驚悚的故事氛圍。當沃斯特在撰寫博士論文時,對19世紀倫敦生活産生瞭濃厚興趣,並開始寫小說。作品均以維多利亞時代為背景,優雅飄渺的氛圍中帶有神秘懸疑感。她的前三部小說,使她獲得瞭主流評論傢和新聞界的高度贊揚。
A novel of relationships set in 1940s London that brims with vivid historical detail, thrilling coincidences, and psychological complexity, by the author of the Booker Prize finalist Fingersmith.
Sarah Waters, whose works set in Victorian England have awards and acclaim and have reinvigorated the genres of both historical and lesbian fiction, returns with novel that marks a departure from nineteenth century and a spectacular leap forward in the career of this masterful storyteller.
Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit liasons, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of Londoners: three women and a young man with a past-whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in ways that are surprising not always known to them. In wartime London, the women work-as ambulance drivers, ministry clerks, and building inspectors. There are feats of heroism, epic and quotidian, and tragedies both enormous and personal, but the emotional interiors of her characters that Waters captures with absolute and intimacy.
Waters describes with perfect knowingness the taut composure of a rescue worker in the aftermath of a bombing, the idle longing of a young woman her soldier lover, the peculiar thrill convict watching the sky ignite through the bars on his window, the hunger a woman stalking the streets for encounter, and the panic of another who sees her love affair coming end. At the same time, Waters is absolute control of a narrative that offers up subtle surprises and exquisite twists, even as it depicts the impact grand historical event on individual lives.
Tender, tragic, and beautifully poignant, The Night Watch is a towering achievement that confirms its author as "one of the best storytellers alive today" (Independent on Sunday).
阅读是一件太私密,太个人的事情。 虽然之前就已经知道《守夜》是一个开篇即是终结的故事,可是拿到书的第一时间浏览了封面,封面内折,封底,目录之后,我依然从故事终结的开篇1947开始读起。令人绝望,心灰意懒的1947。薇芙是唯一一个让我觉得伦敦的天空下还有色彩的“事物”...
評分 評分莎拉•沃特斯是一位多少带有异色的纯文学作家。她的前三部小说都以十九世纪为背景,写的是重重禁锢之下的女人之间的爱情。沃特斯善于在故事中混合阴谋与爱情,手法传统,包袱层叠,是爱情小说,更是侦探佳作。前三部作品均被搬上BBC的剧集或大银幕,沃特斯也因此格外受人...
評分近几年的布克奖屡屡出现“大热倒灶”,但最极端的例子发生在2006年。当时,所有的西方媒体都把赌注押在萨拉·沃特斯的《守夜》上,以至于上海本地的某报纸为了抢发消息,未经证实就把“《守夜》摘得布克桂冠”的新闻上了版——网上至今可以看到这条假新闻的链接,立此,足可...
評分读《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...
can't grade a foreign novel.
评分好看!雖然有好多渣男女。準備去看三部麯瞭雖然已經看過電影
评分好看!雖然有好多渣男女。準備去看三部麯瞭雖然已經看過電影
评分可惜語言能力有限,跳著看的。
评分比finger smith 還要含蓄...抑或稱之為壓抑
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