Admired by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Graham Greene, and Dylan Thomas, Djuna Barnes was the most influential and prolific female writer in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. The Modern Library is proud to include--for the first time--her most critically acclaimed novel, Nightwood, which was praised by The Washington Post Book World as "a masterpiece of modernism." Dorothy Allison, author of the National Book Award-nominated novel Bastard Out of Carolina, has written an Introduction especially for this edition, in which she defends Nightwood as a lesbian classic.
First published in the United States in 1937, Nightwood is a novel of bold imagining and passionate, lyrical prose. Described by the author as the soliloquy of "a soul talking to itself in the heart of the night," the novel creates a dreamlike world in which time ceases to exist and in which human beings transform into animals. At Nightwood's center are the love affairs of Robin Vote--a character based on Barnes's lover, Thelma Wood. Robin marries Felix Volkbein, an eccentric aristocrat, whom she meets in Paris, and whom she abandons years later for the American Nora Flood. But Nora cannot contain Robin, either, and Robin in turn deserts her for the larcenous Jenny Petherbridge. Rich in irony and symbolism, Nightwood brilliantly depicts the all-consuming power of erotic obsession in language that twists and turns, drawing the reader into a labyrinth of meaning and revelation. This edition also includes T. S. Eliot's Introduction to the 1937 American edition.
Elizabeth Hardwick wrote, "Djuna Barnes is a writer of wild and original gifts. . . .To her name there is always to be attached the splendor of Nightwood, a lasting achievement of her great gifts and eccentricities---her passionate prose and, in this case, a genuineness of human passions."
Well, I was wrong. This book is not really that good as I claimed before。 一个加拿大朋友看了之后,跟我讨论这本书。当然,我只是稍微翻了翻Nightwood,并没有真正读。——因为太难了。 我跟朋友讨论的结果是,作者的词汇量和文笔可真是了不得,古今也就她这个一个特色。...
评分Well, I was wrong. This book is not really that good as I claimed before。 一个加拿大朋友看了之后,跟我讨论这本书。当然,我只是稍微翻了翻Nightwood,并没有真正读。——因为太难了。 我跟朋友讨论的结果是,作者的词汇量和文笔可真是了不得,古今也就她这个一个特色。...
评分读懂Nightwood佷难。个人的词汇、语句结构、知识面、理解力、想象力等等,都受到极大的挑战。此外,还有通篇不时出现的法语。这本书绝对是给高智商有才情的人读的。而且还得是readers of poetry. 当然,一旦读懂这本书,那将是精神世界的无上享受。 Djuna Barnes是一个罕见的优...
评分 评分读懂Nightwood佷难。个人的词汇、语句结构、知识面、理解力、想象力等等,都受到极大的挑战。此外,还有通篇不时出现的法语。这本书绝对是给高智商有才情的人读的。而且还得是readers of poetry. 当然,一旦读懂这本书,那将是精神世界的无上享受。 Djuna Barnes是一个罕见的优...
我读过很多书,但很少有哪一本能像它一样,在我读完之后,依然在我脑海中盘旋不去。那些人物的命运,那些未解的谜团,那些无处不在的象征意义,都在不断地被我重新审视和理解。它像是一首未完的曲子,每一次重读,都能发现新的旋律和和声。
评分第一次读到这本书时,就被它那种近乎诗意的语言所打动。作者的文字功底毋庸置疑,每一个词语都像是经过精心挑选,散发着独特的光泽。阅读的过程,与其说是吸收信息,不如说是一种感官的盛宴。我仿佛能闻到空气中弥漫的香草气息,听到古老木地板发出的吱呀声,感受到人物之间无声的张力。
评分这本书给我最大的感受就是它的“重量”。它不仅仅是纸张和文字的堆叠,更像是承载了无数的情感和思想的重量。阅读的过程,就像是在背负着某种沉甸甸的东西,但这种负重感,却让我感到充实和深刻。我从中看到了历史的痕迹,看到了人类的情感是如何在时间的洪流中被塑造和改变的。
评分从技术层面来说,这本书的叙事方式非常独特。它不拘泥于线性叙事,而是通过碎片化的细节,通过人物的内心独白,来构建一个完整的图景。这种“留白”的处理方式,反而给了读者极大的想象空间,让我们可以参与到故事的创作过程中来。
评分这绝对是一本需要你沉浸其中,用全部身心去感受的书。初次翻开,就被它浓稠、压抑,却又带着一丝诡异魅力的氛围所吸引。它不是那种轻松愉悦的读物,更像是一段深邃的旅程,将你带入一个与世隔绝、充满古老秘密的庄园。作者的笔触如同一幅幅细腻的油画,将那些被时间侵蚀的墙壁、潮湿的空气、以及人物内心的波涛汹涌,描绘得淋漓尽致。我常常需要停下来,反复品味那些句子,感受其中蕴含的丰富层次和隐喻。
评分我一直以来都很喜欢那些能挑战我固有思维的书籍,而这本书恰恰做到了这一点。它没有遵循传统的叙事结构,而是像一团缠绕的藤蔓,层层递进,将我引入一个错综复杂的情感迷宫。人物的塑造尤其令人印象深刻,他们并非简单的善恶二元对立,而是充满了矛盾、挣扎和不为人知的欲望。我常常在阅读过程中,试图去理解他们的动机,去揣测他们内心深处的秘密,这种智力上的博弈,让我感到无比的满足。
评分我必须承认,这本书不是为所有人准备的。它需要读者有足够的耐心和解读能力,去穿透那些看似晦涩的文字,去挖掘其深层的含义。但如果你愿意付出这份努力,那么回报将会是丰厚的。它不仅仅是一个故事,更是一次关于存在、关于欲望、关于时间和记忆的深刻探讨。
评分老实说,这本书对我来说,是一次意外的惊喜。我原本以为会读到一本关于某个特定主题的平凡故事,结果却被作者带入了一个完全不同的维度。它像是一面镜子,映照出人性中那些不为人知的阴暗角落,那些被社会所压抑的情感。我从中看到了自己的影子,也看到了人类共同的脆弱和渴望。
评分我之所以会一次又一次地重读这本书,是因为每一次都有新的发现。它不像那些一眼就能看穿的故事,它有着无穷的解读空间。我常常在不同的心境下阅读它,所得的感悟也截然不同。它就像是一坛陈年的美酒,越品越有滋味,越发醇厚。
评分我一直对那些带有神秘色彩的故事着迷,而这本书恰恰满足了我这一点。它将现实与幻想巧妙地融合在一起,创造出一个既熟悉又陌生的世界。在这个世界里,一切都充满了不确定性,人物的命运也似乎被某种看不见的力量所操控。这种悬念和未知,让我欲罢不能。
评分the most absurd, yet powerful and fascinating book I've ever read. Had I got the talent to write a novel, it would be something like that. As exquisite as poetry, as profound as a philosophical treatise, as absurd as a circuit. Elements of Eliot, Woolf, Proust... This is undoubtedly my favorite book so far.
评分The storyline is kind of depressing because of Vote's roller-coaster mood. The literature is beautifully done, but the whole thing is still not that clear to me, especially in regards to its philosophical intertwined as well as social behavioral.
评分The storyline is kind of depressing because of Vote's roller-coaster mood. The literature is beautifully done, but the whole thing is still not that clear to me, especially in regards to its philosophical intertwined as well as social behavioral.
评分语言很漂亮。单纯的语言折磨。
评分语言很漂亮。单纯的语言折磨。
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