On their 75th birthday, we meet Dora and Nora Chance, former dancers and illegitimate twin daughters of one of Britain's leading theatrical actors. They relate their colorful and amusing family history as the novel unfolds, describing their often strained relations with the legitimate branch of the family. Carter writes in a dry, comic, British style reminiscent of Fay Weldon. There is a good deal of theater chatter and a raucous Hollywood tour the girls undertake with father Melchior and his twin, Uncle Peregrine. Still, while there is much imaginative fun, the insider humor may be too parochial for American tastes. Libraries can probably skip this one.
出生于英国伊斯特本(Eastbourne),是英国最具独创性的作家之一,书写风格混合魔幻写实、歌德式以及女性主义。卡特著有八部小说:《魔幻玩具铺》(获约翰·勒维林·里斯奖)、《数种知觉》(获毛姆奖)、《英雄与恶徒》、《爱》、《霍夫曼博士的地狱欲望机器》、《新夏娃的激情》、《马戏团之夜》以及《明智的孩子》。三本短篇小说集:《染血之室》、《烟火:个个世俗故事》,以及《圣人与陌生人》等等。卡特的作品也深受媒体喜爱:短篇小说《与狼为伴》和《魔幻玩具铺》曾拍成电影,《马戏团之夜》和《明智的孩子》改编成舞台剧于伦敦上演,2006年更为喻为是安吉拉·卡特之年,在英份掀起一阵卡特热潮。
译者简介:
严韻,伦敦大学戏剧研究硕士,专职翻译,并事写作。
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