A literary event: one of the most celebrated novels ever written, in a magnificent new translation.
Seven years ago, the incomparable Lydia Davis brought us an award- winning, rapturously reviewed new translation of Marcel Proust's Swann's Way that was hailed as "clear and true to the music of the original" ( Los Angeles Times ) and "a work of creation in its own right" (Claire Messud, Newsday ). Now she turns her gifts to the book that defined the novel as an art form.
When Emma Rouault marries dull, provincial doctor Charles Bovary, her dreams of an elegant and passionate life crumble. She escapes into sentimental novels but finds her fantasies dashed by the tedium of her days. Motherhood proves to be a burden; religion is only a brief distraction. She spends lavishly and embarks on a series of disappointing affairs. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, Emma takes drastic action with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter. When published in 1857, Madame Bovary was embraced by bourgeois women who claimed it spoke to the frustrations of their lives. Davis's landmark translation gives new life in English to Flaubert's masterwork.
《包法利夫人》是一部带着喜剧色彩的悲剧故事,是滑稽的风俗画里卑微的小人物们碎碎念着家长里短,偶尔让人心酸扼腕,但终究在画框里在涂料下,隔了一层。作者站在高处袖手旁观,冷冷地嘲讽,却还是让我们不小心听到他深深的叹息。 中学的时候看这个故事,只觉繁华满目,被各...
评分大学时曾在校图书馆角落的外国文学一栏看见一本《包法利夫人》,记得是福楼拜的代表作,这类文学名著我大多是在义务制学年被老师推荐看的,但这一本老师只是匆匆略过不带任何评论。 我于是产生了兴趣——那些教育牺牲者不愿提及的东西肯定有其精彩的一面,我手里还捧着本《欧洲...
评分19世纪末,巴黎的文艺青年,原来是这么对话的: “这儿附近总该有些地方可以散散步吧?”包法利夫人接着前面的话茬对年轻人说。 “喔!很少,”他回答说。“有个地方,我们都管它叫牧场,在森林边缘的山坡顶上。有时候我星期天上那儿去,手里拿着本书,眺望远处的落日” “我...
评分19世纪末,巴黎的文艺青年,原来是这么对话的: “这儿附近总该有些地方可以散散步吧?”包法利夫人接着前面的话茬对年轻人说。 “喔!很少,”他回答说。“有个地方,我们都管它叫牧场,在森林边缘的山坡顶上。有时候我星期天上那儿去,手里拿着本书,眺望远处的落日” “我...
评分福楼拜是一个很冷静的作家,读李健吾的译本,很能体会到这一点。往往短句干净利落,一点不拖沓,寥寥几笔就能够把人物和环境都刻画得入木三分——白描的功夫不简单。这种克制的笔法从表面上看,正好和爱玛·包法利的激情形成截然对比。福楼拜曾经说,他自己就是包法利。这句话...
惊了读完发现译者是莉迪亚戴维斯原来她还做翻译…
评分惊了读完发现译者是莉迪亚戴维斯原来她还做翻译…
评分惊了读完发现译者是莉迪亚戴维斯原来她还做翻译…
评分惊了读完发现译者是莉迪亚戴维斯原来她还做翻译…
评分惊了读完发现译者是莉迪亚戴维斯原来她还做翻译…
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