"Augustus" tells the story of Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen who, on the death of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of the Roman Empire. He is destined to rule that world astonishingly well, given the odds and intrigues against him. He would later be known as Augustus Caesar (63 B. C. - 14A. D.), the first Roman emperor. Through the use of fictional letters, memoranda and dispatches, we see how Augustus established his essential base of power and how he was continually obliged to put down, by a subtle combination of force and guile, the challenges of such men as Cicero, Brutus, Cassius and, finally, Mark Antony. The narrative mosaic John Williams has built on impeccable historical research brings Augustus vividly to life. Williams invests his characters with such profound humanity and treats them with such terrible honesty and compassion that we enter into their very lives and times.
约翰·威廉斯(John Williams,1922—1994),美国作家、诗人、学者。辍过学,当过电台播音,从过军。退役后入大学就读并获博士学位,于1954年—1985年间在母校丹佛大学任教,教授大学英语及创意写作。曾编选《文艺复兴时期的英语诗歌》,也创作过两本诗集。
一生只写了四部小说:《惟有黑夜》(1948)、《屠夫十字镇》(1960)、《斯通纳》(1965)、《奥古斯都》(1973,本书获得当年美国国家图书奖)。
译者:郑远涛,生长于广州,在北京度过七年,大理两年,现居美国旧金山市郊,向太平洋开轩。英文系毕业,从事翻译十余年,译著成书出版的作家包括玛丽·瑞瑙特(亚历山大三部曲)、约翰·伯格、约翰·威廉斯与张爱玲等。第30届梁实秋文学奖(翻译类译诗组)评审奖得主。
一个个矛盾的人物穿插上演了这出罗马史诗,每一个人物塑造地都极其好,极其丰满生动。这不止是奥古斯都一个人的传奇,如果说奥古斯都是月,配角是星,这本书就构成了很美很美的一幕星河夜景,令人叹息,令人唏嘘。宿命的感觉,难逃又无处可寻的无奈感。 奥古斯都·凯撒,19岁组...
评分两年前,我有幸拜读了作家的另一部作品:《斯通纳》,发自内心的喜欢,因此做过一篇极为斧凿,略有些做作的读后感。及到这本《奥古斯都》,从购买到阅读都没有任何犹豫,同样的喜欢甚至可以说是更加喜欢,所以抑制不住,同时又不胜惶恐的写下这篇读后感。 并没有刻意与《斯通纳...
评分 评分我们都希望自己读到的历史就是事实,但其实绝大多数(甚至可以说是全部)历史书都不可能是全部事实,历史就是由一系列无法还原的事实构成的,所以历史在我心里,就是一系列的故事,也因此,我不太喜欢有人批评一部“史书”是胡诌之类的,当然如果作者能说明哪些材料是引用,哪...
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评分At times slightly monotonous but nevertheless gripping enough for me to read on. As a biased Livia admirer, I can't say I'm entirely happy with Williams' portrait of the first Roman Empress. The highlights to me are the journals of Julia. As for Augustus, Book III sums it all: A benevolent tyrant, a man of contradictions.
评分看完了觉得蛮震撼的,作者文笔相当不错。Augustus从一个青涩少年成长为站在权力顶峰之人,虽然坐拥四海却也注定孤独一生,问心无愧就好。
评分卷三惊人,没怎么见过能这样将人性神性不偏不倚写出来的,可惜尾声又管不住这抖机灵的手。
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