Translations：A Play

作者 Brian Friel著
出版社 Faber and Faber
出版时间 1981年4月第1版
ISBN 9780571117420
定价 154.40

内容简介

TheactiontakesplaceinlateAugust1833atahedge-schoolinthetownlandofBaileBeag,anIrish-speakingcommunityinCountyDonegal.InanearbyfieldcampsarecentlyarriveddetachmentoftheRoyalEngineers,makingthefirstOrdnanceSurvey.Forthepurposesofcartography,thelocalGaelicplacenameshavetoberecordedandrenderedintoEnglish.Inexaminingtheeffectsofthisoperationonthelivesofasmallgroup,BrianFrielskilfullyrevealsthefar-reachingpersonalandculturaleffectsofanactionwhichisatfirstsightpurelyadministrative.Translationsisamodernclassic.Itengagestheintellectaswellastheheart,andachievesaprofoundpoliticalandphilosophicalresonancethroughthedetailedexaminationofindividuallives,ofparticularpeopleinparticularplaceandtime."DailyTelegraph"ThisisBrianFriel'sfinestplay,hismostdeeplythoughtandfelt,themostdeeplyinvolvedwithIrelandbutalsothemostuniversal:hauntingandhard,lyricalanderudite,bitterandforgiving,bothpraiseandlament."SundayTimes

作者简介

BrianFrielwasborninOmagh,CountyTyrone(NorthernIreland)in1929.HereceivedhiscollegeeducationinDerry,MaynoothandBelfastandtaughtatvariousschoolsinandaroundDerryfrom1950to1960.HeistheauthorofmanyplaysthathavetakentheirplaceinthecanonofIrishLiterature,includingPhiladelphia,HereICome!(1964),Lovers(1967),Translations(1980),TheCommunicationCord(1982),andDancingatLughnasa(1990).In1980hefoundedthetouringtheatrecompany,FieldDay,withStephenRea.

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