书目

London：The Biography

  • 作者 Peter Ackroyd著
  • 出版社 Vintage
  • 出版时间 2001年8月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780099422587
  • 定价 178.20

内容简介

MuchofPeterAckroyd'sworkhasbeenconcernedwiththelifeandpastofLondonbuthere,asaculmination,ishisdefinitiveaccountofthecity.Forhimitisalivingorganism,withitsownlawsofgrowthandchange,soLondonisabiographyratherthanahistory.Itdiffersfromotherhistories,too,intherangeanddiversityofitscontents.AckroydportraysLondonfromthetimeoftheDruidstothebeginningofthetwenty-firstcentury,notingmagnificenceinbothepochs,butthisisnotasimplechronologicalrecord.Therearechaptersonthehistoryofsilenceandthehistoryoflight,thehistoryofchildhoodandthehistoryofsuicide,thehistoryofCockneyspeechandthehistoryofdrink.Londonisperhapsthemostimportantstudyofthecityeverwritten,andconfirmsAckroyd'sstatusaswhatonecritichascalled'ourage'sgreatestLondonimagination.'

作者简介

PeterAckroydisabest-sellingwriterofbothfictionandnonfiction.HehaswontheWhitbreadBiographyAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiterature'sWilliamHeinemannAward(joint),theJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize,andtheGuardianfictionprize.HelivesinnorthLondon.(20010730)

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