The Sleep Room

作者 F. R. Tallis著
出版社 Pan Books
出版时间 2013年7月
ISBN 9781447204992
定价 98.80

内容简介

AshauntingasSusanHill'sTheWomaninBlackandasdarkasJamesHerbert'sTheSecretofCrickleyHall,F.R.Tallis?sTheSleepRoomiswhereyournightmaresbegin...Whenpromisingpsychiatrist,JamesRichardson,isofferedthejobopportunityofalifetime,heisthrilled.SettingofftotakeuphispostatWyldehopeHallindeepestSuffolk,Richardsondoesn?tlookback.Oneofhistasksistomanageacontroversialproject?apioneeringtherapyinwhichextremelydisturbedpatientsarekeptasleepformonths.AsRichardsonsettlesintohisnewlife,hebeginstosensesomethinguncannyaboutthesleepingpatients?sixwomen,forsakenbysociety.Whyisthetraineenursesoonedgewhenshespendsnightsalonewiththem?Andwhatcanitmeanwhenallthesleepersstartdreamingatthesametime?It'snotlongbeforeRichardsonfindshimselfquestioningeverythingheknowsaboutthehumanmindasheattemptstouncovertheshockingsecretsofTheSleepRoom..Iwasnervousthatmorning:themorningoftheinterview.Itwas,asIrecall,lateAugust,andoneofthelastwarmdaysofwhathadbeenanexceptionalsummer.TheskyoverTrafalgarSquarewasunblemishedandthefountainslookedlikesculptedglass.InmypocketwasanenvelopecontainingHughMaitland?sreplytomyapplication,writtenonthickcreamlaidpaper.Iwonderifwecouldmeetatmyclub?ThatwouldbemostconvenientasIhaveanotherappointmentthereathalfpastnine.?WhenIwasastudent,IusedtolistentoMaitlandontheHomeService.Hewasafrequentcontributortodiscussionprogrammesthatwereinvariablyprecededbythestrainsofastringquartet,oftensomethingmodernandforward-looking?likeBartok.Iwouldlieonmybed,withthelightsoff,hangingonhiseveryword.Aneducatedvoice,pleasant,wellmodulated,avuncular,butcapableofdropping(whenitsuitedhim)toalowerregisterthatconveyedabsoluteauthority.Lookingbacknow,Icanseethathewasanexampleofaparticulartype,amemberofthatemerging,professionalelitewhocametodominatepubliclifeduringthepost-waryears,allofwhompossessedunshakeableself-beliefandaprofoundconvictionthatitwastheirdestinytoshapeabetterfuture.

作者简介

F.R.Tallisisawriterandclinicalpsychologist.Hehaswrittenself-helpmanuals,non-fictionforthegeneralreader,academictextbooks,overthirtyacademicpapersininternationaljournalsandseveralnovels.Between1999and2012hehasreceivedorbeenshortlistedfornumerousawards,includingtheNewLondonWriters?Award,theEllisPetersHistoricalDagger,theEllePrixdeLetrice,andtwoEdgars.HiscriticallyacclaimedLiebermannseries(writtenasFrankTallis)hasbeentranslatedintofourteenlanguagesandoptionedforTVadaptation.TheForbidden,hisninthnovel,isahorrorstorysetinnineteenth-centuryParisandthis,TheSleepRoom,ishistenth.

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