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GeorgLethamPhysicianandMurderer

内容简介

Firstpublishedin1931andnowappearingforthefirsttimeinEnglish,GeorgLetham:PhysicianandMurdererisadisquietinganatomyofadeviantmindinthetraditionofCrimeandPunishment.Letham,thetreacherouslyunreliablenarrator,isadepravedbacteriologistwhosemurderofhiswifeis,characteristically,bothinstinctualandpremeditated.Convictedandexiled,heattemptstoatoneforhiscrimesthroughscience,conceivingofthebookwearereadingasanempiricalreportonhimself—whoseultimatepurposemaybetosubstituteforaconscience.YetLethamcanneitherunderstandnormasterhimself.Hiscrimesarecrimesofpassion,andhispassionsremainmoreorlessuntouchedbyhisreason—infacttheyareconstantlyintrudingonhis"report,"rigorousasitisintendedtobe.Bothfeverishandchilling,GeorgLethamexploresthelimitsofreasonandthetensionsbetweenobjectivityandsubjectivity.MovingfromanunnamedCentralEuropeancitytoarcticicefloestoatropicalislandprison,thislayerednovel—withitsoftengrotesquelycomictoneandarrestingimages—invitesusintothedarkestchambersofthehumanpsyche.

作者简介

ErnstWeiss,bornin1882inBru?nn,MoraviaintheAustro-HungarianEmpire,wasatrainedphysician.Hisyearsasaship’sdoctorareapparentinmuchofthedetailinGeorgLetham.Weiss’workemergesfromanexpressionistbackgroundbutbelongswiththemodernistclassics.JoelRotenbergtranslatedChessStoryandThePost-OfficeGirlbyStefanZweigandHugovonHofmannsthal’sTheLordChandosLetterfortheNewYorkReviewBooksClassicsseries.,,,

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