书目

Eclipse[日食]

  • 作者 John Banville著
  • 出版社 Picador
  • 出版时间 2001年7月
  • ISBN 9780330482226
  • 定价 103.10

内容简介

Thisbeautiful,melancholyghoststorywillcaptivateeverydiscerningreader;AlexanderCleave,actor,haslefthiscareerandhisfamilybehindandbanishedhimselftohischildhoodhome.Hewantstoretirefromlife,butfindsthisimpossibleinahousebrimmingwithpresences,someghostlysomeundeniablyhuman.Memories,anxietyforthefutureandmoreparticularlyforhisbelovedbuttroubleddaughter,allconspiretodistracthimfromhisdreamingretirement.Thishumaneandbeautifullywrittenstorytellsthetragictaleofaman,intelligent,preposterousandvulnerable,whoinattemptingtobringtheperformancetoaclose,findshimselftravellinginevitablytowardsadevastatingdenouement.

作者简介

JohnBanvillewasborninWexford,Ireland,in1945.Hisfirstbook,LongLankin,waspublishedin1970.HisotherbooksareNightspawn,Birchwood,DoctorCopernicus(whichwontheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrizein1976),Kepler(whichwasawardedtheGuardianFictionPrizein1981),TheNewtonLetter(whichwasfilmedforChannel4),Mefisto,TheBookofEvidence(shortlistedforthe1989BookerPrizeandwinnerofthe1989GuinnessPeatAviationAward),Ghosts,Athena,TheUntouchable,ShroudandTheSea.HehasreceivedaliteraryawardfromtheLannanFoundation.HelivesinDublin.

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