TheCompleteFiction

作者 Francis Wyndham著
出版社 NewYorkReviewBooks
出版时间 2009年5月
ISBN 9781590173121
定价 133.80

内容简介

Inhismorethaneightyyears,FrancisWyndhamhaspublishedverylittle—onenovellaandtwocollectionsofstories—buthisisoneofthemostindividualandcompellingbodiesofworkbyacontemporaryEnglishwriter.AsAlanHollinghursthassaid,Wyndham’sfictionstandsinthetraditionofsocialcomedythatgoesbackthroughHenryJamestoJaneAusten,withthisdifference:Wyndhamwritesaboutthelivesofprivilegedandeventitledpeople,butheisdrawntooutcastsandoddducks,adolescents,lonelywomen,addicts,eccentrics,andidlers.Theearlieststorieshere,gatheredunderthetitleOutoftheWar,arebrilliantvignettesofdeprivationanddesirewrittenduringWorldWarII.ThelaterMrsHendersonandOtherStories,bycontrast,offersscrupulouslyobservedtragicomicpicturesofthevagariesofupper-classEnglishfamilylife.Finally,intheWhitbreadPrize–winningshortnovelTheOtherGarden,ashyteenageboylivinginthecountrystrikesupanunlikelyfriendshipwithKay,thethirty-somethingdaughterofneighbors,sistertoafamousactor,andblacksheepofherfamily.Kay,withherwhimsandcrazesandboyfriends,isunabletoholdherownagainstherfamily’sdisapproval,andthenarratorwatcheswithhelplessfascinationashersmallbutveryrealtragedyisplayedoutagainstthebackgroundoftheSecondWorldWar.

作者简介

FrancisWyndhamwasborninLondonin1924.HegraduatedfromEtonin1940andspentayearatOxfordbeforebeingdraftedintothearmyin1942.Whenitbecameclearthathewassufferingfromtuberculosis,hewasdismissedfromserviceandreturnedtoLondon,wherehebeganwritingreviewsforTheTimesLiterarySupplementandworkingontheshortstoriesthatwouldlaterbecollectedinOutoftheWar(notpublisheduntil1974).Duringthe1950sheworkedasacriticandeditoratQueenandin1964washiredbyTheSundayTimes,wherehestayeduntil1980.HecollaboratedwithDavidKingonTrotsky:ADocumentaryandistheauthorofacollectionofessays,TheTheatreofEmbarrassment;anovel,TheOtherGarden(winnerofthe1987WhitbreadFirstNovelAward);andco-editorofTheLettersofJeanRhys.AlanHollinghurstwasbornin1954inGloucestershire,England,andattendedMagdalenCollege,Oxford.HeistheauthorofthenovelsTheSwimming-PoolLibrary,TheFoldingStar(short-listedfortheBookerPrize),TheSpell,TheLineofBeauty(winnerofthe2004ManBookerPrize),aswellasofatranslationoftheplayBajazetbyRacine.AformerstaffmemberatTheTimesLiterarySupplement,Hollinghurstisafrequentcontributortothatandotherpublications,includingTheGuardian.HelivesinLondon.

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