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On Chesil Beach

By Ian McEwan

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| Hardcover | 0224081187 | Details

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It is June 1962. In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room. Neither is entirely able to suppress their anxieties about the wedding night to come..."On Chesil Beach" is another masterwork from Continue

It is June 1962. In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room. Neither is entirely able to suppress their anxieties about the wedding night to come..."On Chesil Beach" is another masterwork from Ian McEwan - a story about how the entire course of a life can be changed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.

Ian McEwan向來以利筆冷眼勾勒當代人心的不安和恐懼,這次脫去沈重的時代背景,極其精簡的角色,濃縮數個小時的時間,用詩般的文字凝鍊成人性的篇章。

推薦理由:英國當代重量級作家Ian McEwan的最新作品,第四度入圍布克獎。 McEwan初出道即以短篇小說集First Love, Last Rites獲毛姆獎,一九九八年以《阿姆斯特丹》Amsterdam 榮獲布克獎,《贖罪》Atonement獲美國國家書卷獎,上一本著作Saturday也入選紐約時報年度好書。每本小說都受到高度期待。

故事主角是1960年代一對年輕夫妻的新婚之夜,聚焦在數小時之內的場景中。兩人彼此相愛,他們的生活時代是保守的,婚前不能發生關係,對於性愛方面的話題更是難以啟齒、無法談論。兩人都非常矜持,就在尷尬與害怕中彼此揣摩心意、犯下離譜的錯誤。

儘管本書篇幅很短,也因此讓評審對於選擇這本書的入圍感到遲疑,但是因為這本書的緊湊和品質極佳,也讓評審放下顧慮。從晚餐開始,作者生動描寫兩人之間的緊張氣氛、隨著時間過去逐漸高漲;對於主角兩人的純真,但又因為相愛而產生過多轉折想法,這些心理層面的深刻描寫,也讓這個作品充滿它應有的份量,而不至淪為一本過輕的簡單小說。

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