I had spent a winter there two years before and had found in that wonderful country much to excite my imagination, and I was eager to go back. I have never been able to write anything unless I had a solid and ample store of information for my wits to work upon. I expected this second visit to enable me to get some shape into the multitudinous impressions I had received and to complete the pattern that was vaguely outlined in my fancy. I decided to do no work till I got to India, but to play till then with the ideas that wandered through my mind and get to know more intimately the creatures of my imagination who were to take part in my story. It is this portion of the novelist’s activity that is wholly delightful; no labour is attached to it, and no responsibility; the easy, unsough exercis... (查看原文)
毛姆自传,其实是书商整的标题党,跟自传没有太大关系,只是毛姆的两本随笔《纯属私事》Strictly Personal 和《总结》The Summing Up 的合辑。 《纯属私事》里讲了毛姆在二战时期的个人经历和见闻感悟。都是细致入微的观察和一针见血的评价。 《总结》是毛姆对自己写作生涯的回...
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0 有用 龚远游紫 2024-08-11 15:57:31 广东
一些混乱时代的随笔记录,一些关于人性的细致思考,还有一些体恤人类的淡淡悲悯和温情。 时过境迁,前事不忘,仍可当后事之师。
7 有用 渡边 2024-05-29 16:39:38 江苏
二战爆发前两年(1939-1940),毛姆的私人纪实随笔。仍旧是典型的“人间观察”笔调(毛姆这一点特别令人佩服,不论发生什么,他似乎都能做个乐在其中的“看客”),从开战前的人心惶惶,法国投降后坐船逃难(这段最精彩),到英国后跑空袭的日常,既有高屋建瓴的论述,如“论法国溃败的原因”,也有妙趣横生的“人物速写”,不少一闪而过的细节背后,似乎都藏着一本没来得及写出的毛姆小说。
0 有用 86号太阳 2024-08-04 00:39:51 湖北
挺有意思。换个角度认识毛姆,换个角度了解二战
1 有用 路走走 2024-06-25 09:40:54 广东
很强的观察力与感受力,每一个进入他眼中的人物都会成为一篇笔记。(还是要感叹一下,毛姆大叔的生活经历真丰富啊)
0 有用 yinif 2024-07-06 14:31:05 河南
全书为第二次世界大战开始时十五个月中毛姆的经历随笔。有趣伤感。自由港还算得上悠闲地邮轮生活,上法国前线搜集战争素材、走访英国工人、嘱咐留下看家的女仆如果法国沦陷就杀掉家中的腊肠犬、搭运煤船撤退回英国的海上历险…阅读过程即窥见了战争的颠沛流离,又跟着毛姆展开了一场奇妙的旅程。书中有很多不曾想象的二战当下毛姆的真实特殊经历,不禁感叹毛姆的丰富人生和强硬资本,毕竟这可不是一般人能做到的啊~