Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, lov...
Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, loving heroine once gave Driffield enough material to last a lifetime, but now her memory casts an embarrissing shadow over his career and respectable image.Wise, witty, deeply satisfying, Cakes and Ale is Maugham at his best.
读的是从图书馆里借来的企鹅1940年出版的老书，破旧不堪，封面的图片是Joseph Clark画的an english rose，略有roise的味道，姑娘浑身闪着金银交叠的光芒。在Selina写的毛姆的传记里提到这本短篇小说，是毛姆最引以为豪的，他用了另一个作品人物的名字充当小说中的第一人称，将roise的故事通过不同人的视角和他的矛盾感受展现出来。一个看起来大逆不道的作家夫人，从身份卑微的酒吧...读的是从图书馆里借来的企鹅1940年出版的老书，破旧不堪，封面的图片是Joseph Clark画的an english rose，略有roise的味道，姑娘浑身闪着金银交叠的光芒。在Selina写的毛姆的传记里提到这本短篇小说，是毛姆最引以为豪的，他用了另一个作品人物的名字充当小说中的第一人称，将roise的故事通过不同人的视角和他的矛盾感受展现出来。一个看起来大逆不道的作家夫人，从身份卑微的酒吧侍女，到与作家朋友反复苟合，再弃夫夜逃，然而她只不过是有自己的人生逻辑，just give herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers the perfume。因为这简单的人生逻辑，她一直才能拥有那孩童般无辜的笑容。 (展开)
"It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with..."It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind."(展开)
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威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 作者
李大文
译林出版社2006版
poorwind
译林出版社2006版
五十二Hz🐳
浙江文艺出版社2020版
宣宣
浙江文艺出版社1984版
0 有用 丢丢 2017-03-16 20:53:22
有声
2 有用 cici 2015-04-08 14:44:56
读的是从图书馆里借来的企鹅1940年出版的老书，破旧不堪，封面的图片是Joseph Clark画的an english rose，略有roise的味道，姑娘浑身闪着金银交叠的光芒。在Selina写的毛姆的传记里提到这本短篇小说，是毛姆最引以为豪的，他用了另一个作品人物的名字充当小说中的第一人称，将roise的故事通过不同人的视角和他的矛盾感受展现出来。一个看起来大逆不道的作家夫人，从身份卑微的酒吧... 读的是从图书馆里借来的企鹅1940年出版的老书，破旧不堪，封面的图片是Joseph Clark画的an english rose，略有roise的味道，姑娘浑身闪着金银交叠的光芒。在Selina写的毛姆的传记里提到这本短篇小说，是毛姆最引以为豪的，他用了另一个作品人物的名字充当小说中的第一人称，将roise的故事通过不同人的视角和他的矛盾感受展现出来。一个看起来大逆不道的作家夫人，从身份卑微的酒吧侍女，到与作家朋友反复苟合，再弃夫夜逃，然而她只不过是有自己的人生逻辑，just give herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers the perfume。因为这简单的人生逻辑，她一直才能拥有那孩童般无辜的笑容。 (展开)
0 有用 艾可 2013-06-17 01:39:31
難得毛姆大叔筆下有個他喜歡的女人。
0 有用 hcccccc 2022-10-09 00:29:12 美国
无法拒绝刻薄和真挚的组合（x
0 有用 funny_vee 2021-11-10 08:42:24
毛姆vs.哈代，女主vs.苔丝，对比读会很有趣，两个出身境遇类似的纯洁的大自然的女儿都另有所爱，对未婚先孕、孩子夭折、爱人重返后的选择却截然不同。 喜欢第一章和最后两章的冷幽默。
0 有用 lune的clair 2023-11-11 10:15:33 湖南
4.5/5. 结局有点意犹未尽
0 有用 toebb 2023-06-09 22:30:17 浙江
consistency很难得
0 有用 Overwater 2023-05-02 17:47:31 北京
"It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with... "It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind." (展开)
0 有用 在云里 2023-01-21 11:48:58 四川
新年第一读，读了一本可爱女人，真是个好兆头！The Driffields真是酷男酷女——人真的不要追求被世俗理解，cuz that’s just so boring（看看这本书的评论区就知道了。#1
0 有用 hcccccc 2022-10-09 00:29:12 美国
无法拒绝刻薄和真挚的组合（x