In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne–a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children–plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor ...
In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne–a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children–plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor traffic accident leads to an unsettling confrontation, Perowne must set aside his plans and summon a strength greater than he knew he had in order to preserve the life that is dear to him.
Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of more than ten books, including the novels Atonement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award, The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize, and The Child in Time, winner of the Whitbread Award, as well as the story collecti...
Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of more than ten books, including the novels Atonement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award, The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize, and The Child in Time, winner of the Whitbread Award, as well as the story collections First Love, Last Rites, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and In Between the Sheets. He has also written screenplays, plays, television scripts, a children’s book, and the libretto for an oratorio. He lives in London.
On a recent Sunday evening Theo came up with an aphorism: the bigger you think, the crappier it looks. Asked to explain he said, 'When we go on about the big things, the political situation, global warming, world poverty, it all looks really terrible, with nothing getting better, nothing to look forward to. But when I think small, closer in – you know, a girl I’ve just met, or this song we’re going to do with Chas, or snowboarding next month, then it looks great. So this is going to be my motto – think small.' (查看原文)
Listened to the audiobook read by James Wilby. Very good narrator. His Daisy, Rosalind, and cockney Baxter made me chuckle though. Liked the details on literature, poetry, Blues and Glenn Gould. Found...Listened to the audiobook read by James Wilby. Very good narrator. His Daisy, Rosalind, and cockney Baxter made me chuckle though. Liked the details on literature, poetry, Blues and Glenn Gould. Found the theme and subject overall uninspiring. Nothing we haven't thought of before. I'm so tired of the perspective of a middle class white male...(展开)
8.11-18| brilliant description of the squash match got me interested enough to try it out home evasion scene extremely devastating why is it so hard to stay detached and objective when it comes to pol...8.11-18| brilliant description of the squash match got me interested enough to try it out home evasion scene extremely devastating why is it so hard to stay detached and objective when it comes to politics really love this one-day format focused and telling(展开)
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伊恩·麦克尤恩 作者
王中玉
作家出版社2008版
撑起雨伞
作家出版社2008版
羊趴
上海译文出版社2011版
阿礅
上海译文出版社2011版
0 有用 苗儿 2016-05-30 02:46:15
Listened to the audiobook read by James Wilby. Very good narrator. His Daisy, Rosalind, and cockney Baxter made me chuckle though. Liked the details on literature, poetry, Blues and Glenn Gould. Found... Listened to the audiobook read by James Wilby. Very good narrator. His Daisy, Rosalind, and cockney Baxter made me chuckle though. Liked the details on literature, poetry, Blues and Glenn Gould. Found the theme and subject overall uninspiring. Nothing we haven't thought of before. I'm so tired of the perspective of a middle class white male... (展开)
0 有用 bunnie 2018-08-19 04:12:54
8.11-18| brilliant description of the squash match got me interested enough to try it out home evasion scene extremely devastating why is it so hard to stay detached and objective when it comes to pol... 8.11-18| brilliant description of the squash match got me interested enough to try it out home evasion scene extremely devastating why is it so hard to stay detached and objective when it comes to politics really love this one-day format focused and telling (展开)
0 有用 思阳 2009-03-08 06:37:52
这本书太细腻了。每一个日常的琐碎细节都描写的口吐莲花。不是我喜欢的类型，虽然它有相当优美的文字和内敛的深邃。我想我最不喜欢的是内容和主题吧，从来对中产阶级丰盈与稳定的平凡生活不感兴趣，更是对欧美人民对恐怖分子的那种敏感和恐惧感到嗤之以鼻。
0 有用 迫击炮 2024-09-12 00:09:42 中国香港
麦克尤恩的这本小说单从情节上来讲，有些无聊；书中的细节描写太过琐碎，大量的脑科相关的专业名词；但读罢之后，能感受到生活的无聊与不易。
1 有用 Karasu 2013-02-02 20:11:38
一个中产阶级无病呻吟的一天，技术部分的介入无比生硬，排山倒海的专业名词令人反胃，因为过于典型而无法感人。