When Phillip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities' Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Nobody is immune to the exchange: students, colleagues, even wives are swapped as events spiral out of control. And soon both sun-dre...
When Phillip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities' Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Nobody is immune to the exchange: students, colleagues, even wives are swapped as events spiral out of control. And soon both sun-drenched Euphoric State University and rain-kissed University of Rummidge are a hotbed of intrigue, lawlessness and broken vows...'Not since Lucky Jim has such a funny book about academic life come my way' - "Sunday Times". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
洛奇已出版12部长篇小说,包括“卢密奇学院三部曲”《换位》(Changing Places,1975年,获霍桑登奖和约克郡邮报小说大奖)、《小世界》(Small World,1984年,获布克奖提名)和《作者,作者》(Author,Author,)2004等,其中以“卢密奇学院三部曲”最为著名。他还著有《小说的艺术》(The Art of Fiction,1992年)和《意识与小说》(Consciousness and the Novel,2002年)等多部文学批评理论文集。洛奇的作品已用2...
洛奇已出版12部长篇小说,包括“卢密奇学院三部曲”《换位》(Changing Places,1975年,获霍桑登奖和约克郡邮报小说大奖)、《小世界》(Small World,1984年,获布克奖提名)和《作者,作者》(Author,Author,)2004等,其中以“卢密奇学院三部曲”最为著名。他还著有《小说的艺术》(The Art of Fiction,1992年)和《意识与小说》(Consciousness and the Novel,2002年)等多部文学批评理论文集。洛奇的作品已用25种语言翻译出版。文学批评史家安东尼·伯吉斯认为,洛奇是“同代作家中最优秀的小说家之一”。
“He taught them a game he had invented as a postgraduate student, in which each person had to think of a well-known book he hadn't read, and scored a point for every person present who had read it. The Confederate Soldier and Carol were joint winners, scoring four points out of a possible five with Steppenwolf and The Story of 0 respectively, Philip in each case accounting for the odd point. His own nomination, Oliver Twist — usually a certain winner - was nowhere.
' What d'you call that game ?' Melanie asked Philip.
'Humiliation.'
' That's a great name. Humiliation...'
'You have to humiliate yourself to win, you see. Or to stop others from winning. It's rather like Mr Kroop's grading system.'” (查看原文)
笑到停不下来。70年代末讲述60年代的知识分子风貌。Morris对女性解放一无所知,还想patronize堕胎学生,笑到flip a bird——所以作者忙不迭插入:“It was 1969, we have to understand that.”时代局限,当然有点男性的幻想,譬如Desiree为啥会看上Phillip这个窝囊废。结构挺精巧,作者要创造种种平行巧合,还要无缝连接。中间章节有书信体...笑到停不下来。70年代末讲述60年代的知识分子风貌。Morris对女性解放一无所知,还想patronize堕胎学生,笑到flip a bird——所以作者忙不迭插入:“It was 1969, we have to understand that.”时代局限,当然有点男性的幻想,譬如Desiree为啥会看上Phillip这个窝囊废。结构挺精巧,作者要创造种种平行巧合,还要无缝连接。中间章节有书信体、新闻体、意识流、剧本等文体变换,玩得挺开。Phillip真是四人中最伪君子最无耻的,Morris起码还是真小人。对英美知识分子的讽刺简直到了滑稽的地步,可以让Woody Allen来拍!最后停留在对film和book结尾的对比上,戛然而止,只是这个对比到了三十年后已经不适用了。(展开)
5 有用 Charlotte'sWeb 2014-10-08 16:28:18
笑到停不下来。70年代末讲述60年代的知识分子风貌。Morris对女性解放一无所知,还想patronize堕胎学生,笑到flip a bird——所以作者忙不迭插入:“It was 1969, we have to understand that.”时代局限,当然有点男性的幻想,譬如Desiree为啥会看上Phillip这个窝囊废。结构挺精巧,作者要创造种种平行巧合,还要无缝连接。中间章节有书信体... 笑到停不下来。70年代末讲述60年代的知识分子风貌。Morris对女性解放一无所知,还想patronize堕胎学生,笑到flip a bird——所以作者忙不迭插入:“It was 1969, we have to understand that.”时代局限,当然有点男性的幻想,譬如Desiree为啥会看上Phillip这个窝囊废。结构挺精巧,作者要创造种种平行巧合,还要无缝连接。中间章节有书信体、新闻体、意识流、剧本等文体变换,玩得挺开。Phillip真是四人中最伪君子最无耻的,Morris起码还是真小人。对英美知识分子的讽刺简直到了滑稽的地步,可以让Woody Allen来拍!最后停留在对film和book结尾的对比上,戛然而止,只是这个对比到了三十年后已经不适用了。 (展开)
0 有用 山月随人归 2013-10-31 13:24:33
what a farce!
0 有用 不验证不让胡说 2019-07-05 03:17:18
fun and funny at times, but the neat symmetry maddens me.
0 有用 柏闷骚 2014-12-10 21:28:17
brilliant
0 有用 风挑一点灯 2015-01-31 08:34:44
comic glance at the 60's campus,and the vitality remains.