An elderly schoolteacher recalls the single act of youthful passion that changed her life forever; a young gardener has an unsettling encounter with a suburban housewife; a wife who miscalculated the guarantees of marriage embarks upon an online affair. And in the title story a teenage girl strikes up an unlikely friendship with a lonely bachelor.
An elderly schoolteacher recalls the single act of youthful passion that changed her life forever; a young gardener has an unsettling encounter with a suburban housewife; a wife who miscalculated the guarantees of marriage embarks upon an online affair. And in the title story a teenage girl strikes up an unlikely friendship with a lonely bachelor.
Love, loss, betrayal. Grief, guilt, longing. The act of grace or forgiveness that can suddenly transform and redeem lives. In these twelve haunting stories Mary Costello carefully examines the passions and perils of everyday life and relationships and, with startling insight, casts a light on the darkest corners of the human heart.
What emerges is a compassionate exploration of how ordinary men and women endure the trials and complexities of marriage, memory, adultery, death, and the ripples of disquiet that lie just beneath the surface. With a calm intensity and an undertow of sadness, she reveals the secret fears and yearnings of her characters, and those isolated moments when a few words or a small deed can change everything, with stark and sometimes brutal consequences.
作者简介
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Mary Costello lives in Dublin. Her collection of short stories, The China Factory, was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award. Academy Street is her first novel.
目录
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CONTENTS
The China Factory
You Fill Up My Senses
Things I See
The Patio Man
This Falling Sickness
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CONTENTS
The China Factory
You Fill Up My Senses
Things I See
The Patio Man
This Falling Sickness
Sleeping with a Stranger
And Who Will Pay Charon?
The Astral Plane
Little Disturbances
Room in Her Head
Insomniac
The Sewing Room
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...she would tell him there is no giving like the first giving, that what is given first cannot be regiven, what is first taken cannot be retaken. She would tell him she would never be the same again, or give the same or receive the same or love the same, that it was in him that all possibilities were first encountered, all beauty, all hope concentrated, that he had gone now and taken something and it could not be recovered and she was left here, now, impaired, diminished, she was left wanting. (查看原文)
爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Cha...爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Charon?'写的则是一个类似于福克纳笔下的Miss Emily的女人，怪诞又令人同情。'The Astral Plane'借用了哲学和神学上“星光层”这一概念，描写了一个已婚女人在一段网络恋情中迷离失控的内心体验。所有故事都有去政治化的倾向，专注于人类尤其是处于情爱关系中的人，失意者最懂。(展开)
爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Cha...爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Charon?'写的则是一个类似于福克纳笔下的Miss Emily的女人，怪诞又令人同情。'The Astral Plane'借用了哲学和神学上“星光层”这一概念，描写了一个已婚女人在一段网络恋情中迷离失控的内心体验。所有故事都有去政治化的倾向，专注于人类尤其是处于情爱关系中的人，失意者最懂。(展开)
1 有用 苏夫佳 2016-03-11 10:29:23
爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Cha... 爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Charon?'写的则是一个类似于福克纳笔下的Miss Emily的女人，怪诞又令人同情。'The Astral Plane'借用了哲学和神学上“星光层”这一概念，描写了一个已婚女人在一段网络恋情中迷离失控的内心体验。所有故事都有去政治化的倾向，专注于人类尤其是处于情爱关系中的人，失意者最懂。 (展开)
0 有用 JIE 2023-04-29 03:49:15 比利时
关于孤独关于创伤关于欲望关于婚姻关于成长关于生命，Mary Costello描写的饱含诗意，充满James Joyce所著的Dubliners的影子，这部短篇小说集写给每一个在生活的荒漠上孤独徘徊的灵魂。
1 有用 树叶的叶 2016-09-01 22:04:15
R4 The Astral Plane, Little Disturbances, Things I See, The Sewing Machine, The China Factory. 许多惆怅和怀想
0 有用 JIE 2023-04-29 03:49:15 比利时
关于孤独关于创伤关于欲望关于婚姻关于成长关于生命，Mary Costello描写的饱含诗意，充满James Joyce所著的Dubliners的影子，这部短篇小说集写给每一个在生活的荒漠上孤独徘徊的灵魂。
1 有用 树叶的叶 2016-09-01 22:04:15
R4 The Astral Plane, Little Disturbances, Things I See, The Sewing Machine, The China Factory. 许多惆怅和怀想
1 有用 苏夫佳 2016-03-11 10:29:23
爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Cha... 爱尔兰作家写人的孤独落寞都满含诗意，忧郁气质扑面而来。Mary Costello凭借这部短篇集强势登上爱尔兰文坛，作为处女作这本书太惊艳！每一个故事都看似波澜不惊，情感在暗地里缓慢发酵；作者对情感关系中一些微妙时刻的呈现简直让我心疼心酸。'The Sewing Room' 是我最爱，明明是一个老套的“冲动的惩罚”一类的故事让作者写出了一个女人几十年的沧桑。'And Who Will Pay Charon?'写的则是一个类似于福克纳笔下的Miss Emily的女人，怪诞又令人同情。'The Astral Plane'借用了哲学和神学上“星光层”这一概念，描写了一个已婚女人在一段网络恋情中迷离失控的内心体验。所有故事都有去政治化的倾向，专注于人类尤其是处于情爱关系中的人，失意者最懂。 (展开)