It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady’s intense scrutiny and the small je...
It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady’s intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation.
Slowly, however, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life — until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. As she falls in love, news comes from home that forces her back to Enniscorthy, not to the constrictions of her old life, but to new possibilities which conflict deeply with the life she has left behind in Brooklyn.
In the quiet character of Eilis Lacey, Colm Tóibín has created one of fiction’s most memorable heroines and in Brooklyn , a luminous novel of devastating power. Tóibín demonstrates once again his astonishing range and that he is a true master of nuanced prose, emotional depth, and narrative virtuosity.
科尔姆·托宾 作者
于是
Scribner2009版
汲汲于澜
人民文学出版社2010版
邹小樱
人民文学出版社2010版
精分少女潇子
上海文艺出版社2016版
1 有用 安西 2010-07-07 12:23:15
C'est la vie.
0 有用 Endless_Summer 2019-01-18 13:50:35
电影比小说好看太多了，其实这个故事写得很一般。剧情冗长拖沓，语言平淡却罗嗦，人物刻画比较扁平，总有一种向Jane Austen致敬的味道，掩盖不了玛丽苏的内核。小说的节奏很慢，渲染铺陈太多，却并不吸引人，有故意煽情的嫌疑。
0 有用 beautifularea 2021-12-11 07:45:34
先看的电影
0 有用 悠悠如是 2017-01-06 01:53:39
2017年的第一本书，也是人生中第一本英文原版小说，谢谢@judeyu 的推荐。作为第一代北京移民，很多homesick的感受是一样的。
0 有用 cici 2022-12-05 02:21:09 挪威
用词简单但很细腻的写作手法，看起来很舒适。 （书店搞活动10块钱买的一本~）
0 有用 An 2024-01-24 17:38:02 越南
离开故乡的人，不属于异乡，也不再属于故乡
0 有用 W 2024-01-17 14:17:56 荷兰
去年第一次读《大师》整个人被震住，这次第一次读托宾的英文原版小说，反而没有那么大的触感了。是一本绝佳的通勤读物，文字非常流畅，也不会有太多艰深的词汇，读完的感觉也比较轻松。
0 有用 阿摸 2023-04-11 04:51:47 南非
科尔姆·托宾最大的特点和魅力或许就是那种淡然。写什么都没有那种浓烈挥洒，永远都是淡淡的、但是又很细腻的，一层一层剥笋子的感觉，引人入胜，但是不会让你感同身到心头发紧，因为阅读过程中，你会清醒地意识到，你也只是在淡淡地、浮光掠影地瞥见一段虚构或是真实都已不再重要的、他人的生活。
0 有用 cici 2022-12-05 02:21:09 挪威
用词简单但很细腻的写作手法，看起来很舒适。 （书店搞活动10块钱买的一本~）
0 有用 summer 2022-03-08 00:12:25
终于读完了好几年前第一次去伦敦买得买二赠一的两本托宾，那会儿才研究生第一年吧，那次去伦敦还是跟教授一起去得，就是这位年轻的美国助理教授怂恿我以后继续读博的。托宾真好看啊，简洁英语的典范，情感细腻，可是从小细节中体现了好多历史背景和社会变迁。好棒，文学的力量，不带评价描绘人的种种情感、人在世界中的位置，以后他的每本书我都会买来看的...