In the first American edition of an atmospheric, often comic, semi-autobiographical novel, Lodge ( Nice Work ) adroitly limns the maturation of Londoner Timothy Young. During WW II, his family passes most nights in the air-raid shelter in his friend Jill's garden. After a bomb kills Jill and her mother, Tim and his mother are evacuated to the country, but soon return to London ...
In the first American edition of an atmospheric, often comic, semi-autobiographical novel, Lodge ( Nice Work ) adroitly limns the maturation of Londoner Timothy Young. During WW II, his family passes most nights in the air-raid shelter in his friend Jill's garden. After a bomb kills Jill and her mother, Tim and his mother are evacuated to the country, but soon return to London where, making his First Confession, Tim is wracked with guilt for concealing that he and Jill had touched each other's genitals. Terrified of Hitler, Tim has nightmares after seeing what was "supposed to be a funny film" about him-- The Great Dictator . Even after the war, goods are scarce and food still rationed. Later, when Tim is 16, his older sister, Kath, who works for the U.S. Army in Germany, suggests that Tim spend the summer with her. Away from his claustrophobic and puritanical working-class home, Tim is initiated into adulthood; he comes to terms with his own and Kath's sexuality, and his abject fear of the Nazis is conveniently alleviated by a meeting with an ex-Nazi who proves to be a gentle, melancholy old man.
作者简介
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戴维•洛奇（David John Lodge，1935—），英国著名小说家和文学评论家，伯明翰大学荣誉教授，英国皇家文学院院士，以文学贡献获得不列颠帝国勋章和法国文艺骑士勋章。代表作品主要有“卢密奇学院三部曲”：《换位》《小世界》和《美好的工作》；“天主教三部曲”：《大英博物馆在倒塌》《你能走多远？》和《天堂消息》；其他重要作品还有《走出防空洞》《失聪宣判》《治疗》等。并著有《小说的艺术》和《意识与小说》等多部文学批评理论文集。
把我写的译后记（ https://www.jianshu.com/p/4781dc0e45b1 ）也转贴在这里： 近一年来，我一直在断断续续地翻译英国作家戴维·洛奇（ David Lodge ）的《走出防空洞》（ Out of the Shelter ）。几日前完成译稿校订，交给出版社，不出意外的话不用太久就会出版了。以下是我写...
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新星出版社2018版
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