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Fifteen Wild Decembers

作者 Karen Powell
出版社 EUROPA PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
商品描述 Fifteen Wild Decembers:談到英國經典文學,必定無法忽略勃朗特三姊妹,出生於寒冷荒涼的約克郡哈沃斯,她們卻在這片遼闊孤寂的荒原上透過想像力創造出各種故事,甚至孕育

內容簡介

內容簡介 談到英國經典文學,必定無法忽略勃朗特三姊妹,出生於寒冷荒涼的約克郡哈沃斯,她們卻在這片遼闊孤寂的荒原上透過想像力創造出各種故事,甚至孕育後來的經典作品《簡愛》、《咆嘯山莊》、《荒野莊園的房客》等。而一般人不知道的是,艾蜜莉‧勃朗特不但是個厲害的小說家,她也是個天才型詩人。在維多利亞時代,少有女性能以創作為職業,大部分受過教育的女性頂多只能從事家教,為賺錢謀生,三姊妹們都曾當過家教,而其中討厭離家、不擅與人打交道的艾蜜莉‧勃朗特則最無法適應,在學校備受學生排擠與嘲笑。艾蜜莉懷念約克郡的荒原,即便冬天寒風刺骨,呼嘯過窗櫺的聲音宛如哭聲,卻也為她帶來無盡的寫作靈感與幻想泉源。在俗世裡看似沒有她的容身之處,她却在文學的世界創造出屬於自己的國度,姊妹三人首次用男性冒名出版詩集,艾蜜莉的詩作首次被看見,而後來的《咆嘯山莊》更是一鳴驚人,雖然在保守封建的維多利亞社會遭到許多抨擊,認為其中的內容瘋狂、角色個性野蠻且殘忍,甚至評論「怎麼會有人可以讀完這整本書而沒有看完前12章後就自殺?」,但也有許多評論認為儘管這本書的劇情令人震驚且難以釋懷,卻呈現出真實的人性、愛與恨。直至21世紀,《咆嘯山莊》被認為是超前其誕生時代的一部作品,不僅被多次翻拍成電影,艾蜜莉的詩作也被再次整理出版。英國歌手Kate Bush也曾於1978年創作同名歌曲,而這首歌也因為出現在NETFLIX影集《怪奇物語》中而再度聲名大噪,艾蜜莉‧勃朗特的文學天賦再次受到大眾關注。作者Karen Powell以小說的方式,結合史實與想像,勾勒艾蜜莉‧勃朗特的內心世界、與家人的相處時光和創作的歷程,其短暫卻不凡的一生,造就了一本影響後世的著作。Isolated from society, Emily Brontë and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world to earn a living, each of them struggles to adapt, but for Emily the change is catastrophic. Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function.To the outside world, Emily Brontë appears taciturn and unexceptional, but beneath the surface her mind is in a creative ferment. A violent phenomenon is about to burst forth that will fuse her imaginary world with the landscape of her beloved Yorkshire and change the literary world forever.Fifteen Wild Decembers is the dazzling second novel from a writer who has been compared to Shirley Hazzard and Graham Greene, and whose first novel was described as ‘utterly stunning’, ‘mesmerizing’ and hailed as ‘a masterpiece.’

作者介紹

作者介紹 Karen PowellKaren Powell was born in Rochester, Kent. She left school at 16 but returned to education as a mature student to study English Literature at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in North Yorkshire. An early draft of The River Within was awarded a Northern Writers’ TLC ‘New Fiction Reads’ prize, which seeks to support work-in-progress by new, emerging and established writers across the North of England.

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書名 / Fifteen Wild Decembers
作者 / Karen Powell
簡介 / Fifteen Wild Decembers:談到英國經典文學,必定無法忽略勃朗特三姊妹,出生於寒冷荒涼的約克郡哈沃斯,她們卻在這片遼闊孤寂的荒原上透過想像力創造出各種故事,甚至孕育
出版社 / EUROPA PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
ISBN13 / 9781787704817
ISBN10 /
EAN / 9781787704817
誠品26碼 / 2682445467006
頁數 / 288
裝訂 / P:平裝
語言 / 3:英文
尺寸 / 21.1*13.8*2.7
級別 / N:無
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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : 英國文學史上無法取代的星星!以小說方式呈現《咆嘯山莊》作者─艾蜜莉‧勃朗特的傳奇一生與文學成就