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A Guest at the Feast: Essays

內容簡介

內容簡介 知名愛爾蘭作家柯姆‧托賓散文集✰ 文學名家托賓談人生與寫作愛爾蘭文學名家柯姆‧托賓，首次寫下他的童年、成長記憶與寫作生涯，同時也發表他對宗教、同性戀議題和自身抗癌的看法與感想。以一貫幽默的態度，收錄抗癌經歷與心得、童年回憶(部分自傳)，對國家、宗教、同性戀議題提出觀點及對文學與寫作的想法，托賓不僅是一個作家，同時也是一名記錄者，他巧合地見證許多重大歷史事件的發生，並以銳利的目光批判邪惡，以同情的心悲憫弱者。From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature.“IT ALL STARTED WITH MY BALLS.” So begins Colm Tóibín’s fabulously compelling essay, laced with humor, about his diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Tóibín survives, but he has entered, as he says, “the age of one ball.” The second essay in this seductive collection is a memoir about growing up in the 1950s and ’60s in the small town of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, the setting for many of Tóibín’s novels and stories, including Brooklyn, The Blackwater Lightship and Nora Webster. Tóibín describes his education by priests, several of whom were condemned years later for abuse. He writes about Irish history and literature, and about the long, tragic journey toward legal and social acceptance of homosexuality.In Part Two, Tóibín profiles three complex and vexing popes—John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. And in Part Three, he writes about a trio of authors who reckon with religion in their fiction. The final essay, “Alone in Venice,” is a gorgeous account of Toibin’s journey, at the height of the pandemic, to the beloved city where he has set some of his most dazzling scenes. The streets, canals, churches and museums were empty. He had them to himself, an experience both haunting and exhilarating.A Guest at the Feast is both an intimate encounter with a supremely creative artist and a glorious celebration of writing."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Colm ToibinColm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; The Testament of Mary; and Nora Webster, as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and has been named as the Laureate for Irish Fiction for 2022–2024 by the Arts Council of Ireland. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Tóibín lives in Dublin and New York.

產品目錄

產品目錄 PART ONE Cancer: My Part in Its Downfall A Guest at the Feast A Brush with the Law PART TWO The Paradoxical Pope Among the Flutterers The Bergoglio Smile: Pope Francis The Ferns Report PART THREE Putting Religion in Its Place: Marilynne Robinson Issues of Truth and Invention: Francis Stuart Snail Slow: John McGahern EPILOGUE Alone in Venice

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最佳賣點 : 愛爾蘭知名當代作家Colm Tóibín散文集：關於國家、癌症、同志、以及書寫與文學