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′One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.′Revealing the truths and realities about
Introduction and Notes by Laurence Davies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show
Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. In every sense an international figure, Joyce was faithful to his own country by seeing it unflinchingly and challenging every precedent and piety in Irish literature.
寫於《尤利西斯》等長篇鉅作之前，今年的Bloomsday，讓我們從《都柏林人》開始。數則篇幅短小，言語精煉的故事，承載喬伊斯眼中最遠也最近的故土──即上世紀初的都柏林──自渾噩到頓悟的苦澀。精巧典雅的Macmillan小金書，隨身一冊，隨時展讀。First published in 1914, Dubliners depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin at the start of the twentieth century. Themes within the stories include the disappointments of childhood, the frustrations of adolescence, and the importance of sexual awakening. Joyce was twenty-five years old when he wrote this collection of short stories, among which 'The Dead' is probably the most famous.Considered at the time as a literary experiment, Dubliners contains moments of joy, fear, grief, love and loss, which combine to form one of the most complete depictions of a city ever written, and the stories remain as refreshingly original and surprising in this century as they did in the last. With an afterword by Peter Harness. Designed to appeal to the booklover, Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound hardback gift editions of much loved classic titles.
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一樁離奇的車禍，揭發了隱藏多年的祕密！車中女子蘿拉到底自殺還是意外？蘿拉死後兩年，她的姊姊艾莉絲整理出版了一本署名為蘿拉的小說《盲眼刺客》，描寫遭警察緝捕的左翼分子，為取悅幽會的女孩，如同《一千零一夜》裡逃避死亡的主角，一次次編造辛克龍星球的奇幻故事。在辛克龍星球薩基諾姆城，地毯的品質衡量標準在於織瞎了多少童奴，因為只有小孩的織手才勝任如此精細的工作。也因為費力，到八、九歲他們就會完全失明，被賣入妓院。他們的收費很高，因為據說他們的手指極其靈活熟練，讓人被撫摸時會有花朵在肌膚上盛放或流水在身上潺潺流過之感。他們也擅長開鎖，從妓院中逃出來的盲童，不是當割喉盜匪，就是當職業刺客，稱之為盲眼刺客。故事中暗藏洶湧的愛情、背叛與死亡。蘿拉也成為眾所崇拜的作家。然而事隔數十年，艾莉絲選擇用黑色幽默的語調，向孫女述說她與丈夫、情人以及妹妹之間糾纏不清的感情糾葛，掀起一個又一個驚人內幕！本書特色★ 愛特伍經典之作，永恆珍藏版。★ 作家平路、袁瓊瓊、簡媜、柯裕棻、駱以軍、陳思宏、陳栢青、黃崇凱、李桐豪、崔舜華、蔡琳森、葉佳怡。★ Global English Editing選出加拿大最具代表性的書籍：《盲眼刺客》。★ 《泰晤士報》評選六十年來六十本最佳小說。得獎紀錄★二○○○年英國曼氏布克獎（The Man Booker Prize for Fiction）★二○○○年美國《紐約時報》年度最佳小說★二○○一年國際犯罪小說作家協會／達許漢密特獎（The Dashiell Hammett Awards）★二○○一年加拿大書商協會年度Libris獎★二○○一年英國柑橘文學獎（Orange Prize for Fiction）決選★二○○二年國際IMPAC都柏林文學獎（International Dublin Literary Award）決選★二○○二年《聯合報》讀書人最佳書獎★《泰晤士報》評選六十年六十本最佳小說媒體讚譽：《盲眼刺客》是部成功融合不同敘事層次的繁複佳作。內容深邃、具戲劇張力且結構恢閎，它彰顯出愛特伍寬廣的情感內涵，以及她既敘事詳實又探討心理真實的詩人眼光。──布克獎評審委員會書裡同時交叉進行著兩個故事。一個是虛構的，一個是真實的。虛構的有如奇幻小說，真實的卻是奇情羅曼史，然而全書看完，你卻會發現這是一部精緻美麗的推理。《盲眼刺客》裡故事包含故事，現實裡包含現實。彷彿在鏡中
一樁離奇的車禍，揭發了隱藏多年的祕密！車中女子蘿拉到底自殺還是意外？蘿拉死後兩年，她的姊姊艾莉絲整理出版了一本署名為蘿拉的小說《盲眼刺客》，描寫遭警察緝捕的左翼分子，為取悅幽會的女孩，如同《一千零一夜》裡逃避死亡的主角，一次次編造辛克龍星球的奇幻故事。在辛克龍星球薩基諾姆城，地毯的品質衡量標準在於織瞎了多少童奴，因為只有小孩的織手才勝任如此精細的工作。也因為費力，到八、九歲他們就會完全失明，被賣入妓院。他們的收費很高，因為據說他們的手指極其靈活熟練，讓人被撫摸時會有花朵在肌膚上盛放或流水在身上潺潺流過之感。他們也擅長開鎖，從妓院中逃出來的盲童，不是當割喉盜匪，就是當職業刺客，稱之為盲眼刺客。故事中暗藏洶湧的愛情、背叛與死亡。蘿拉也成為眾所崇拜的作家。然而事隔數十年，艾莉絲選擇用黑色幽默的語調，向孫女述說她與丈夫、情人以及妹妹之間糾纏不清的感情糾葛，掀起一個又一個驚人內幕！本書特色★ 愛特伍經典之作，永恆珍藏版。★ 作家平路、袁瓊瓊、簡媜、柯裕棻、駱以軍、陳思宏、陳栢青、黃崇凱、李桐豪、崔舜華、蔡琳森、葉佳怡。★ Global English Editing選出加拿大最具代表性的書籍：《盲眼刺客》。★ 《泰晤士報》評選六十年來六十本最佳小說。得獎紀錄★二○○○年英國曼氏布克獎（The Man Booker Prize for Fiction）★二○○○年美國《紐約時報》年度最佳小說★二○○一年國際犯罪小說作家協會／達許漢密特獎（The Dashiell Hammett Awards）★二○○一年加拿大書商協會年度Libris獎★二○○一年英國柑橘文學獎（Orange Prize for Fiction）決選★二○○二年國際IMPAC都柏林文學獎（International Dublin Literary Award）決選★二○○二年《聯合報》讀書人最佳書獎★《泰晤士報》評選六十年六十本最佳小說媒體讚譽：《盲眼刺客》是部成功融合不同敘事層次的繁複佳作。內容深邃、具戲劇張力且結構恢閎，它彰顯出愛特伍寬廣的情感內涵，以及她既敘事詳實又探討心理真實的詩人眼光。──布克獎評審委員會書裡同時交叉進行著兩個故事。一個是虛構的，一個是真實的。虛構的有如奇幻小說，真實的卻是奇情羅曼史，然而全書看完，你卻會發現這是一部精緻美麗的推理。《盲眼刺客》裡故事包含故事，現實裡包含現實。彷彿在鏡中
