沙洲之谜
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers · 初版 1903 年
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Childers 唯一的一部杰作《沙洲之谜》被视为第一部现代间谍惊悚小说，公认是 Graham Greene 与 John le Carre 现实主义风格的杰出先驱。它独特的风味来自细腻的人物塑造、丰富而真实的近岸航海背景，以及对 1890 年代末的生动再现——那种相互猜疑与阴谋的气氛，不久便导致了战争。
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Erskine Childers 的《The Riddle of the Sands》，一部伪装成紧张小说的战前德国海军野心分析。Joshua Slocum 的《Sailing Alone Around the World》。Slocum 就是这么干的。George Ade，他的任何作品都行：他是那个……
Erskine Childers' "The Riddle of the Sands", an analysis of German naval ambitions pre-WWI masquerading as a tense work of fiction. Joshua Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World". Slocum does that. George Ade, any of his works: he was the…
……作者的声音把虚构和历史人物结合起来，但人物只在舞台上短暂露面。A-M 系列那位出色的朗读者 Patrick Tull 把我引向了：Childers, Erskine，《The Riddle of the Sands》（1903），现代间谍小说的原型——还带帆船！所以你想把你的发现发到社区里？也许你保留了作者声音的一丝痕迹？于是你把你新写的书带到……
…authorial voice combining fiction and historical figures, but the characters have only brief moments on the stage. The excellent narrator Patrick Tull of the A-M series lead me to: Childers, Erskine, “The Riddle of the Sands” (1903), the archetype of the modern spy novel—with sailing! So you want to post your find to the community? Maybe you have retained a trace of the author’s voice? So you bring your new books to the…