
鸽翼
The Wings of the Dove
Henry James · 初版 1902 年
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你可真皮。我承认:a) 我从来就没能硬着头皮啃完《金碗》或者《鸽翼》,并且 b) 我无法想象人生——更不用说闲暇时间了——能长到足以读完亨利·詹姆斯的140卷信件。另外,我也很好奇这世上读这些到底能震撼到谁。
Naughty you. I confess that a) I have never been able to fight my way through The Golden Bowl or The Wings of the Dove, and that b) I can't imagine that life, let only leisure, is long enough for 140 volumes of Henry James's letter. Also, I wonder who in the world one would impress by reading them.
……跟斯科特写的有点不大相干。不得不说,虽然我觉得詹姆斯中期和早期的作品非常耐读,但我多次尝试硬啃《金碗》或《鸽翼》,每次都读不了多远就放弃了。
…somewhat orthogonal to what Scott was writing of. I must say that while I find middle and early James very readable, I have tried and failed more than once to read any distance into The Golden Bowl or The Wings of the Dove.
其他难读的书,按难度大致递增排列:0) 马尔克斯的《族长的秋天》 1) 默温·皮克的《歌门鬼城》三部曲 2) 亨利·詹姆斯的第三时期(《鸽翼》、《使节》和《金碗》)。3) 赫尔曼·布洛赫的《维吉尔之死》 我确实建议试试《歌门鬼城》,这是一部文笔极其惊艳的奇幻系列。
Other difficult books, in a somewhat increasing order of difficulty: 0) The autumn of the patriarch, by Marquez 1) Gormenghast series, by Mervyn Peake 2) The third period of Henry James (The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl). 3) The Death of Virgil, by Hermann Broch I do suggest trying Gormenghast, it's an amazingly written fantasy series.