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作者: 著
出版社: Vintage
2006-04
ISBN: 9780099469612
定价: 95.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 256页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活
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  • Thelocalscallit'TheIndiaHouse'.Buttheyhavelittletodowiththethreewomenwholivethere:grandmother,motheranddaughter.Upstairs,oldMrsCovingtondreamsofIndiaandthedaysoftheRaj.HerwidoweddaughterEvelynwatchesobsessivelyovereighteen-year-oldJulia.Shehasdecidedthatthegirlistobekeptinastateof'innocence'.Thetutor,MrHenry,isallowedtoteachonlyabizarremixtureofmythology,history,theRomanticPoets,arithmetic,French,andtheperilsofsocialism.Hisseconddutyistofilletthenewsinthe"Times"eachdayandreportasanitisedversiontothefamily.Aslittleaspossibleofthemodernworldmustintrude.Butitis1956.Indiahasbeenlostforadecade;therestoftheEmpireisjustaboutholdingtogether.BritainisabouttofacethegreatmisadventureofSuez.MrsCovingtonmaytrytoavoidthemodernworld,butshecannotpreventthearrivaloftwomen,hersonRoland,andhereighteen-year-oldgrandson,James.Thefragileparadisethewomenhaveconstructedisabouttobechangedforever.Inthisblacklycomicnovelthepastisrichlyevoked,butitsmessageofcolonialambitionanddisasterandofloveandcorruptionarebothmovingandtimely. WilliamPalmerhashadfivebookspublished,andmanystories,reviewsandpoemsinnewspapersandjournalssuchasLondonMagazine,LiteraryReview,theIndependent,theTimesLiterarySupplement,andtheDailyTelegraph.HispreviousnovelsareTheGoodRepublic(Secker&Warburg,1990),Leporello(Secker&Warburg,1992),TheContract(JonathanCape,1995)andThePardonofSaintAnne(JonathanCape,1997).AnvilPresspublishedaselectionofhispoemsin1990,andacollectionofshortstories,FourLastThingswaspublishedbySecker&Warburgin1996.In1997hewasawardedtheSocietyofAuthors'prestigiousTravellingScholarship.Forthreeyears,from2000-2003,hewasRoyalLiteraryFundWritingFellowattheUniversityofBirmingham.Intheautumnheistakingupapart-timeFellowshipattheUniversityofWarwick.WilliamPalmerlivesinSouthWestLondon.
  • 内容简介:
    Thelocalscallit'TheIndiaHouse'.Buttheyhavelittletodowiththethreewomenwholivethere:grandmother,motheranddaughter.Upstairs,oldMrsCovingtondreamsofIndiaandthedaysoftheRaj.HerwidoweddaughterEvelynwatchesobsessivelyovereighteen-year-oldJulia.Shehasdecidedthatthegirlistobekeptinastateof'innocence'.Thetutor,MrHenry,isallowedtoteachonlyabizarremixtureofmythology,history,theRomanticPoets,arithmetic,French,andtheperilsofsocialism.Hisseconddutyistofilletthenewsinthe"Times"eachdayandreportasanitisedversiontothefamily.Aslittleaspossibleofthemodernworldmustintrude.Butitis1956.Indiahasbeenlostforadecade;therestoftheEmpireisjustaboutholdingtogether.BritainisabouttofacethegreatmisadventureofSuez.MrsCovingtonmaytrytoavoidthemodernworld,butshecannotpreventthearrivaloftwomen,hersonRoland,andhereighteen-year-oldgrandson,James.Thefragileparadisethewomenhaveconstructedisabouttobechangedforever.Inthisblacklycomicnovelthepastisrichlyevoked,butitsmessageofcolonialambitionanddisasterandofloveandcorruptionarebothmovingandtimely.
  • 作者简介:
    WilliamPalmerhashadfivebookspublished,andmanystories,reviewsandpoemsinnewspapersandjournalssuchasLondonMagazine,LiteraryReview,theIndependent,theTimesLiterarySupplement,andtheDailyTelegraph.HispreviousnovelsareTheGoodRepublic(Secker&Warburg,1990),Leporello(Secker&Warburg,1992),TheContract(JonathanCape,1995)andThePardonofSaintAnne(JonathanCape,1997).AnvilPresspublishedaselectionofhispoemsin1990,andacollectionofshortstories,FourLastThingswaspublishedbySecker&Warburgin1996.In1997hewasawardedtheSocietyofAuthors'prestigiousTravellingScholarship.Forthreeyears,from2000-2003,hewasRoyalLiteraryFundWritingFellowattheUniversityofBirmingham.Intheautumnheistakingupapart-timeFellowshipattheUniversityofWarwick.WilliamPalmerlivesinSouthWestLondon.
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