The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories 英文原版

The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories 英文原版

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作者: James M. Cain 著

出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

出版时间: 2003-07

ISBN: 9780375414381

定价: 231.00

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 632页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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(BookJacketStatus:Jacketed)Thesethreeclassicsfromthemasterofthenoirnovel,alongwithfiveotherwiseunavailableshortstories,areelectricwiththetautnarrativevoice,thesuspense,andtheexplosiveviolenceanderoticismthatwereJamesM.Cain’sindeliblehallmarks.ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice,Cain’sfirstnovel–thesubjectofanobscenitytrialinBoston,theinspirationforCamus’sTheStranger–isthefever-pitchedtaleofadrifterwhostumblesintoajob,intoaneroticobsession,andintoamurder.DoubleIndemnity–whichfollowedPostmansoquickly,Cain’sreadershardlyhadachancetocatchtheirbreath–isaterselynarratedstoryofblindpassion,duplicity,and,ofcourse,murder.MildredPierce,aworkofacutepsychologicalobservationanddevastatingemotionalviolence,isthetaleofawomanwithatasteforshiftlessmenandanunreasoneddevotiontohermonstrousdaughter.AllthreenovelswereimmortalizedinclassicHollywoodfilms.Alsoincludedherearefivemasterfulstories–“Pastorale,”“TheBabyintheIcebox,”“DeadMan,”“BrushFire,”“TheGirlintheStorm”–thathavebeenoutofprintfordecades. JamesMallahanCain(1892-1977)wasafirst-ratewriterofAmericanhard-boiledcrimefiction.BorninBaltimore,thesonofthepresidentofWashingtonCollege,Cainbeganhiscareerasareporter,servingintheAmericanExpeditionaryForceinWorldWarIandwritingforTheCrossofLorraine,thenewspaperofthe79thDivision.HereturnedfromthewartoembarkonaliteraycareerthatincludedaprofessorshipatSt.John'sCollegeinAnnapolisandastintatTheNewYorkerasmanagingeditorbeforehewenttoHollywoodasascriptwriter.Cain'sfamousfirstnovel,ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice,waspublishedin1934whenhewasforty-two,andbecameaninstantsensation.ItwastriedforobscenityinBostonandwassaidbyAlbertCamustohaveinspiredhisownbook,TheStranger.Theinfamousnovelwasstagedin1936,andfilmedin1946and1981.Thestoryofayounghobowhohasanaffairwithamarriedwomanandplotswithhertomurderherhusbandandcollecthisinsurance,ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwiceisabenchmarkofclassiccrimefictionandfilmnoir.TwoofCain'sothernovels,MildredPierce(1941)andDoubleIndemnity(1943),werealsomadeintofilmnoirclassics.In1974,JamesM.CainwasawardedtheGrandMasterAwardbytheMysteryWritersofAmerica.Cainpublishedeighteenbooksinallandwasworkingonhisautobiographyatthetimeofhisdeath.
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(BookJacketStatus:Jacketed)Thesethreeclassicsfromthemasterofthenoirnovel,alongwithfiveotherwiseunavailableshortstories,areelectricwiththetautnarrativevoice,thesuspense,andtheexplosiveviolenceanderoticismthatwereJamesM.Cain’sindeliblehallmarks.ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice,Cain’sfirstnovel–thesubjectofanobscenitytrialinBoston,theinspirationforCamus’sTheStranger–isthefever-pitchedtaleofadrifterwhostumblesintoajob,intoaneroticobsession,andintoamurder.DoubleIndemnity–whichfollowedPostmansoquickly,Cain’sreadershardlyhadachancetocatchtheirbreath–isaterselynarratedstoryofblindpassion,duplicity,and,ofcourse,murder.MildredPierce,aworkofacutepsychologicalobservationanddevastatingemotionalviolence,isthetaleofawomanwithatasteforshiftlessmenandanunreasoneddevotiontohermonstrousdaughter.AllthreenovelswereimmortalizedinclassicHollywoodfilms.Alsoincludedherearefivemasterfulstories–“Pastorale,”“TheBabyintheIcebox,”“DeadMan,”“BrushFire,”“TheGirlintheStorm”–thathavebeenoutofprintfordecades.
作者简介:
JamesMallahanCain(1892-1977)wasafirst-ratewriterofAmericanhard-boiledcrimefiction.BorninBaltimore,thesonofthepresidentofWashingtonCollege,Cainbeganhiscareerasareporter,servingintheAmericanExpeditionaryForceinWorldWarIandwritingforTheCrossofLorraine,thenewspaperofthe79thDivision.HereturnedfromthewartoembarkonaliteraycareerthatincludedaprofessorshipatSt.John'sCollegeinAnnapolisandastintatTheNewYorkerasmanagingeditorbeforehewenttoHollywoodasascriptwriter.Cain'sfamousfirstnovel,ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice,waspublishedin1934whenhewasforty-two,andbecameaninstantsensation.ItwastriedforobscenityinBostonandwassaidbyAlbertCamustohaveinspiredhisownbook,TheStranger.Theinfamousnovelwasstagedin1936,andfilmedin1946and1981.Thestoryofayounghobowhohasanaffairwithamarriedwomanandplotswithhertomurderherhusbandandcollecthisinsurance,ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwiceisabenchmarkofclassiccrimefictionandfilmnoir.TwoofCain'sothernovels,MildredPierce(1941)andDoubleIndemnity(1943),werealsomadeintofilmnoirclassics.In1974,JamesM.CainwasawardedtheGrandMasterAwardbytheMysteryWritersofAmerica.Cainpublishedeighteenbooksinallandwasworkingonhisautobiographyatthetimeofhisdeath.

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