The Loved One

The Loved One

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作者: Evelyn Waugh 著

出版社: Back Bay Books

出版时间: 1999-09

ISBN: 9780316926089

定价: 102.80

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 164页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

Describedbytheauthoras"alittlenightmareproducedbytheunaccustomedhigh-livingofabriefvisittoHollywood,""TheLovedOne"isanoutrageouslycomicnovelofthecommericalizationofdeathitself.Mr.Joyboy,theultimateembalmer,andAimeeThanatogenos,crematoriumcosmetician,findtheirromancecomplicatedbytheappearanceofayoungEnglishpoetnamedDennisBarlow.Thisbizarretriangleisplayedoutagainstanironicandmacabrebackdrop:afull-servicefuneralhomeforHollywood'sdepartedgreatscalledWhisperingGlades,andapetcemetery,HappierHuntingGround-bothfinalrestingplacesfordeceasedlovedones. EvelynWaugh(1903-1966)wasborninLondonandeducatedatOxford.HequicklyestablishedareputationwithsuchsocialsatiricalnovelsasDECLINEANDFALL,VILEBODIESandSCOOP.WaughbecameaCatholicin1930,andhislaterbooksdisplayamoreseriousattitude,asseeninthereligiousthemeofBRIDESHEADREVISITED,anostalgicevocationofstudentdaysatOxford.Hisdiarieswerepublishedin1976,andhislettersin1980.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
内容简介:
Describedbytheauthoras"alittlenightmareproducedbytheunaccustomedhigh-livingofabriefvisittoHollywood,""TheLovedOne"isanoutrageouslycomicnovelofthecommericalizationofdeathitself.Mr.Joyboy,theultimateembalmer,andAimeeThanatogenos,crematoriumcosmetician,findtheirromancecomplicatedbytheappearanceofayoungEnglishpoetnamedDennisBarlow.Thisbizarretriangleisplayedoutagainstanironicandmacabrebackdrop:afull-servicefuneralhomeforHollywood'sdepartedgreatscalledWhisperingGlades,andapetcemetery,HappierHuntingGround-bothfinalrestingplacesfordeceasedlovedones.
作者简介:
EvelynWaugh(1903-1966)wasborninLondonandeducatedatOxford.HequicklyestablishedareputationwithsuchsocialsatiricalnovelsasDECLINEANDFALL,VILEBODIESandSCOOP.WaughbecameaCatholicin1930,andhislaterbooksdisplayamoreseriousattitude,asseeninthereligiousthemeofBRIDESHEADREVISITED,anostalgicevocationofstudentdaysatOxford.Hisdiarieswerepublishedin1976,andhislettersin1980.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

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