鲍姆怎么了？（伍迪·艾伦）处女作 WhatS with Baum?

基本信息

by Woody Allen (Author)

Format:Hardback 160 pages

Publisher:Swift Press

Imprint:Swift Press

ISBN:9781800756298

Published:14 Aug 2025

Dimensions:216 x 135 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

阿舍尔·鲍姆正在悄然失去理智。你能怪他吗？“或许我真正想要的是理解所有人的生活，理解一切，理解所有的一切。”这位中年犹太记者转型成为小说家和剧作家，对世间万物都充满焦虑，鲍姆那些浮夸的哲学著作却鲜有评论，他那家声名显赫的纽约出版商也与他断绝了关系。

他的第三次婚姻岌岌可危，他怀疑英俊成功的弟弟可能勾引了哈佛毕业的妻子。妻子与儿子（一位比他更成功的作家）的亲密关系让他感到不安，也怀疑她与康涅狄格州邻居的亲密关系。一时失去理智，他冲动地试图在一位年轻漂亮的记者即将公开接受采访时亲吻她。

鲍姆开始自言自语，这有什么奇怪的吗？街上的陌生人摇头，绕着他走。与此同时，他得知了一个惊人的秘密，如果他揭露这个秘密，可能会造成巨大的破坏。他应该保守秘密，还是公开揭露，从而毁掉自己的婚姻？《鲍姆怎么了？》是伍迪·艾伦的处女作，它完全符合你的期待——甚至超出了你的预期。

它描绘了一位因神经质地担忧人生的徒劳和空虚而陷入困境的知识分子；它以有趣的视角一窥纽约出版界；重要的是，这是一部极具娱乐性、情节紧凑、文笔优美的小说，出自美国伟大、全能的电影和文学天才之一。

Asher Baum is quietly losing his mind. Can you blame him?'Maybe what I really want is to make sense of all people’s lives. Of everything, the whole shebang'A middle-aged Jewish journalist turned novelist and playwright, consumed with anxiety about everything under the sun, Baum's turgid philosophical books receive tepid reviews and his prestigious New York publisher has dropped him.

His third marriage is on the rocks and he suspects his handsome and successful younger brother may have seduced his Harvard-educated wife. He is uneasy with her close relationship with her son, a more successful author than he, and suspicious of her closeness with their neighbour in Connecticut. And in a moment of irrationality, he has impulsively tried to kiss a pretty young journalist during an interview that she is about to go public with.

Is it any wonder Baum has started talking to himself? Strangers shake their heads and walk around him on the street. Meanwhile he learns a startling secret that could cause havoc should he expose it. Should he keep it to himself or reveal it and blow up his marriage?What's with Baum? is Woody Allen's first novel and it is everything you would expect of him--and more.

A portrait of an intellectual crippled by neurotic concerns about the futility and emptiness of life; an amusing glimpse into the New York publishing establishment; above all, a highly entertaining, tightly plotted, beautifully wrought piece of fiction from one of America's greatest and most versatile cinematic and literary talents.

作者简介

伍迪·艾伦是一位作家、导演和演员。他曾是脱口秀喜剧演员和出版作家。他与结婚二十二年的妻子宋宜和两个女儿曼齐和贝切特居住在曼哈顿上东区。他是一位狂热的爵士乐迷和忠实的体育迷。用他自己的话说，他很遗憾自己从未拍过一部伟大的电影，尽管他表示自己仍在努力。

Woody Allen is a writer, director, and actor. He has been a stand-up comedian and a published author. He lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with his wife of twenty-two years, Soon-Yi, and their two daughters, Manzie and Bechet. He is an avid jazz enthusiast and devoted sports fan. In his own words, he regrets that he has never made a great film, though he says he is still trying.