沉默先生 英文原版 Dom Casmurro

基本信息/Product Details

Publisher : Oxford University Press, U.S.A.; Revised ed. edition (10 Dec. 1998)

Language : English

Paperback : 288 pages

ISBN-10 : 0195103092

ISBN-13 : 978-0195103090

Dimensions : 20.07 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm 354g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介/Book Description

《沉默先生》出版于1899年，是马查多从浪漫主义文学向现实主义文学的转型之作，其中既延续了前期批判资产阶级伪善的现实主义传统，又通过对心理分析这一艺术手法的出色运用，开创了巴西小说中心理分析的先河。通过对人物精神的洞悉和对叙事手法的把握，马查多彻底摆脱了前期浪漫主义意识形态的束缚，创作出看似无比真实却又充满谎言与欺骗的故事。

This crisp new translation by John Gledson is the only complete, unabridged, and annotated edition available of one of the most distinctive novels of the turn of the century.

作者简介/Author

若阿金·马里亚·马查多·德·阿西斯（Machado de Assis，1839.6.21—1908.9.29），巴西作家。

美国作家本杰明·莫泽（Benjamin Moser）认为阿西斯是巴西历史上伟大的作家，美国作家苏珊·桑塔格将阿西斯称作“拉丁美洲史上伟大的作家”，哈罗德·布鲁姆（Harold Bloom）甚至将他誉为“有史以来黑人文学的高峰”。

阿西斯在70年代的作品，如《复苏》《子夜故事集》《手和手套》《埃莱娜》等仍以讲述传奇性和感伤性的爱情故事为主要内容，遵循着浪漫主义的创作原则。

1881年，长篇小说《布拉斯·库巴斯德死后回忆》的出版标志着马查多思想观念的重大转折，他否定了浪漫主义对社会现象所秉持的盲目赞同态度，转而开始了对社会的揭露与批判。

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho(21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. Nevertheless, Assis did not achieve widespread popularity outside Brazil during his lifetime. In 1897 he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek in later life.

Machado's work shaped the realism movement in Brazil. He became known for his wit and his eye-opening critiques of society. Generally considered to be Machado's greatest works are Dom Casmurro (1899), Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas ("Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas", also translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner) and Quincas Borba (also known in English as Philosopher or Dog?). In 1893 he published "A Missa do Galo" ("Midnight Mass"), often considered to be the greatest short story in Brazilian literature. American literary critic Harold Bloom's included Machado de Assis in his list of 100 geniuses of literature. Bloom considers him the greatest black writer in Western literature.

译者简介

约翰-格莱德森是利物浦大学西班牙研究系的名誉教授。他写过两本关于马查多-德-阿西斯的书和许多文章。若昂-阿道夫-汉森是一位备受瞩目的巴西文学评论家。

John Gledson is Professor Emeritus, Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool. He has written two books and numerous articles on Machado de Assis. João Adolfo Hansen is a highly-regarded Brazilian literary critic.