A HANDFUL OF DUST satirizes that stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential. Murderously urbane, it depicts the breakup of a marriage in the London gentry, where the errant wife suffers from terminal boredom and becomes enamored of a social parasite and professional lunch-goer. The depravity and polished sa...
A HANDFUL OF DUST satirizes that stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential. Murderously urbane, it depicts the breakup of a marriage in the London gentry, where the errant wife suffers from terminal boredom and becomes enamored of a social parasite and professional lunch-goer. The depravity and polished savagery of these characters offer an opportunity for Waugh's rapier wit and subtly to "show us fear in a handful of dust." "Waugh's technique is relentless and razor-edged...by any standard it is super satire." (Chicago Daily News) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Penguin Modern Classics(共514册)，
这套丛书还有
《The History of Sexuality: 1》《Interzone》《Cat on a Hot Tin Roof》《Orwell in Spain (Penguin Modern Classics)》《Mr. Ma and Son》
等
。
“Reading Waugh is like being air-kissed by a socialite who clutches your shoulder in mock affection with one hand while raising an ice-pick behind your back with the other. You know you should be on guard for certain disaster, but charisma sweeps you away ...
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伊夫林·沃 作者
phoebe
人民文学出版社2018版
Abricot
爪呱国国王
首都师范大学出版社2015版
fang
Back Bay Books1999版
偷书贼
人民文学出版社2018版
度谙
首都师范大学出版社2015版
1 有用 拉维克 2016-08-21 12:53:08
"Let us kill in the gentlest manner." 谑而虐，深而婉，帝国残景，绅士末路。
0 有用 nothingness 2017-07-26 09:29:19
早期作品，我觉得一般。看晚上搜来的kindle版，不知道是不是排版问题，整个场景的切换都和电影似的。半自传小说，甚至换个直白点的名字就是绿帽子先生的经历，被戴绿帽应该给Evelyn waugh带来不少心里阴影。
0 有用 猫耳鱼 2023-12-15 23:57:07 中国香港
一个好不容易想要做出改变的男人，却被困在了远离自己热爱的庄园的蛮荒之地，被迫给目不识丁的野蛮人读着代表英国文化的狄更斯。实在太荒谬了。
0 有用 Abricot 2017-01-07 11:43:01
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0 有用 Ludwig 2013-06-13 20:50:53
人生终究尘归尘土归土，只不过tony和brenda这两个人和他们的婚姻貌似比人的最终归宿更为悲哀。。。语言还是蛮有意思的。。。evelyn waugh有欢快点的书么！?