A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prize–winning author of Possession, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children’s book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prize–winning author of Possession, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children’s book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
When Olive Wellwood’s oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum—a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive’s magical tales—she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends.
But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house—and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children—conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. As these lives—of adults and children alike—unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end.
Taking us from the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, The Children’s Book is a deeply affecting story of a singular family, played out against the great, rippling tides of the day. It is a masterly literary achievement by one of our most essential writers.
女巫的毒药
南海出版公司2014版
0 有用 momo 2013-12-27 22:02:19
乱伦，滥交，萝莉爱上叔，基情，童话，结合占有中的兰蒙特及大闪蝶中小屁孩们的成长史。建议byatt专门出本童话集吧，别总是千篇一律用书中书的方式讲童话故事。另外，中文本貌似用了平装，虽然跟之前两本的精装封面风格类似，但真心不愿买。（难道出版商脑子让门挤了）
0 有用 子矜 2014-06-10 15:02:53
一部伤感的一战小说，里面有些东西过于沉重了。
0 有用 嘻嘻瓜 2021-11-22 23:59:10
Heavy on ornamentation; rich characterisation. A book to savour and reread.
0 有用 小黄兔 2017-07-04 19:10:29
原來我看過這本。但老實說，故事差不多忘光了，原因是書太厚，細節太多，情節不是很緊湊，牽涉的話題很多，容易走神。重新對這個作者產生興趣，是最近看的她寫的幾篇很短的文學評論和序，一針見血，讓我倒抽一口冷氣。
0 有用 意闲 2010-02-16 00:51:00
编年时代侧影，比Possession差一点。