Elizabeth Costello

图书标准信息

• 作者 J. M Coetzee 著
• 出版社 Secker & Warburg
• 出版时间 2003-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780436206160
• 定价 203.40元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ElizabethCostelloisahumane,moral,anduncompromisingcreation.

ThesubjectofJ.M.Coetzee’slatestworkoffictionisanAustralianwriterofinternationalrenown--fêted,studiedandhonoured.Famousprincipallyforanearlynovelthatestablishedherreputationandfromwhich,itseems,shewillneverescape,shehasreachedthestage,lateinlife,whereherremainingfunctionistobeveneratedandapplauded.

Oneofanewbreedofintellectualnomads,herlifehasbecomeaseriesofengagementsinsterileconferenceroomsthroughouttheworld--aprivateconsciousnessobligedtorevealitselftoacuriouspublic:thepresentationofamajorawardatanAmericancollegewheresheisrequiredtodeliveralecture;asojournasthewriter-in-residenceonacruiselinerduringwhichsheencountersafellowguestlecturer,anAfricanpoetalsoemployedtodivertthepassengers.Thenthereisadisquietingappearanceatawriters’conferenceinAmsterdamwhereshefindsthesubjectofhertalkunexpectedlyamongtheaudience.Shehasmadeherlife’sworkthestudyofotherpeople,yetnowitisshewhoistheobjectofscrutiny.But,forher,whatmattersisthecontinuingsearchforameansofarticulatinghervisionandtheverdictoffuturegenerations.

J.M.Coetzee’slatestworkoffictionoffersusaprofoundanddelicatevisionofliterarycelebrity,artistryandtheprivatelifeofthemind.

【作者简介】

JMCoetzee'sworkincludesWaitingForTheBarbarians,Life&TimesofMichaelK,Boyhood:ScenesFromProvincialLife,Youth,andDisgracewhichwontheBookerPrize,makinghimthefirstauthortohavewonittwice.(20030303)