《Slowness：A Novel》米兰昆德拉作品英文版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Milan Kundera 著；Linda Asher 译
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 1997-04
• ISBN 9780060928414
• 定价 110.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Twotalesofseduction,separatedbymorethantwohundredyears,interweaveandoscillatebetweenthesublimeandthecomicinthis,MilanKundera'slightestnovel.Inthe18thcentury,themarvelousMadamedeT.summonsayoungnoblemantoherchamberandgiveshimanunforgettablelessonintheartofseductionandthepleasuresoflove.Inthesamechatattheendofthe20thcentury,ahaplessintellectualexperiencesaratherlesssuccessfulnight.Distractedbyhisdesiretobethecenterofattentionataconventionofentomologists,Vincentmissestheopportunitytobewithabeautifulstrangerandsufferstheridiculeofhispeers.A"morning-after"encounterbetweenthetwomenbringsthenoveltoapoignantcloseandprovidesauniqueinsightintothedifferentmind-setsofthetwocenturies.AsVincentpreparestospeedoffonhismotorcycle,hehasalreadyobliteratedthememoryofhishumiliation.Theyoungnobleman,ontheotherhand,relivesthedeliciouspleasuresofthenightasheliesbackonthecushionsofhiscarriage.Ruminatingonhowthepleasuresofslownesshavedisappearedintoday'sfast-paced,future-shockedworld,Kunderaexploresthesecretbondbetweenslownessandmemoryandtheconnectionbetweenourera'sdesiretoforgetandthewaywehavegivenourselvesovertothedemonofspeed.Asprovocativeasitisentertaining,"Slowness"isKunderaintopform.

【作者简介】

TheFranco-CzechnovelistandcriticMilanKunderawasborninBrnoandhaslivedinFrance,hissecondhomeland,since1975.HeistheauthorofthenovelsTheJoke,FarewellWaltz,LifeIsElsewhere,TheBookofLaughterandForgetting,TheUnbearableLightnessofBeing,andImmortality,andtheshort-storycollectionLaughableLoves—alloriginallywritteninCzech.HismostrecentnovelsSlowness,Identity,andIgnorance,aswellashisnonfictionworksTheArtoftheNovel,TestamentsBetrayed,TheCurtain,andEncounter,wereoriginallywritteninFrench.