内容摘要 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER ? In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton, and more. "[Written] with intelligence and ardor and panache.... Speaks not just to a lifetime of reading but also to a fascination with individual writers." —The New York Times Here, Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. Above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly cliches—not only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart. He tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches.国家书评圈奖获得者 ? 在这本才华横溢、涵盖职业生涯的作品集中,“他这一代有才华的小说家之一”(《时代》杂志)马丁·艾米斯 (Martin Amis) 探讨了詹姆斯·乔伊斯 (James Joyce) 和猫王埃尔维斯·普雷斯利 (Elvis Presley)、纳博科夫 (Nabokov) 和英国足球、简·奥斯汀 (Jane Austen) 和《阁楼论坛》、威廉·巴勒斯和希拉里·克林顿等。“[写作]充满智慧、热情和气派……不仅体现了一生的阅读,也体现了对个别作家的迷恋。”——《纽约时报》 , 艾米斯提供了对经典的新评估,并从布满灰尘的书架上摘下了被忽视的杰作。重要的是,艾米斯关心文学,以及致命的陈词滥调——不仅是笔,而且是思想和心灵。他倾向于塞万提斯、狄更斯和弥尔顿,颂扬了贝娄、厄普代克和埃尔莫尔·伦纳德,并贬低了过去三十年来一些浮夸的声誉。艾米斯在每一页上都以令人惊叹的幸福、机智和颠覆性的才华写作,为人们提供了新的视角。他接触到的一切。
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