The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 James M. Cain 著
• 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2003-07
• ISBN 9780375414381
• 定价 231.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 632页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics

【内容简介】

(BookJacketStatus:Jacketed)Thesethreeclassicsfromthemasterofthenoirnovel,alongwithfiveotherwiseunavailableshortstories,areelectricwiththetautnarrativevoice,thesuspense,andtheexplosiveviolenceanderoticismthatwereJamesM.Cain’sindeliblehallmarks.ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice,Cain’sfirstnovel–thesubjectofanobscenitytrialinBoston,theinspirationforCamus’sTheStranger–isthefever-pitchedtaleofadrifterwhostumblesintoajob,intoaneroticobsession,andintoamurder.DoubleIndemnity–whichfollowedPostmansoquickly,Cain’sreadershardlyhadachancetocatchtheirbreath–isaterselynarratedstoryofblindpassion,duplicity,and,ofcourse,murder.MildredPierce,aworkofacutepsychologicalobservationanddevastatingemotionalviolence,isthetaleofawomanwithatasteforshiftlessmenandanunreasoneddevotiontohermonstrousdaughter.AllthreenovelswereimmortalizedinclassicHollywoodfilms.Alsoincludedherearefivemasterfulstories–“Pastorale,”“TheBabyintheIcebox,”“DeadMan,”“BrushFire,”“TheGirlintheStorm”–thathavebeenoutofprintfordecades.

【作者简介】

JamesMallahanCain(1892-1977)wasafirst-ratewriterofAmericanhard-boiledcrimefiction.BorninBaltimore,thesonofthepresidentofWashingtonCollege,Cainbeganhiscareerasareporter,servingintheAmericanExpeditionaryForceinWorldWarIandwritingforTheCrossofLorraine,thenewspaperofthe79thDivision.HereturnedfromthewartoembarkonaliteraycareerthatincludedaprofessorshipatSt.John'sCollegeinAnnapolisandastintatTheNewYorkerasmanagingeditorbeforehewenttoHollywoodasascriptwriter.Cain'sfamousfirstnovel,ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice,waspublishedin1934whenhewasforty-two,andbecameaninstantsensation.ItwastriedforobscenityinBostonandwassaidbyAlbertCamustohaveinspiredhisownbook,TheStranger.Theinfamousnovelwasstagedin1936,andfilmedin1946and1981.Thestoryofayounghobowhohasanaffairwithamarriedwomanandplotswithhertomurderherhusbandandcollecthisinsurance,ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwiceisabenchmarkofclassiccrimefictionandfilmnoir.TwoofCain'sothernovels,MildredPierce(1941)andDoubleIndemnity(1943),werealsomadeintofilmnoirclassics.In1974,JamesM.CainwasawardedtheGrandMasterAwardbytheMysteryWritersofAmerica.Cainpublishedeighteenbooksinallandwasworkingonhisautobiographyatthetimeofhisdeath.