The Sunset Limited: A Novel in Dramatic Form

图书标准信息

• 作者 Cormac McCarthy 著
• 出版社 Picador USA
• 出版时间 2011-02
• ISBN 9780330518192
• 定价 116.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 160页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AstartlingencounteronaNewYorksubwayplatformleadstwostrangerstoarun-downtenementwherealifeordeathdecisionmustbemade.Inthatsmallapartment,'Black'and'White',asthetwomenareknown,beginaconversationthatleadseachbackthroughhisownhistoryminingtheoriginsoftwodiametricallyopposingworldviews,theybeginadialecticredolentofthebestofBeckett.Whiteisaprofessorwhoseseeminglyenviableexistenceofrelativeeasehaslefthimnonethelessindespair.Black,anex-conandex-addict,isthemorehopefulofthementhoughheisjustasdesperatetoconvinceWhiteofthepoweroffaithasWhiteistodenyit.Theiraimisnolessthanthis:todiscoverthemeaningoflife.Deft,spare,andfullofartfultension,TheSunsetLimitedisabeautifullycrafted,consistentlythought-provoking,anddeeplyintimateworkbyoneofthemostinsightfulwritersofourtime.'TheSunsetLimitedgripsfromtheveryfirstpage.'FinancialTimes'Theauthorathisbest,meditatingonlife,sufferingandreligion'Shortlist'It'sremarkablethatCormacMcCarthycouldrevivetheantiquegenreofthephilosophicaldialogueasconvincinglyashedoeshere.Hisprosebites.'EveningStandard

【作者简介】

CormacMcCarthyistheauthoroftenpreviousnovels,andamonghishonoursaretheNationalBookAward,theNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardandthePulitzerPrizeforFiction.