《The Lemon Table》是2005年4月5日Vintage出版社出版的圖書，作者是Julian Barnes。
基本介紹
- 書名：The Lemon Table
- 作者：Julian Barnes
- 出版社：Vintage
- 出版時間：2005年4月5日
- 頁數：256 頁
- 定價：GBP 11.47
- 裝幀：Paperback
- ISBN：9781400076505
內容簡介
In his widely acclaimed new collection of stories, Julian Barnes addresses what is perhaps the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old.
The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their lives–some with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defiant rage. Their circumstances are just as varied as their responses. In 19th-century Sweden, three brief conversations provide the basis for a lifetime of longing. In today’s England, a retired army major heads into the city for his regimental dinner–and his annual appointment with a professional lady named Babs. Somewhere nearby, a devoted wife calms (or perhaps torments) her ailing husband by reading him recipes.
In stories brimming with life and our desire to hang on to it one way or another, Barnes proves himself by turns wise, funny, clever, and profound–a writer of astonishing powers of empathy and invention.
在他廣受好評的一系列的故事,朱利安·巴恩斯地址可能是人類最深刻的方面的條件:變老。
檸檬表中的人物面臨的結束與痛苦後悔過,別人辭職,和其他人仍然目中無人的憤怒。他們的情況一樣多種多樣的反應。在19世紀的瑞典,三個簡短的對話提供了依據一生的渴望。在今天的英國,一位退休的陸軍少校頭進入城市的團的晚餐和他的年度任命專業名叫芭布斯的老婦人。附近的某個地方,一個忠實的妻子平靜下來(或痛苦)生病的丈夫通過閱讀他的食譜。
故事充滿了生機,我們渴望繼續下去這樣或那樣的方式,輪流巴恩斯證明自己聰明,有趣,聰明,驚人的移情能力和發明深刻的作家。
