The Blue Flower
In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestselle...
In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestseller in England and the United States, The Blue Flower was one of eleven books- and the only paperback- chosen as an Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review. The 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner in Fiction.
佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德(Penelope Fitzgerald, 1916-2000),被誉为英国文学最优雅、最独特的声音。她一生共创作了九部长篇小说,其中三部(《书店》《早春》和《天使之门》)入围布克奖短名单,1979年凭借《离岸》摘得桂冠。最后一部作品《蓝花》曾十九次被媒体评为"年度最佳图书",并获得美国国家图书评论奖。
佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德年近六十才开始文学创作。她毕业于牛津大学萨默维尔学院,战时曾为BBC工作,担任文学杂志编辑,经营过书店,还在戏剧和文法学校做过老师。她的早期作品常取材于这些经历。2000年四月去世,时年八十三岁。
2008年,《泰晤士报》评选"二战后最伟大的五十位英国作家",佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德在列。
译者熊亭玉,大学讲师,四川省翻译协会会员;主要研究方向为翻译实践及理论研究;获第二十一届、第二十二届韩素音青年翻译大赛优秀奖、...
佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德(Penelope Fitzgerald, 1916-2000),被誉为英国文学最优雅、最独特的声音。她一生共创作了九部长篇小说,其中三部(《书店》《早春》和《天使之门》)入围布克奖短名单,1979年凭借《离岸》摘得桂冠。最后一部作品《蓝花》曾十九次被媒体评为"年度最佳图书",并获得美国国家图书评论奖。
佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德年近六十才开始文学创作。她毕业于牛津大学萨默维尔学院,战时曾为BBC工作,担任文学杂志编辑,经营过书店,还在戏剧和文法学校做过老师。她的早期作品常取材于这些经历。2000年四月去世,时年八十三岁。
2008年,《泰晤士报》评选"二战后最伟大的五十位英国作家",佩内洛普·菲茨杰拉德在列。
译者熊亭玉,大学讲师,四川省翻译协会会员;主要研究方向为翻译实践及理论研究;获第二十一届、第二十二届韩素音青年翻译大赛优秀奖、西方经典首译大赛等奖项。已出版20余本译作。