NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEAD: A WRITER ON WRITING
Book ID/图书代码： 03540004B00477
English Summary/英文概要： What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have seen fit to assume, what roles they have chosen to play. And if a writer is to be seen as ’gifted’, who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift?
Margaret Atwood’s wide and eclectic reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer, both in Canada and on the international scene. The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing, and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作家扮演何种角色？先知？艺术的祭司？宫廷弄臣？还是真实世界的见证人？玛格莉特.爱特伍回顾自己童年及写作历程，检视小说家和诗人用以解释—或者当作借口！—自身创作活动的种种比喻，细看历来作家披上的戏服、选择扮演的角色。在本书最后一章中，爱特伍回应书名的挑战：若视作家为[别具天赋]，那么赐予此赋的是谁，这份天赋又有什么条件？玛格莉特.爱特伍旁征博引，谈及许多健在和过世的作家，也谈及她自己在加拿大和国际文坛的写作经验轶事。轻快语调之下，是她严肃看待写作之目的与乐趣的态度，以及对西方文字学之传统及迷思的深刻了解。
Awards/获奖情况：‘witty, erudite and thoughtful’--- Rupert Winchester, The Telegraph
‘a masterclass in comic writing’---The Guardian
‘an enthralling read’---Kate Bateman, The Irish Times
‘her style is accessibly anecdotal and impressively eclectic’---Sunday Times
’frank, intimate and funny’---New Book Magazine
Juggling well worn subjects which "get murky or pretentious", this is a streetwise, erudite suggestive enquiry into problems and myths of the writer’s role. Her light touch on hard thoughts, her humour and eclectic quotations, lend enchantment to an argument that has as many undulating tentacles as a well developed sea anemone. (THE INDEPENDENT)
Her witty, occasionally self-depracating and always ingenious approach is a delight (Culture, SUNDAY TIMES)
A witty and profound rumination about writing (THE TIMES)
A playful, informed and briskly sensible discussion of the writing life. (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
About the Author/作者介绍： Margaret Atwood’s wide and eclectic reference to other writers, liveng and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer, both in Canada and on the international scene. The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing, and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literture.
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