ISBN号:9780771005459
书名:Held
作者:Anne Michaels
出版日期:N/A
英文简介:
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling author of Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault.
1917.
On a battlefield near the River Aisne, John lies in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs.
Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory—a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his lover on a winter night, his childhood on a faraway coast—as the snow falls.
1920.
John has returned from war to North Yorkshire, near another river—alive, but not whole.
Reunited with Helena, an artist, he reopens his photography business and endeavours to keep on living.
But the past erupts insistently into the present, as ghosts begin to surface in his ghosts whose messages he cannot understand .
So begins a narrative that spans four generations, moments of connection and consequence igniting and re-igniting as the century unfolds.
In luminous moments of desire, comprehension, longing, and transcendence, the sparks fly upward, working their transformations decades later.
This resonance through time—not only of actions but also of feelings and perceptions—desire in its many forms—are at the heart of this novel’s profound investigation.
Held is a deeply affecting and intensely beautiful novel, full of unforgettable characters and imagery, wisdom and compassion.
It explores the deepest mysteries, and the ways in which desire in its many forms—and perhaps the deepest desire, to find meaning—manifests itself.
Held moves through history to light upon Darwin, Sir Ernest Rutherford, North Sea ganseys, early photography, Ella Mary Leather, modern field hospitals…while lovers find each other and snow drifts down across the centuries.
From the WW1 battlefield where the novel begins, and its opening lines, Held is alive with “We know life is finite.
Why should we believe death lasts forever?”
中文简介:
这是一部惊心动魄、神秘的新小说，出自深受喜爱的国际畅销书《逃亡者碎片》和《冬季避难所》作者安妮·迈克尔斯之手。
1917 年，在埃纳河附近的战场上，约翰躺在爆炸后的废墟中，无法移动或感觉不到自己的双腿。
当雪花飘落时，他努力集中注意力，却陷入了记忆之中——一次在铁路边酒吧的偶遇，一个冬夜与爱人洗个热水澡，他在遥远海岸的童年。
1920 年，约翰从战争中回到北约克郡，靠近另一条河——还活着，但不完整。
与艺术家海伦娜重聚后，他重新开始了自己的摄影事业，并努力维持生计。
但过去不断地爆发到现在，鬼魂开始在他的鬼魂中浮现，其信息是他无法理解的。
于是，一段跨越四代人的叙事开始了，随着世纪的展开，联系的时刻和后果不断被点燃。
在欲望、理解、渴望和超越的光辉时刻，火花向上飞扬，在几十年后发生转变。
这种随时间的共鸣——不仅是行动的共鸣，还包括情感和感知的共鸣——多种形式的欲望——是这部小说深刻调查的核心。
《举行》是一部感人至深、极其美丽的小说，充满了令人难忘的人物和意象、智慧和同情心。
它探索了最深层的奥秘，以及多种形式的欲望——也许是最深层的欲望——寻找意义——表现出来的方式。
霍尔德穿越历史，了解达尔文、欧内斯特·卢瑟福爵士、北海甘西、早期摄影、艾拉玛丽皮革、现代野战医院……而恋人们找到彼此，雪花跨越几个世纪飘落。
从小说开始的一战战场和开场白来看，赫尔德充满活力：“我们知道生命是有限的。
为什么我们应该相信死亡永远持续？”
书籍总体字数：38902，除去名字和专有名词等之后还剩余36799计入单词总数。
书籍单词数少于5万，难度应该较低,不过还需要结合下方难度分析。
其中：
四级单词出现34353个/次,
六级单词（排除四级单词后）出现398个/次，
托福单词出现16664个/次，
SAT单词出现2116个/次，
GRE单词出现3120个/次，考研单词出现34528个/次，
雅思单词出现7447个/次。
高中单词出现33179个/次。
（后附饼图供直观参考）
这些统计基于我的词库，不排除词库存在误差，仅供参考。
非常欢迎大家提供自己收集的词库给我。
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