ISBN号:9780385547659
书名:A Thread of Violence
作者:Mark O’Connell
出版日期:2023-06-27
英文简介:
A NEW YORK TIMES AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the award-winning author comes the gripping tale of one of the most scandalous murderers in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion.
“A masterpiece”–The Observer * “Disturbing [and] compelling”–Colm Toíbín * “Superb and unforgettable”–Sally Rooney * “Brilliant”–New York Times Book Review * “A masterly work”–John Banville * “Fascinating”–Emmanuel Carrère * “Morally complex and mesmerizing”–Fintan O’Toole Malcolm Macarthur was a well-known Dublin socialite.
Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind.
But by 1982, his inheritance had dwindled to almost nothing, a desperate threat to his lifestyle.
Macarthur hastily conceived a plan: He would commit bank robbery, of the kind that had become frightfully common in Dublin at the time.
But his plan spun swiftly out of control, and he needlessly killed two innocent civilians.
The ensuing manhunt, arrest, and conviction amounted to one of the most infamous political scandals in modern Irish history, contributing to the eventual collapse of a government.
Winner of the Wellcome and Rooney Prizes, Mark O’Connell spent countless hours in conversation with Macarthur–interviews that veered from confession to evasion.
Through their tense exchanges and O’Connell’s independent reporting, a pair of narratives unspools: a riveting account of Macarthur’s crimes and a study of the hazy line between truth and invention.
We come to see not only the enormity of the murders but the damage that’s inflicted when a life is rendered into story.
At once propulsive and searching, A Thread of Violence is a hard look at a brutal act, its subterranean origins, and the long shadow it casts.
It offers a haunting and insightful examination of the lies we tell ourselves–and the lengths we’ll go to preserve them.
中文简介:
《纽约时报》和《经济学人》年度最佳图书 * 这位获奖作家讲述了现代爱尔兰历史上最丑闻的谋杀犯之一的扣人心弦的故事,这既是一部真实犯罪的推动力作品,也是一次文学颠覆行为。
“杰作”——《观察家报》 *“令人不安且引人注目”——科尔姆·托伊宾 *“精湛而令人难忘”——莎莉·鲁尼 *“才华横溢”——《纽约时报书评》 *“一部杰作”——约翰班维尔 *“迷人”——伊曼纽尔·卡雷 *“道德复杂且令人着迷”——芬坦·奥图尔·马尔科姆·麦克阿瑟是都柏林著名的社交名流。
他温文尔雅,与艺术家和贵族交往,阅读哲学,过着心灵的生活。
但到了 1982 年,他的遗产几乎减少到一无所有,这对他的生活方式构成了绝望的威胁。
麦克阿瑟匆忙制定了一个计划:他要实施银行抢劫,这种抢劫当时在都柏林已经非常普遍。
但他的计划很快就失控了,他不必要地杀害了两名无辜平民。
随后的搜捕、逮捕和定罪构成了现代爱尔兰历史上最臭名昭著的政治丑闻之一,导致政府最终垮台。
作为威康奖和鲁尼奖的获得者,马克·奥康奈尔花了无数个小时与麦克阿瑟交谈——采访从坦白转向回避。
通过他们紧张的交流和奥康奈尔的独立报道,两个叙述展开:对麦克阿瑟罪行的引人入胜的描述和对真相与发明之间模糊界限的研究。
我们不仅看到了谋杀的严重性,还看到了当生命被渲染成故事时所造成的伤害。
《暴力之线》既具有推进性又具有探索性,是对残酷行为、其地下起源及其所投下的长长阴影的严肃审视。
它对我们告诉自己的谎言进行了令人难忘且富有洞察力的审视,以及我们将竭尽全力维护这些谎言。
书籍总体字数:82731,除去名字和专有名词等之后还剩余77494计入单词总数。
书籍单词数在5万至10万之间,难度适合,不过还需要结合下方难度分析。
其中:
四级单词出现72497个/次,
六级单词(排除四级单词后)出现1040个/次,
托福单词出现34527个/次,
SAT单词出现5307个/次,
GRE单词出现6775个/次,考研单词出现72764个/次,
雅思单词出现18862个/次。
高中单词出现69960个/次。
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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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