The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, A Novel (Chinese Edition)
by:
David Mitchell (author)
Jiang Tang (translator)
《雅各布·德佐特的千秋》2010年一经出版即问鼎英联邦作家奖，是大卫·米切尔极其重要的一部作品。 1799年的长崎湾出岛，商人、密探、翻译、仆人和妓女混迹于斯。这里是日本锁国时期唯一的贸易港埠，只准荷兰人到港通贸，交换技术与新知。作为荷兰东印度公司的年轻办事员，虔诚的雅各布·德佐特来到出岛，打算服务期满后衣锦还乡，迎娶未婚妻。然而，公司内部的钩心斗角，争权夺利；对曾遭毁容的助产士织斗的深深迷恋，这一切都令雅各布的美好初衷变得黯然失色……礼法、利益与欢愉的界限模糊难辨，与织斗的爱情也横遭命运的阻挠——后续事态发展之严酷，远远超出雅各布最糟的设想……...
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《雅各布·德佐特的千秋》2010年一经出版即问鼎英联邦作家奖，是大卫·米切尔极其重要的一部作品。 1799年的长崎湾出岛，商人、密探、翻译、仆人和妓女混迹于斯。这里是日本锁国时期唯一的贸易港埠，只准荷兰人到港通贸，交换技术与新知。作为荷兰东印度公司的年轻办事员，虔诚的雅各布·德佐特来到出岛，打算服务期满后衣锦还乡，迎娶未婚妻。然而，公司内部的钩心斗角，争权夺利；对曾遭毁容的助产士织斗的深深迷恋，这一切都令雅各布的美好初衷变得黯然失色……礼法、利益与欢愉的界限模糊难辨，与织斗的爱情也横遭命运的阻挠——后续事态发展之严酷，远远超出雅各布最糟的设想…… 大卫·米切尔在《雅各布·德佐特的千秋》中用传奇惊心的事件，糅合历史、冒险、禁恋、迷信等元素，描绘的这幅十八世纪末东西方文化冲撞下的出岛众生相，亦是一部世界图景下华丽壮阔的冒险史诗……
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9787532145294 (7532145298)
Publish date: 2012-01-08
Publisher: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House
Pages no: 467
Edition language: Chinese
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Asia,
Japan,
Fiction,
Historical
I originally ordered this novel because it appeared when I did a search for time travel. Thousand Autumns, sounded like it fit the bill. Was I ever wrong but I got a novel that kept me going for a long time. If I tell you what Thousand Autumns really referred to, I'd have to put a spoiler alert on t...
The day I discovered that David Mitchell the author was not David Mitchell the comedian I was so miserable I took an immediate dislike towards the fellow (the author that is) and refused to read anything by him for years. I was, no need to be polite about it, the very example of a perfect imbecile. ...
For me, the appeal of David Mitchell is his ability to write in any voice and nail it. It's a skill, but I'm sure it also requires significant research. In most of his novels, the reader is entertained by several of these voices from beginning to end. In a couple, Mitchell employs more traditional m...
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet - It was my first encounter with David Mitchell although I have seen and loved the movie "Cloud Atlas" (I definitely have to read this novel). I can`t compare if Thousand Autumns is better or worse than Cloud Atlas, but I enjoyed it a lot. Writing style is quite...
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