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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
生命,从此与众不同。生命的意义、真挚的爱、追寻与渴望、拥有与失落……一切人生的体悟,尽在这本扣人心弦的小说之中! 故事主角本杰明‧巴顿正拥有和世人截然不同的生命历程,当其他人风华散尽、迈向死亡时,班杰明却日趋年轻;时间的逆流带领班杰明走向另一条道路,也让他饱尝了他人所不曾经历过的一切。然而,这是否就是美好的人生呢? Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. In this imaginative fable of ageing and the other stories collected here - including "The Cut-Glass Bowl" in which an ill-meant gift haunts a family's misfortunes, "The Four Fists" where a man's life shaped by a series of punches to his face, and the revelry, mobs and anguish of "May Day" - F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unmatched gift as a writer of short stories. -
班傑明的奇幻旅程
◎《大亨小傳》作者、村上春樹最愛的作家--史考特‧費茲傑羅 一同舞進華麗幻滅的爵士抒情世界 生命,從此與眾不同。 生命的意義、真摯的愛、 追尋與渴望、擁有與失落…… 一切人生的體悟,盡在這本扣人心弦的小說之中! 當時間的河流不再平順 擦肩而過的我們 又將在何處再次交錯…… 本書收錄費茲傑羅的《大如麗池飯店的鑽石》、《冬之夢》、《班傑明的奇幻旅程》等七篇經典名作,即他所稱的「爵士年代故事」。這些故事是融入他個人的生活體驗而寫成的:他悲傷的愛情故事、他的理想、野心以及幻滅,他都能將其寫成故事做為一種療癒的方式。 另外特別收錄電影改編原著《班傑明的奇幻旅程》。此為費茲傑羅於1920年所作之短篇小說,其靈感來自於馬克吐溫曾說的:「如果我們能夠出生的時候80歲,逐漸接近18歲,人生一定更美好……」主角班傑明‧巴頓正是這樣的一個「幸運兒」。擁有和世人截然不同的生命歷程,當其他人風華散盡、邁向死亡時,班傑明卻日趨年輕;時間的逆流帶領班傑明走向另一條道路,也讓他飽嘗了他人所不曾經歷過的一切。然而,這是否就是美好的人生呢? 美國最偉大的小說家費茲傑羅,以他魔幻的生花妙筆,生動地描寫了班傑明與眾不同的一生。 -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it os an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby is a true classic of twentieth-century literature.