英译本与汉译本的篇目除一篇以外完全一致(这一篇是《人声》,出现在《纸上的伊利亚特》之中),因为这些篇目于某种程度上是由阿莱克桑德雷自己选定的。此外,还有《天堂的阴影》与《终结之诗》两部著名诗集的完整英译,但我尚未购得。英译与汉译对照阅读后,我都觉得汉译多警句却稍显混乱破碎,而英译则更流畅,容易懂...
There’s a story my father loves to tell at large family gatherings where he has no business sharing it. The first house my parents ever lived in was in Morningside, Bulawayo. It was suburbia, but middle-class suburbia. This meant we had large enough yards to lend the semblance of privac...
FLORA stands behind ADA on a chair trying to sort out the knots that have matted at the back of ADA's head. ADA shakes her head from side to side playfully, making the difficult job impossible. FLORA Stay still! It's the very worst knots. FLORA tries to hold her mother's head still...
Hilda Baker belongs to the latter group. She is one of Gibbons’s shabby heroines of no great intellectual shakes or culture, but still worth knowing better. “Sensitive and intelligent people will refuse to believe that Miss Baker could be happy. However, Miss Baker was happy.” She is als...
She grimaced inwardly until the exchange was over. She’d gladly endure this to feel that pleasure. It was the height of summer in her second last year of secondary school and sun rays were dancing in between the trees, dappling the undergrowth and the well-worn footpaths. Her pulse ...
“Okay okay” she grimaced. “How about I give it to you for $160 and you don’t tell anyone?” I looked at her. She looked at me. I thought about her whole spiel, and the time we’d spent together. I knew she was desperate for this sale. I also knew I didn’t need any ...
In the same way a smile should be spontaneous, because you feel happy and pleasant; nothing has less allure than a mechanical grimace, as though you were trying to imitate a tooth-paste advertisement. 33 WHERE ARE THE “BELLES” OF YESTERDAY? In olden days and until a comparatively short ...
Queen Meriel had leaned to grab the padding around the King’s torso, was with a determined grimace attempting to pull him from his horse. The King turned and would have struck her had he not fumbled his grip on his sword. The King’s motion, and a sideways step of the Queen’s ner...
The plot is enough to scoff and grimace at in humored fear. After losing their only grandson Jackson in an accident, Satan-worshiping grandparents abduct a pregnant woman with the intention to perform a “reverse-exorcism” and ultimately get their grandson back. With a plot that grim, how...
m blinding by the overheads. Leanne whipped open the door and flipped on the lights as if she’s trying to wake a suspect for questioning. Jessica is right behind her, carrying a bag of fast food and sodas in foam coasters. My eyes are squinting with a confused grimace. Comical, I’m...