海洋塑造了航海人的特质,而海洋的独特文化则是康拉德作品里不断叙述的人生舞台。
作品中大海喜怒无常、暴虐、冷漠,对人类充满敌意。然而康拉德却钟情海洋,在他笔下,大海是个特殊的、与世隔绝的社会,它除去一切不必要的芜杂,只剩下暴虐与美德和意志的较量。海洋塑造了航海人的特质,而海洋的独特文化则是康拉德作品里不断叙述的人生舞台。
The title character, James Wait, is a West Indian black sailor on board the merchant ship Narcissus sailing from Bombay to London. Wait falls ill with tuberculosis during the voyage, and his plight arouses the humanitarian sympathies of many of the crew, five of whom rescue him from his deck cabin during a storm, placing their own lives and the ship at risk. Captain Alistoun and the old sailor Singleton, on the other hand, remain concerned primarily with their duties as sailors and are indifferent to Wait's condition.
大海喜怒无常、暴虐、冷漠、对人类充满敌意。然而康拉德却钟情海洋。可以说,作者成功地描绘出人们在大海中对忠诚、团结和患难与共的号召。
康拉德之钟情于海洋与海明威之钟情于狩猎猛兽、深海垂钓、钟情于拳击台、斗牛场有着同样的奥妙。
《水仙号上的黑鬼》——约瑟夫·康拉德的中兴之作。
John G. Peters said of it in 2006:
"The unfortunately titledThe Nigger of the "Narcissus" (titledThe Children of the Sea in the first American edition) is Conrad's best work of his early period. In fact, were it not for the book's title, it undoubtedly would be read more often than it is currently. At one time, it was one of Conrad's most frequently read books. In part because of its brevity, in part because of its adventure qualities, and in part because of its literary qualities, the novel used to attract a good deal of attention."
- 前言
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五章
- CHAPTER PREFACE
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
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