2016年9月25日 星期日

THE PAINTED VEIL by W. Somerset Maugham 毛姆《彩色面紗》

《愛在遙遠的附近》影片原名《彩色面紗》( The Painted Veil),是根據英國名小說家毛姆( W. Somerset Maugham)於一九二五年所寫的小說改編。

《面紗》的書名出自雪萊的十四行詩:
“別揭開這幅彩幕(就是'彩色的面紗'),它被活人稱為生活;/雖然上面所繪的圖景顯得很不真實。/只不過是以隨隨便便塗刷的彩色/來摹擬我們願信以為真的一切東西;”(吳笛譯文)


"Lift not the painted veil which those who live"

Lift not the painted veil which those who live
Call Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it but mimic all we would believe
With colours idly spread,--behind, lurk Fear
And Hope, twin Destinies; who ever weave
Their shadows, o'er the chasm, sightless and drear.
I knew one who had lifted it--he sought,
For his lost heart was tender, things to love,
But found them not, alas! nor was there aught
The world contains, the which he could approve.
Through the unheeding many he did move,
A splendour among shadows, a bright blot
Upon this gloomy scene, a Spirit that strove
For truth, and like the Preacher found it not.




The Painted Veil 2006

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作者 : [英] W.薩默塞特·毛姆 出版社:重慶出版社   原作名: The Painted Veil
 譯者 : 阮景林出版年:2012-5 頁數: 264 定價: 32.00元裝幀:精裝叢書:重現經典(精裝)ISBN: 9787229050238

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WS毛姆(William Somerset Maugham),1874—1965,英國著名小說家,劇作家,散文家。曾先後就讀於坎特伯雷的國王學校和德國海德堡大學,後到倫敦聖托馬斯醫院學醫,並取得外科醫師資格。
他的首部長篇小說《蘭貝斯的麗莎》於1897年發表。1915年,他的傑作《人性的枷鎖》問世,1919年《月亮與六便士》的出版確立了他作為長篇小說家的地位。他的其他著作有長篇小說《刀鋒》、《面紗》,旅行札記《在中國屏風上》,及各種散文、短篇小說集等。1903—1933年期間,他創作了近30部劇本,深受觀眾歡迎。
毛姆被公認為20世紀在全世界範圍內流行最廣、最受歡迎的英國作家之一,被譽為“最會講故事的作家”。他的小說機智、幽默,常在譏諷中潛藏對人性的憐憫與同情。1952年,牛津大學授予他名譽博士學位。1954年,英王授予他“榮譽侍從”的稱號。



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“How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.”
— from THE PAINTED VEIL
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he chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art."
— from THE PAINTED VEIL by W. Somerset Maugham

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