Fields of Glory By Jean Rouaud

Jean Rouaud (born December 13, 1952) is a French author,^[1] who was born in Campbon, Loire-Atlantique. In 1990 his novel Fields of Glory (French: Les Champs d'honneur) won the Prix Goncourt. First believed to be the first book in a trilogy, Fields of Glory turned out to be the first book in a series of five books on the family history of the author.

English bibliography[edit]

• Fields of Glory. trans. Ralph Manheim. New York: Arcade. 1992. ISBN 1-55970-165-X.
• Of Illustrious Men. trans. Barbara Wright. New York: Arcade. 1994. ISBN 1-55970-265-6.
• The World, More or Less. trans. Barbara Wright. New York: Arcade. 1998. ISBN 1-55970-405-5.
• La femme promise. 2008.

ジャン・ルオー（Jean Rouaud, 1952年12月13日 - ）は、フランスの作家。

1952年、フランス生まれ。ナント大学で文学を学び、その後はアルバイトで生計を立てる。新聞雑誌スタンド（キオスク）で働きながら小説を執筆し、1990年に『名誉の戦場』を出版、同年ゴンクール賞を受賞しベストセラーとなる^[1]。

日本語訳作品[編集]

• 『名誉の戦場』（Les Champs d'honneur, 1990）北代美和子訳、新潮社、1994年 / 河出書房新社「池澤夏樹=個人編集 世界文学全集」、2008年

The Classic Fairy Tales(Norton Critical Editions)； 死前活一次

歐洲民間/童話故事中，常充滿性與暴力。

有的故事的段落，德國格林兄弟在第二版時，常要"重寫"。

The Classic Fairy Tales(Norton Critical Editions) 的安徒生(Hans Christian Andersen)選文 (四篇)的簡介，指出的故事中，常有對主角的殘忍無情"虐待"之描寫 (即使僅2頁的〈賣火柴女孩〉)......。

8月24日參加劉夏泱的講座「童話的解析-從敘事與圖像交集的視角」。會前，我讀的是 Little Thumbling By Charles Perrault  (收入The Classic Fairy Tales(Norton Critical Editions))，劉夏泱老師談的是 Hans Christian Andersen〈拇指姑娘〉的各種插畫.......




The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticism, Edited By Tatar, Maria, 1999/2017



The Classic Fairy Tales (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

Maria Tatar
W. W. Norton & Company, 2017 - 304 ページ

Andersen Angela Carter animal asked Baba Yaga Beast began bird Bluebeard bride Brothers Grimm castle Catskin Charles Perrault child Cinderella cried culture dance daughter Disney Disney’s Donkeyskin door dress dwarfs Emperor everything eyes fairy tale fairy tales fairy­tale films father female finger folklore folktale forest frog genre gold golden grandmother hand Hans Christian Andersen Hansel and Gretel happy heart hero heroine husband Jack Jack Zipes Juleidah king king’s literary little mermaid Little Red Riding lived looked magic Maria Tatar marry Marylynn mirror mother narrative never night nightingale ogre old woman once oral palace Perrault prince prince’s princess queen Red Riding Hood rose Sally shoes sing sister Sleeping Beauty Snow White stepmother story storytelling Swallow tale type tell things Thumbling told took tradition tree trickster turned Vasilisa voice wife witch wolf women young

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我讀的是The Classic Fairy Tales 1999年初版。覺得第二版應值得買，起碼可知此書經18年之後的新版的"進化"。

不料，書林竟還在賣初版。

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死前活一次

作者： Beate Lakotta & Walter Schels
譯者： 王威 出版社：大塊文化

出版日期：2008/05/27
語言：繁體中文

內容簡介

　　這就像把望遠鏡倒過來﹐你祇能看到那些大塊的東西﹕我是怎樣生活的﹖我愛過誰﹖我得到什麼﹖我錯過什麼﹖我還能做些什麼﹖

　　生與死本是自然遞嬗的過程﹐然而在今日社會﹐死亡和死亡的過程脫離日常生活﹐變得隱密而不可言說。人們對死亡的認識變得模糊﹐因而心懷恐懼。然而﹐這個把我們帶往未知世界的過程﹐有沒有更好的方式﹖

　　臨終關懷醫院是瀕死者度過生命最後時光的地方。
　　住進院裡的人﹐知道自己沒有機會回傢﹐知道自己沒有多少時間﹐知道自己的生命即將走到盡頭。

　　他們祇有短暫的一段時間﹐可以為自己的生命做個總結﹐與自己和他人和解﹐麵對死亡這個課題以及處理死後的問題。

　　本書作者和攝影者走訪德國數所臨終關懷醫院﹐和院中的病人﹑傢屬及醫護人員深談﹐寫成細膩的文字紀錄。攝影者則分別為每個病人拍攝兩張臉部特寫；一張是即將畫上句點的生命﹐另一張則是死亡的容顏。從這兩張並列對比的照片﹐看到麵對生命終點的倉皇﹑滿足或哀傷﹐也看到死亡的平靜。

斯特萊太太在死前一個月﹐仍抱著堅定的求生意誌。

　　51歲的芭芭拉﹐從小在孤兒院長大﹐渴望母親的愛。她在最後幾個月常常夢到自己是個孩子。

　　當死亡站在曹太太的門前﹐她變得更誠實。能夠談論自己的內心﹐對她是一種解脫。

　　談普林太太打定主意﹐直到最後一刻都帶著清醒的理智﹐精心安排剩下的時間。
好幾個瀕死病人沒有機會和最親密的人開誠佈公地談﹁死﹂這件事﹐他們來不及嚮對方說出愛。

　　這些瀕死者最後的願望是什麼﹖希望多活一些時候﹐希望死亡來得乾脆而溫柔一些﹐希望死亡不是一切的結束……
在臨終關懷醫院﹐這些願望並非完全不可能實現。

　　在死亡來臨前﹁真正的生活﹂﹐不但是瀕死者的願望﹐也是以為死亡很遙遠的每個人﹐珍惜生命最好的方式。

作者簡介

貝雅特‧拉蔻塔﹙Beate Lakotta﹚

　　生於1965年﹐現擔任德國︽明鏡︾週刊﹙Spiegel﹚科學編輯。攝影師華特‧謝爾斯﹙Walter Schels﹚生於1936年﹐以人物和動物的性格特質研究而聞名。他們在2003年於︽明鏡︾週刊所發表的〈死前再活一次﹀專題﹐因報導深入而獲頒漢薩–米特獎﹙Hansel-Mieth-Preis﹚﹐以及聯邦誌工福利工作會所頒發的德國社會獎﹙Deutsche Sozialpreis﹚。華特‧謝爾斯的攝影作品並榮獲2004年世界新聞攝影大賽二獎。

 

目錄

導讀　死亡之臉　 余德慧
前言　死亡﹐不再禁忌
1. 六個星期瞭﹐我該死瞭
2. 我不想在你走開的時侯死
3. 他腦袋裡在想些什麼﹖
4. 如果我去非洲就好瞭
5. 愛是一切的答案
6. 親愛的上帝在哪兒﹖
7. 我在等一個信號
8. 精神仍會持續
9. 至少她來過這個世界
10. 看待這個問題要實際一點
11. 是生命在揹後推我
12. 曹女士笑瞭
13. 我還會回來
14. 小香腸和馬鈴薯沙拉
15. 我們的心靈之旅
16. 生命的畢業考
17. 夢想生命
18. 對不起﹐我得瞭癌症
19. 回到真正的生活
20. 他少受瞭不少苦
21. 我不該病得這麼重
22. 沙漠裡的一粒沙
23. 精心設計剩下的時間
後記　美好的死亡——臨終關懷和醫藥之所能
緻謝

紐約時報每周書介"二戰專題"：Books Update: The Good War

 The Good War 是1984年出版的一本二戰口述史的書名。

to have had a good warin British English

to have made the most of the opportunities presented to one during wartime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_War

Dear Reader,

This month is the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, marked by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and then on Aug. 15, 1945, V-J Day. As is so often the case, publishers have released over the course of the last few months a number of books by historians and other writers re-examining the events of the period and their enduring legacy. In this special themed issue, we review the most noteworthy of those titles.

Several reviews stand out in particular. William Langewiesche, a writer at large for The Times Magazine, reviews the new book by Lesley M.M. Blume, “Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World.” The book traces the story behind John Hersey’s enduring work of investigative narrative journalism “Hiroshima,” which Blume joins me on the podcast this week to discuss.

Timothy Snyder, the best-selling author of “On Tyranny,” among other books, reviews Roger Moorhouse’s “Poland 1939,” about the outbreak of the war; Jay Winik reviews Chris Wallace’s best seller, “Countdown 1945,” written with Mitch Weiss; and Scott Anderson, author of “Lawrence in Arabia,” among other books, reviews Jennet Conant’s “The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer.”

There’s so much more in this issue, each book covering a different angle of the war, that we worried about being able to fit it all in. We hope it will be enough to sate your own curiosity and reading needs on a subject that, should it not interest you already, hopefully will by the time you read through this issue.

Please stay in touch and let us know what you think — whether it’s about this newsletter, our reviews, our podcast, our literary calendar, our Instagram or what you’re reading. We read and ponder all of it. I even write back, albeit belatedly. You can email me at books@nytimes.com.

Pamela Paul

Editor of The New York Times Book Review

@PamelaPaulNYT

THE BOOK REVIEW PODCAST Kurt Andersen on ‘Evil Geniuses’ Andersen talks about his new book, and Lesley M.M. Blume discusses “Fallout.”

FICTION Fiction A Former Soldier Tells His Grandson: ‘I Wasn’t a Nazi.’ In his debut novel, “We Germans,” Alexander Starritt considers the weight of shame. By Georgia Hunter The Shortlist Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments “Natural History,” “Avoid the Day,” “Crossings” and “Little Scratch” offer literary puzzle boxes and formal feats. By Dustin Illingworth

NONFICTION Nonfiction Experiencing War Far From the Battlefield Two new books look at World War II from the perspectives of outsiders on the fringes of conflict. By Thomas E. Ricks Nonfiction The Debate to Use Atomic Bombs Against Japan Marc Gallicchio’s “Unconditional” details debates in both Japan and the United States to end World War II. By Richard J. Samuels Nonfiction The Reporter Who Told the World About the Bomb “Fallout,” by Lesley M.M. Blume, recounts how John Hersey revealed the devastating toll of the atomic bomb on the citizens of Hiroshima. By William Langewiesche Nonfiction A Day-by-Day Re-Creation of Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons Chris Wallace’s “Countdown 1945” recounts in gripping detail the rush to develop the atomic bomb and the debate over whether to use it. By Jay Winik Nonfiction Remembering Poland’s Doomed Fight Against the Nazis Roger Moorhouse’s “Poland 1939” looks back at the very beginning of World War II to understand what happened and what might have happened. By Timothy Snyder Nonfiction Trying the Japanese for War Crimes Michel Paradis’s “Last Mission to Tokyo” explores the injustices and ironies of war crimes trials by looking at one example from postwar Japan. By Gary J. Bass Nonfiction Hitler and the Holocaust In the second volume of his biography, “Hitler: Downfall, 1939-1945,” Volker Ullrich examines the central role of Hitler in the extermination of the Jews. By Peter Fritzsche A Woman Who Resisted the Japanese Military Robert J. Mrazek’s “The Indomitable Florence Finch” is the story of a Filipino woman who saved American lives, survived torture and lived to be 101. By Tara McKelvey

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Nonfiction How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan Ian W. Toll’s “Twilight of the Gods,” the third volume of a trilogy, details the American triumph in the Pacific War. By Mark Perry The Herculean Effort to Build an American Army Paul Dickson’s “The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941” tells the remarkable story of how the United States created an effective military from scratch. By Risa Brooks Nonfiction How Hitler Took the World Into War Benjamin Carter Hett’s “The Nazi Menace” examines the path to World War II and German responsibility. By Fredrik Logevall Nonfiction Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage “The Churchill Complex,” by Ian Buruma, examines the invented kinship of Anglo-American relations since World War II. By Benjamin Schwarz Nonfiction A Forgotten Town at the Center of the Manhattan Project In “The Apocalypse Factory,” Steve Olson tells the story of Hanford, a small rural town in Washington State that played an outsize role in America’s nuclear ambitions. By Denise Kiernan Nonfiction War — What Is It Good For? Chemotherapy, Apparently In “The Great Secret,” Jennet Conant argues that the 1943 bombing of a ship full of mustard gas helped spur research into cancer treatments. By Scott Anderson