《觉醒》简介:

她一遍遍问自己,什么才是真正的生活?

因“大逆不道”成为禁书,美国第一代女性主义作家代表作。

本书收录名作《觉醒》及其他十篇口碑极佳的短篇小说代表作。

埃德娜理应是幸福的。作为上流社会的阔太太,她只需要相夫教子,款待宾客,就可以维持一种镶着金边的生活。对丈夫,她偶尔也觉得爱他,而他也待她不错。可总有什么令她闷闷不乐。直到那个夏天,他们一家去格蓝岛度假,她邂逅了那 个改变她一生的人……

那个夏天,她看待世界的眼光变了,一个崭新的声音在她体内苏醒。

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◆细腻描绘女性在婚姻中的真实感受,她们的情欲,她们的自我空间和孤独感。几代读者称,这是他们的“自我意识启蒙书”。

◆作者凯特·肖邦中年丧夫后开始创作,因《觉醒》一鸣惊人,但因内容“离经叛道“,《觉醒》甫一出版即成禁书,被媒体贴上“毒药”标签,肖邦亲友也与她疏远。五十四岁,肖邦因中风在孤独中去世。

◆肖邦去世半世纪后,作品重新被发掘,引发阅读、研究热潮,被选入美国大学教材,至今已出版100多个版本,长销不衰,入选企鹅经典(Penguin Classics)、柯林斯经典(Collins Classics) 等经典书系。

◆资深媒体人郭玉洁老师作4500字深入导读。

◆ 本版选译自经典版本企鹅纹章经典版(Signet Classics),新锐译者齐彦婧翻译。

◆知名设计师设计,古典美装帧,封面印金,松石绿。

《觉醒》摘录:

He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversation. In short, Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The motherwomen seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels. The right hand jealous of the left! The heart jealous of the soul! She liked the dabbling. She felt in it satisfaction of a kind which no other employment afforded her. She missed him...

《觉醒》目录:

觉醒
分歧所在!
阿卡迪亚舞会上
暴风雨
德西蕾的孩子
塞莱斯廷夫人离婚记
一位正派女人
一小时的故事
阿森奈伊斯
一双长丝袜
查理
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