''A book which delights, amuses, disturbs and provokes
reflection, in equal measure. It is a triumph of craftmanship,
intelligence and sensibility.'' Scotsman ''Contains more wit,
intelligence and feeling than many novels three times its length.''
Observer ''Formidable! no writer is more engaging than Penelope
Fitzgerald.'' Spectator ''Penelope Fitzgerald writes books whose
imaginative wholeness and whose sense of what language can suggest
is magical. Whichever way you twist the lens of this kal
內容簡介:
In 1912, rational Fred Fairly, one of Cambridge''s best and
brightest, crashes his bike and wakes up in bed with a stranger -
fellow casualty Daisy Saunders, a charming, pretty, generous
working-class nurse. So begins a series of complications - not only
of the heart but also of the head - as Fred and Daisy take up each
other''s education and turn each other''s philosophies upside
down.
關於作者:
Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most elegant and
distinctive voices in British fiction. Three of her novels, The
Bookshop, The Beginning of Spring and The Gate of Angels have been
shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She won the Prize in 1979 for
Offshore. Her last novel, The Blue Flower, was the most admired
novel of 1995, chosen no fewer than nineteen times in the press as
the ''Book of the Year''. It won America''s National Book Critics''
Circle Award, and this helped to introduce her to a wider
international readership. She died in April 2000, at the age of
eighty-three.
目錄:
Part One
1 Fred''s Three Notes
2 A Few Words about St Angelicus
3 How Fred Got this Job in the First Place
4 Dinner at St Angelicus
5 At the Rectory
6 The Disobligers'' Society
7 Who Is Daisy?
Part Two
8 Daisy
9 The Blackfriars Hospital
10 The Men''s Ward
11 The Case of James Elder
12 Kelly
13 Daisy Leaves London
Part Three
14 No Mystery about Daisy''s Movements
15 A Walk in the Country
16 A Visit from the Fairlys
Part Four
17 Dr Matthews'' Ghost Story
18 An UnusualGourt Case
19 Kelly Laid to Rest
20 Fred''s Advice to His Students
21 At Dr Sage''s Hospital
22 TheGate of Angels