This book tells the love story between an old Polish pianist and a Spanish woman. A Pole met a woman in Barcelona, his love burned until the end of his life, and he died reading her name in a poem. In the eyes of women, eternal love has long since faded into history, and Poles are just ghosts from the past, remnants of a bygone era. He fell in love with her, and she just felt pity for him. The novel is narrated from the perspective of the heroine, and the language continues Coetzee's consistent concise and meaningful style. It outlines a complex, subtle and fascinating picture of love, and presents the collapse of sacred romantic love in contemporary emotional situations. It also triggers attention and thinking about love and intimate relationships.
本书讲述了一位年老的波兰钢琴演奏家和一位西班牙女人之间的爱情故事。波兰人在巴塞罗那邂逅了女人, 他的爱意燃至生命尽头, 在诗篇中念着她的名字死去。而在女人的眼里, 永恒的爱早已隐入历史, 波兰人不过是来自过去的幽灵, 是一个逝去时代的遗留痕迹。他爱上了她, 她只觉得他可怜。小说从女主角的视角展开叙述, 语言延续了库切一贯的简练隽永的风格, 勾勒出一幅复杂幽微、引人入胜的爱欲图景, 呈现了神圣的浪漫之爱在当代情感境遇中的倾圮, 也引发了对爱情和亲密关系的关注和思考。
本书讲述了一位年老的波兰钢琴演奏家和一位西班牙女人之间的爱情故事。波兰人在巴塞罗那邂逅了女人, 他的爱意燃至生命尽头, 在诗篇中念着她的名字死去。而在女人的眼里, 永恒的爱早已隐入历史, 波兰人不过是来自过去的幽灵, 是一个逝去时代的遗留痕迹。他爱上了她, 她只觉得他可怜。小说从女主角的视角展开叙述, 语言延续了库切一贯的简练隽永的风格, 勾勒出一幅复杂幽微、引人入胜的爱欲图景, 呈现了神圣的浪漫之爱在当代情感境遇中的倾圮, 也引发了对爱情和亲密关系的关注和思考。
