大海是愛爾蘭小說家約翰·班維爾的第十八本小說,於2005年出版。贏取了該年的英國布克獎。約翰·班維爾十分滿意這次的勝利,因為1989年他的小說證據之書被列為英國布克獎的名單,但只獲得當年的Guinness Peat Aviation Award。
The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by the Irish writer John Banville. The book is narrated by Freddie Montgomery, a 38-year-old scientist, who murders a servant girl during an attempt to steal a painting from a neighbour. Freddie is an aimless drifter, and though he is a perceptive observer of himself and his …
The Untouchable is a 1997 novel by the Irish writer John Banville. The book is written as a roman à clef, presented from the point of view of the art historian, double agent and homosexual Victor Maskell—a character based largely on Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt and in part on Irish poet Louis MacNeice. The character of …
Eclipse is a novel by the Irish writer John Banville, though its intensely lyrical style and unorthodox structure have prompted some to describe it as more prose poem than novel. Along with the novels Shroud and Ancient Light, it comprises a trilogy concerning an actor Alexander Cleave and his estranged daughter Cass.
裹尸布是约翰·班维尔第16本著作,讲述一个自称为阿雷克斯‧范德的大骗子的历史和恐惧。他本身其实并不是“阿雷克斯‧范德”,年青时与真正的阿雷克斯‧范德,一个好朋友,四处享受。但真正的阿雷克斯‧范德死后,这个大骗子就感到阿雷克斯‧范德的不幸—未被世人歌颂,遂远走他国,以阿雷克斯‧范德的名义打工结婚。他一直以为瞒得住事实,但忽然一个他不认识的年轻女子威胁他,而他在大学里的两个学生亦开始怀疑“阿雷克斯‧范德”的真实身份。但最后这骗子知道很多人都为他保守过他的秘密,使他更感羞耻。 …
Doctor Copernicus is a novel by John Banville, first published in 1976. "A richly textured tale" about Nicolaus Copernicus, it won that year's James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Doctor Copernicus contains four sections. The first two focus on the subject's life up until about the age of 36, while the fourth focuses on …
Kepler is a novel by John Banville, first published in 1981. In Kepler Banville recreates Prague despite never having been there when he wrote it. A historical novel, it won the 1981 Guardian Fiction Prize.
Athena is a novel by John Banville. In it a woman steps out of her lover's canvasses. It contains a character called Morrow. There is murder, art and Greek mythology. There is also a serial killer. Reviewers compared it favourably with the writing of John Fowles, William Gass, John Hawkes and Vladimir Nabokov.
Ghosts is a novel by Irish writer John Banville. Published in 1993, it was his first novel since The Book of Evidence, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The second in what Banville described as a "triptych", to make "an investigation of the way in which the imagination works." This novel features many of the …