P. D. James, the undisputed queen of mystery, gives us an intriguing, inspiring and idiosyncratic look at the genre she has spent her life perfecting.
Examining mystery from top to bottom, beginning with such classics as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White , and then looking at such contemporary masters as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankel...
P. D. James, the undisputed queen of mystery, gives us an intriguing, inspiring and idiosyncratic look at the genre she has spent her life perfecting.
Examining mystery from top to bottom, beginning with such classics as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White , and then looking at such contemporary masters as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell, P. D. James goes right to the heart of the genre. Along the way she traces the lives and writing styles of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, and many more. Here is P.D. James discussing detective fiction as social history, explaining its stylistic components, revealing her own writing process, and commenting on the recent resurgence of detective fiction in modern culture. It is a must have for the mystery connoisseur and casual fan alike.
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詹姆絲(P.D.James,1920-)
出生於英國牛津,二次世界大戰開打時,十幾歲的她曾加入紅十字義勇軍在糧食局工作,憑其學養與創作,一生得到很高的讚譽。1941年,詹姆絲嫁給醫生厄尼斯特.懷特,之後因遠赴前線的丈夫在戰後精神失常,在照顧長期臥床的丈夫並養育兩個女兒的情況下,她開始推理創作的寫作生涯,於42歲時完成首部長篇推理《掩上她的臉》(Cover Her Face, 1962),贏得文壇好評,更發現推理小說和純文學一樣有廣大的創作空間。而她筆下的亞當.戴立許(Adam Dalgliesh)系列一路書寫、發展,包括《謀殺之心》、《謀殺展覽室》、《死亡的滋味》、《燈塔》等,其故事特色不僅跳越公式化之外,神探角色甚至變成無聲的旁觀者。
出生於英國牛津,二次世界大戰開打時,十幾歲的她曾加入紅十字義勇軍在糧食局工作,憑其學養與創作,一生得到很高的讚譽。1941年,詹姆絲嫁給醫生厄尼斯特.懷特,之後因遠赴前線的丈夫在戰後精神失常,在照顧長期臥床的丈夫並養育兩個女兒的情況下,她開始推理創作的寫作生涯,於42歲時完成首部長篇推理《掩上她的臉》(Cover Her Face, 1962),贏得文壇好評,更發現推理小說和純文學一樣有廣大的創作空間。而她筆下的亞當.戴立許(Adam Dalgliesh)系列一路書寫、發展,包括《謀殺之心》、《謀殺展覽室》、《死亡的滋味》、《燈塔》等,其故事特色不僅跳越公式化之外,神探角色甚至變成無聲的旁觀者。
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