Trainspotting
内容简介
Trainspotting is the novel that launched the sensational career of Irvine Welsh - an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating group portrait of blasted lives in Edinburgh that has the linguistic energy of A Clockwork Orange and the literary impact of Last Exit to Brooklyn. Rents, Sick Boy, Mother Superior, Swanney, Spuds, and Begbie are as unforgettable a clutch of rude boys, junkies, and nutters as readers will ever encounter.
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作者简介
Probably most famous for his gritty depiction of a gang of Scottish Heroin addicts, Trainspotting (1993), Welsh focuses on the darker side of human nature and drug use. All of his novels are set in his native Scotland and filled with anti-heroes, small time crooks and hooligans. Welsh manages, however to imbue these characters with a sad humanity that makes them likable despite their obvious scumbaggerry. Irvine Welsh is also known for writing in his native Edinburgh Scots dialect, making his prose challenging for the average reader unfamiliar with this style.
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读书文摘
我曾经认为，二十岁以上的人都是傻逼，根本不值得跟他们废话，而现在，我也二十了。随着经历的增长，我倒越发觉得自己以前的看法没错。一个人只要过了二十，就会变得丑陋妥协、胆怯屈服，这种德行会一直保持到哏屁朝凉。
生活无聊又徒劳，一开始，我们的期望都很高，然后我们为之努力奋斗。但我们都知道，我们会在得到生活意义的真正答案之前死去。我们发明了那些长篇大论的理论来解释生活，却没有真正创造出能够让我们直面真实世界的有价值的智慧。
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