小說/散文

Their Finest
出版社： Harper Collins Publishers
書林書號：
20219789
作者：
Evans, Lissa
定價：
560
會員價：
$476
ISBN：
9780062414915
出版年份：
2017
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
0
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《他們的美好時光》
二次大戰期間，「倫敦大爆炸」事件之後，英軍士氣低迷。一群電影工作者決定拍攝宣傳影片以便提振士氣。編劇巴克利冒險錄用年輕女編劇卡翠琳，透過她溫柔的文字，寫下全英國最感動人心的故事。

1940年的英國戰爭不斷，每天都有敵軍的空襲轟炸，資訊局電影部想要提升國家士氣和民心，開始拍攝政治宣傳電影，為了增加電影中的女性觀點，原本從事廣告文案的凱瑟琳被邀請加入編劇小組，和主編巴克利一起編寫歌頌英國人在敦克爾克行動中英勇事蹟的劇本。大男人的巴克利遇上溫柔的凱瑟琳，挖苦彼此的對白、鬥嘴不斷，但隨著兩人一起經歷瘋狂趕戲和劇本，默契和愛苗都悄悄滋長。然而戰事持續惡化，電影拍攝也面臨困境，凱瑟琳還要面對自己已婚的事實⋯⋯

From the author of the acclaimed Crooked Heart comes another “smart, funny, ingenious, revealing tale of London life during the Second World War” (The Independent)—longlisted for the Orange Prize upon its original publication in England.

It is 1940. France has fallen, and only a narrow strip of sea lies between Great Britain and invasion. The war could go either way and everyone must do their bit. Young copy writer Catrin Cole is drafted into the Ministry of Information to help “write women” into propaganda films—something that the men aren’t very good at.

She is quickly seconded to the Ministry’s latest endeavor: a heart-warming tale of bravery and rescue at Dunkirk. It’s all completely fabricated, of course, but what does that matter when the nation’s morale is at stake? Since call-up has stripped the industry of its brightest and best, it is the callow, the jaded and the utterly unsuitable who must make up the numbers: Ambrose Hilliard, third most popular British film-star of 1924; Edith Beadmore, Madame Tussauds wardrobe assistant turned costumier; and Arthur Frith, whose peacetime job as a catering manager has not really prepared him for his sudden, unexpected elevation to Special Military Advisor.

Now in a serious world, in a nation under siege, they must all swallow their mutual distaste, ill-will, and mistrust to unite for the common good, for King and Country, and—in one case—for better or worse....

“Evans displays a fine eye for detail and for the absurdities involved in filming. She also brilliantly evokes the disruption and dangers of wartime London. This funny, heart-warming and beautifully crafted novel is a must-read.”—Daily Mail (London)
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