| 词条 | Remainder (novel) |
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| name = Remainder | author = Tom McCarthy | language = English | country = United Kingdom | genre = | publisher = Vintage | isbn = 978-0-307-27835-7 | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:Remainder_MetronomeFirstEd.jpg | caption = Cover of the first edition, published by Metronome Press in 2005 | illustrator = | cover_artist = | subject = | release_date = {{plainlist|
| english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback) | pages = 308 pp | dewey = 821/.92 | congress = | oclc = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} Remainder is a 2005 novel by British author Tom McCarthy. It is McCarthy's third published work. It was first written in 2001, although not published until 2005 (in a limited run of 750 copies printed by the French Metronome Press). The novel was later re-printed by UK publishing house Alma Books; Vintage Books printed the book in the United States.[1] The plot revolves around an unnamed narrator who has received a large financial settlement after an accident, and his obsession with recreating half-remembered events from his life before the incident. Remainder was published to acclaim from critics. McCarthy received the 2007 Believer Book Award for the novel, after its republication.[2]Plot summaryRemainder tells the story of an unnamed narrator traumatized by an accident which "involved something falling from the sky". Eight and a half million pounds richer due to a compensation settlement but hopelessly estranged from the world around him, Remainders protagonist spends his time and money paying others to reconstruct and re-enact vaguely remembered scenes and situations from his past. These re-enactments are driven by a need to inhabit the world "authentically" rather than in the "second-hand" manner that his traumatic situation has bequeathed him. When the recreation of mundane events fails to quench this thirst for authenticity, he starts re-enacting more and more violent events.ThemesLike much of McCarthy's work, the novel heavily features repetition and repeated actions. It also deals with amnesia and issues of memory. ReceptionRemainder was generally well received by critics. Writing in the Guardian, Patrick Ness called it "splendidly odd".[3] The New Yorker noted that "McCarthy’s portrait of the pursuit of total control is arresting",[4] while Peter Carty, in the Independent, said "McCarthy's prose is precise and unpretentious".[5]Film adaptationA film adaptation written and directed by Israeli artist Omer Fast was released in 2015; it is Fast's first major film.[6] References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/aug/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview|title=Remainder|last=Ness|first=Patrick|date=11 August 2006|work=The Guardian|accessdate=26 September 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.believermag.com/issues/200806/?read=believer_book_award|title=The Believer - The Believer Book Award|work=The Believer|accessdate=19 March 2015}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/aug/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview|title=Review: Remainder by Tom McCarthy|last=Ness|first=Patrick|date=2006-08-11|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/12/briefly-noted-718|title=Briefly Noted|date=2007-03-05|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2017-09-14|issn=0028-792X}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/remainder-by-tom-mccarthy-332606.html|title=Remainder, by Tom McCarthy|date=2005-12-12|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en-GB}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/novel-idea/|title=Novel Idea|last=Morton|first=Tom|date=June 2014|publisher=Frieze Magazine|accessdate=27 September 2014}} 4 : 2005 British novels|Novels set in London|Believer Book Award-winning books|British novels adapted into films |
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