《奥兰多》内容简介

　　奥兰多原本是深受女王宠爱的贵族少年，热爱诗歌，却遭遇文学和爱情的双重背叛。一场大火之后，他忽然变成了女人……

　　伊丽莎白时代的恣意青春，维多利亚时代的潮湿情欲，400年的风吹来吹去，女性的天空越来越低。到了当代，奥兰多也不得不顺应时代风气，成为了妻子和母亲，却始终没有忘记找寻自己。

　　《奥兰多》是伍尔夫为虚构的人物奥兰多创作的传记，语言轻松幽默，是伍尔夫作品中最容易阅读的一部。它被誉为女性主义经典，是从文学视角讲述“第二性”的先驱之作。伍尔夫借奥兰多之口，机智大胆地嘲讽了性别偏见，细腻描摹了女性的生存困境和自我觉醒。在作者笔下，世界浩瀚繁复，时间流变不居，性别并不对立。无论男女，能使自己成为自己，比什么都重要。

　　作者

　　弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫VirginiaWoolf（1882-1941）

　　英国作家，20世纪现代主义与女性主义的先锋。在一战和二战期间，她是伦敦文学界的核心。她摒弃传统的小说结构，运用意识流手法，注重心理描写，对现代文学影响深远，加西亚·马尔克斯、玛格丽特·阿特伍德等作家都自称受到她的影响。她关注女性问题，启发了波伏瓦等一代又一代女性主义者。代表作有小说《奥兰多》《到灯塔去》，散文《一间只属于自己的房间》等。

　　1928年，英国女性赢得了投票权。同年，英语世界第一部性转小说《奥兰多》诞生了。它惊世骇俗，两个月内就加印了三次，成为伍尔夫最畅销的作品。版税收入让作者拥有了一辆车，还有一间属于自己的房间。直到今天，伍尔夫依然鼓舞着那些追求独立与自由的女性。

　　译者

　　侯毅凌

　　北京外国语大学院英语学院教授，英美文学博士，《英语学习》期刊主编。主要文学译著有《情痴》《守望灯塔》《姜饼人》。

　　插画师

　　海伦娜·佩雷斯·加西亚

　　西班牙插画家。画作细节和色彩丰富，具有超现实主义的梦幻风格。曾为BBC、企鹅出版社、《金融时报》等媒体绘制插画。

A brief introduction to Orlando

Orlando was originally a noble boy who was favored by the queen and loved poetry, but he suffered the double betrayal of literature and love. After a fire, he suddenly became a woman...

The profligate youth of the Elizabethan era, the wet lust of the Victorian era, the wind of 400 years blowing around, the sky of women is getting lower and lower. In the modern era, Orlando has to conform to the trend of The Times and become a wife and mother, but she has never forgotten to find herself.

"Orlando" is Woolf's biography of the fictional character Orlando, and the language is light and humorous, and it is one of Woolf's easiest to read. It is hailed as a feminist classic and a forerunner of "second sex" from a literary perspective. Woolf, through Orlando's mouth, cleverly and boldly mocks gender prejudice, and delicately depicts the plight of women's survival and self-awakening. In the author's pen, the world is vast and complex, time is changing, and gender is not opposite. Whether men or women, can make themselves become themselves, more important than anything.

author

VirginiaWoolf VirginiaWoolf (1882-1941)

British writer and pioneer of 20th century modernism and feminism. During World War I and World War II, she was at the heart of London's literary scene. She abandoned the traditional structure of the novel, the use of stream-of-consciousness techniques, pay attention to psychological description, has a profound influence on modern literature, Garcia Marquez, Margaret Atwood and other writers claim to be influenced by her. Her focus on women's issues inspired generations of feminists such as de Beauvoir. His masterpieces include the novel "Orlando", "To the Lighthouse", and the essay "A Room of one's own".

In 1928, British women won the right to vote. In the same year, Orlando, the first sex novel in the English language, was published. It was reprinted three times in two months and became Woolf's best-selling work. The royalties gave the author a car and a room of his own. To this day, Woolf remains an inspiration to women seeking independence and freedom.

translator

Hou Yiling

Professor of the School of English, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Doctor of English and American Literature, editor-in-chief of English Learning Journal. His major literary translations include "The Love Fool", "The Watch the Lighthouse" and "The Gingerbread Man".

illustrator

Helena Perez Garcia

Spanish illustrator. The paintings are rich in detail and color, with a surreal dreamlike style. He has illustrated for the BBC, Penguin Books, the Financial Times and other media.