内容简介

This play takes readers back and forth between the 19th and 20th centuries. Set in a large country house in Derbyshire, a cast of characters from each century play out their respective dramas. The text explores topics such as the nature of truth and time and the difference between the classical and the romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life.

精彩摘录

Hannah:Sexandliterature.Literatureandsex.Yourconversation,lefttoitself,doesn'thavemanyplacestogo.Liketwomarblesrollingaroundapuddingbasin.Oneofthemisalwayssex.Bernard:Ahwell,yes.Menallover.Hannah:Nodoubt.Einstein-relativityandsex.Chippendale-sexandfurniture.Galileo-"Didtheearthmove?"Whatthehellisitwithyoupeople?Chapssometimeswantedtomarryme,andIdon'tknowaworsebargain.Availablesexagainstnotbeingallowedtofartinbed.Whatdoyoumeantherightbook?

——引自章节：全書

Septimus:Afancyisnotadiscovery.Thomasina:Agibeisnotarebuttal.

——引自第31页