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An aged prophetess at Delphi, the most sacred oracle in ancient Greece, looks back over her strange life as the Pythia, the First Lady and voice of the god Apollo. As a young virgin with disturbing psychic powers, Arieka was handed over to the service of the shrine by her parents. She has now spent sixty years as the very medium, the torn mouthpiece, of equivocal mantic utterances from the bronze tripod in the sanctuary beneath the temple. Over a lifetime at the mercy of god and priest and people she has watched the decay of Delphi's fortunes and its influence in the world. Her reflections on the mysteries of the oracle, which her own weird gifts have embodied, are matched by her feminine insight into the human frailties of the High Priest himself, a true Athenian, whose intriguing against the Romans brings about humiliation and disaster. This extraordinary short novel was left in draft at Golding's sudden death in 1993 but it is a psychological and historical triumph.墨尔本回忆录
《墨尔本回忆录》一文,便能帮助您从它起初的样子,一点点更好地认识这座城。比起晦涩抽象的史料,作为这段历史见证人和参与者的罗夫·博尔德伍德,对于这段历史有更多的发言权。他生于英国伦敦,后于1840年全家移居澳大利亚,并在墨尔本定居。他曾当过牧羊场主,后任采金场的监察官,期间一直坚持从事写作。与其说他见证了墨尔本的发展改变,不如说墨尔本寄托了他的年少轻狂的青春岁月,也因此他凭借自己的人生经历生动详尽地讲述了那个时期墨尔本的故事。