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John Lanchester

ジョン・ランチェスター

Jon Ranchesutā

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1962-02-25 (Hamburg)
国籍
British
言語
English
居住地歴
Hamburg → Hong Kong → England → London

経歴

職業
journalist, novelist
活動期間
1996年〜2024年
所属
London Review of Books, Royal Society of Literature
所属団体
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2002)
影響を与えた人物
J. G. Ballard
ノミネート
Booker Prize longlist (2019, The Wall)

学歴

Gresham's School
期間: 1972-1980
卒業年: 1980
国: United Kingdom
St John's College, Oxford
国: United Kingdom

受賞歴

Whitbread Book Award
1996
対象作品: The Debt to Pleasure
部門: First Novel
主催: Whitbread
結果: winner
Hawthornden Prize
1997
対象作品: The Debt to Pleasure
結果: winner
E. M. Forster Award
2008
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Debt to Pleasure

1996年 Literary fiction

A witty and dark novel narrated by a food-obsessed Englishman on a journey in France, revealing his monstrous nature.

gastronomymurderidentity

Mr Phillips

2000年 Literary fiction

A day in the life of a redundant middle-aged accountant wandering London.

unemploymentmiddle-ageLondon

Fragrant Harbour

2002年 Literary fiction

Stories of immigrants in Hong Kong across decades.

immigrationHong Konghistory

Capital

2012年 Literary fiction

Satirical portrait of Londoners on one street during the financial crisis.

financial crisisimmigrationcelebrity
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV series] Capital (2015)

The Wall

2019年 Dystopian fiction

Dystopian near-future Britain with a coastal wall against refugees amid climate change.

climate changerefugeesintergenerational guilt

全著作

  • The Debt to Pleasure
  • Mr Phillips
  • Fragrant Harbour
  • Capital
  • The Wall
  • Reality and Other Stories
  • Family Romance
  • Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About the Tube: The District Line
  • How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say—And What It Really Means

翻案

  • Capital (BBC TV series, 2015)

作風・主題

文体
satiricalwittyobservant
頻出モチーフ
financesocial inequalitycontemporary life

評価・遺産

Renowned for satirical novels addressing financial crises, climate change, and modern society; influential journalist and novelist in British literature.