Some news about Sarah Waters

Lang今天告訴我華老師(Sarah Waters)的近況：「The Night Watch被BBC買下版權，正洽談改编拍攝事宜。」

我的心情很複雜，喜的是多一個電視版豈不樂哉！憂的是不曉得編劇能不能好好掌握原著精神？突然回想起2006年曾看過華老師出席The Night Watch新書發表會時，穿著仿40年代的典雅女裝，真是驚為天人！照片請點此處的聯結．照片的所有人是Alison Bechdel，她就是漫畫Dykes To Watch Out For的作者．

第二個消息就是：「她正著手於新書的寫作」

剛好查到 Virago發佈她回答讀者的問題：QUESTIONS FROM VIRAGO READERS, FEBRUARY 2007

第一題答覆的全文如下：

I have been working on a new novel for a couple of months: it is coming along quite nicely, but is still very much in its early stages, so I don't want to say too much about it... I can tell you that the action takes place in the late 1940s (sorry - not contemporary), but not in London: it has a rural setting, which at the moment, for various reasons, is Warwickshire. It's very much about post-war social changes, but it is also quite gothic. And there are no lesbians in it! - which is a bit of a departure for me, and brings me nicely to your second question... I am of course aware of having a lesbian and a mainstream audience now, but I can't say I write 'for' either one of them: I write for myself really; I write the sort of novels I hope I'd like to read. One of the biggest pleasures of writing fiction for me is in being able to spend a long time pursuing a set of issues or ideas, and turning them into a novel. Another big pleasure is seeing that novel come alive when other people read and enjoy it. I'm glad you enjoy my storytelling. I do see myself first and foremost as a storyteller - rather than, say, as a 'lesbian writer' or a 'historical novelist'.

重點是，下一本書設定在大戰後英國的中部內陸地方，而且不會有女同的角色．當然，我不掩飾有點失落感，但會尊重她的創作計劃，而且會繼續拜讀她的新作．只是，就不會在這個地方分享心得了．我對這個部落格的定位也是有所堅持的．


上圖是一位朋友提供的私房照片．2005/10/20他參加德國法蘭克福書展，隨意拍攝現場場景．我看到照片時大叫，原來左上方是Sarah Waters的照片，她被放置在展場門面的顯著位置，看來是出版社器重的作者．不知當時，被銷售出那些國家的出版權？