HOUSE OF WITTGENSTEIN, THE（ISBN=） 英文原版

    The House of Wittgenstein is the grand saga
of a brilliant and tragic Viennese family whose members included a
famous philosopher and the world’s greatest one-handed classical
pianist.
    The Wittgenstein family was one of the
wealthiest, most talented, and most eccentric in European history,
held together by a fanatical love of music yet torn apart by money,
madness, conflicts of loyalty, and the upheaval of two world wars.
Of the eight children, three committed suicide; Paul lost an arm in
the war and yet stubbornly pursued a musical career; and Ludwig,
the odd youngest son, is now regarded as one of the greatest
philosophers of the twentieth century. Alexander Waugh, author of
the acclaimed memoir Fathers and Sons and himself the offspring of
a famous and eccentric family, tells their baroque tale with a
novelistic richness to rival Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks.

　　ALEXANDER WAUGH is the grandson of Evelyn Waugh and the son of
columnist Auberon Waugh. He has written several books, including
Classical Music: A New Way of Listening, Time, and
God. He lives in Somerset, England, with his wife and three
children.

FAMILY’TREE
PART ONE A DIRTY THING TO DO
PART “TWO A NASTY MESS
PART ‘THREE THE NEW DISORDER
PART FOUR CONNECTION AND MELTDOWN
POSTSCRIPT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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    “Excellent and astonishing. . . . Fits
squarely among the long line of nonfiction masterpieces driven by
the intoxicating richness of early century Vienna. . . . Riveting.”
—The New York Observer
　　“When it comes to dysfunction, the Wittgensteins of Vienna could
give the Oedipuses a run for their money.” —The New York Times Book
Review
　　“Even in the exotic Vienna of one hundred years ago, the
Wittgenstein clan stood out for its density of eccentrics. . . .
[Waugh] has at least one stupefying anecdote per page as he
describes this stunningly maladroit bunch of cultivated nuts,
sweeties, intellectuals, philanthropists, and misanthropes.”
—Bloomberg
　　“The story in this book is so gripping and fascinating that it is
remarkable that it has never been told in this way before. . . . It
is hard to imagine another account showing such fluency, wit and
attention to detail.” —Literary Review
　　”A work of real discovery and rollicking narrative. This is a
memorable biography, not to be missed.” —London Evening
Standard
　　“Waugh has done a masterly job, untangling a mass of financial
and psychological complexities, while never over-encumbering the
central, personal stories. His writing is brisk, confident and
colourful . . . and the book is a pleasure to read.”
—Telegraph
　　“Marvellous, a sharp combination of some formidable scholarship .
. . with a wonderful eye for absurdity . . . a magnificently
refreshing and invigorating volume which deserves a wide
readership.” —The Independent