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Simple Passion [图书] Goodreads 谷歌图书
Passion simple
7.8 (6 个评分) 作者: Annie Ernaux 译者: Tanya Leslie Seven Stories Press 2003 - 8
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

A New York Times Notable Book

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her 2 year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference.

With courage and exactitude, she seeks the truth behind an existence lived entirely for someone else, and, in the pieces of its aftermath, she is able to find it.
劳里        : 2023年1月12日 3.5/5 好精准的语言。情欲标记了时间,在等待与会面中感受着鲜活的时间在流逝。也在写创作的缘由:想要记录或描述发生过的事件的欲望迸发了激情;亦或者创作的过程便是一种激情的引导和回忆的重现;最重要的,当记录的最终结局是展示给他者,那么记录是否还能够具备疗愈的能力?很meta的阅读体验。想到Lorrie Moore写The Other Woman,也想到The Dry Heart。
美满 [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
7.6 (120 个评分) 作者: 淡豹 上海人民出版社 2020 - 8
★ 在人海中打捞生活的骸骨,用现实的星星点点去注解幻想。
★ 家庭是布洛芬、多巴胺和糖,对有些人也许是水,对有些人是头痛本身。
★ 家,这个陌生人构成的集体,尘世中饱受琢磨的奇迹。
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九个背井离乡的故事
九个家庭中的难民
九个格格不入者
九个在离开中醒来的人
男人疲惫,认为自己在当牛做马,同时相信自己是宇宙的中心,女人劳累,感到不受理解,同时怀有巨大的爱的渴望。
本书是80后写作者淡豹的第一部小说集,收录了九个短篇小说。这里有非常规的家、想得很多的人、焦急的父亲、相互隔离的中年夫妇、生怕怀孕的上班族,他们生活在人海之中,却被说不清的东西隔开。
他们受困于代际和性别关系,他们像如今几乎所有人一样,因为渴望或者压抑、因为不得已的人生际遇四处游走,却总是无法彼此理解。书中有我们当代的生活景观:寺庙、机场、商场、便利店、精神病院、快捷酒店、旅行网站……
这些各式各样的人对家爱恨交织,有逃避远走,也有寄托渴望,围绕着家与幸福,作出或积极或消极的努力。
1. 女儿
情侣平平常常的同居生活里暗藏杀机。你是谁?你在想什么?你为什么着迷?一个犯罪故事。
2. 养生
天涯海角觅知音,家山北望泪沾襟。一个喜剧故事。
3. 山河
女孩对爱情没有好印象,因为她的父亲是个胆小鬼,母亲是位捞尸人。一个独白。
4. 过火
闽南一场净化仪式后,老人决意到更南方去。一次旅程。
5. 父母
孩子没有了,不再有孩子。一次卡在半山腰的旅程。
6. 乱世佳人
费雯丽还是奥黛丽?母亲花一生解谜,女儿只想活在谜面里。一个悬疑故事。
7. 海和海绵体
在发疯前,地质学家抓住自己珍视的东西,还顺带着蔑视了心理学。一轮测试。
8. 你还记得在上州给我变魔术吗?
她问他,“你记不记得以前富二代是歧视性的称呼?” 前恋人分隔两地,一场合唱愈来愈像独奏。
9. 旅行家
中年男人在三个大洲间穿行。算他在内共有三个朋友相互讲述故事。算他在内家庭共有三人彼此好奇又捉摸不定地过一生。
劳里        : 2023.2.3 5/5 第二遍。上一次在旅途中看完了写旅行、迁徙、“大家都是候鸟”的集子;这次在不变中读流动的故事。这次还是很喜欢《在上州变魔术》、《养生》,也更喜欢《乱世佳人》和《旅行家》了。
[图书] 豆瓣
It
7.8 (22 个评分) 作者: [美] 斯蒂芬·金 译者: 穆卓芸 博集天卷/湖南文艺出版社 2017 - 3
写给每个曾经当过孩子的大人
童年自有其甜蜜之谜,确认了死亡的真实,界定了勇气与爱。
往前看也得往后看,每个生命都在仿效永恒,犹如转轮
惊悚小说王者中的王者斯蒂芬•金长盛不衰之作,纯真与恐怖的绝佳组合
华纳兄弟改编的同名电影定于2017年9月上映
故事发生在美国缅因州小镇德里。
一个雨天,威廉给弟弟乔治做了艘纸船,弟弟高高兴兴出门去街上放船,不久后却惨死在下水道口。接下来镇上不断有小孩失踪或夭折,警察的搜寻却毫无结果。威廉的父母沉浸在丧子的悲痛中,对威廉不闻不问。
暑假里,难过而孤独的威廉与六个在学校不受欢迎的孩子组成了“窝囊废俱乐部”。小伙伴们发现他们几乎都曾见过一个诡异的家伙——“它”。“它”变化多端,有时是拿着气球的小丑,有时是巨鸟,有时是排水管内的低语和汩汩冒出的鲜血……唯一不变的是,“它”每次在德里出现,都会夺走数十个孩子的生命。
“窝囊废俱乐部”决定向“它”宣战。重创“它”之后,七个孩子约定,若“它”再次出现,他们会重新聚首,直面邪恶。
孩子们一个个离开了德里,除了迈克。离开的六个孩子长大后事业顺风顺水,成功得几近诡异,分别成为作家、建筑师、服装设计师、会计师、电台主持人和车行老板。他们仿佛从记忆中删除了德里,删除了那个夏天。
二十七年后,电话铃声响起,仿佛命运的召唤。只是,这次有人缺席,他用尽最后的力气,在镜子上写下一个鲜血淋漓的大字:它。
劳里        : 2023年2月12日 3/3 不知道为什么看完这本感觉短期不会再点开斯蒂芬金的书了。力量来源于信念,说到信念,又有谁比得上小孩子呢?喜欢他写小孩看小孩偶尔会注意到的彼此身上最不像小孩的地方,也喜欢写到父母偶尔对于小孩超出自己掌控而产生的恐惧感。一千多页的一锅乱炖,给三星是他真的太会写群像了。。。
只爱陌生人 [图书] 豆瓣
7.9 (49 个评分) 作者: [英] 伊恩·麦克尤恩 译者: 冯涛 上海译文出版社 2010 - 1
本书是一部技巧高度纯熟的小长篇,“恐怖伊恩”时期的代表作,着力探索人性欲望的无限可能,讲述了一个关于美的追求者为了满足自己的欲望如何将美的对象摧残致死的故事。一对如胶似漆却又貌合神离的情人正在度假。从踏进这座繁华却又怪诞的旅游城市的第一天起,他们就一直被跟踪、偷拍。暗处的这双眼睛如影随形,诱惑着这对情人找寻新鲜刺激、寻求所谓陌生人的慰藉,并最终使他们一心一意地投身于一个处心积虑为其设下的情欲与死亡的陷阱中。小说蕴含着无数隐喻,与众多经典文本高度互文,充满了对托马斯·曼《死于威尼斯》、E·M·福斯特《看得见风景的房间》等意味深长的正引或戏仿,被誉为麦克尤恩的两部“小型杰作”之一。
劳里        : 2023年2月14日 3.5/5 科林完成了被凝视与被解构的使命,性中的权力关系被剥夺至感官的极致暴虐与欲望。读到科林以为玛丽溺水,奋力向前游去,想起将阿莱克夏从水里救上来的莱西斯:像是出于本能,却感到困惑,又如此坚决。 他这个时期的作品还没有长篇累牍的论述,一切都刚刚好,短小、精妙,必不可少。原书名真好,The Comfort of Strangers,不能被简单标签为“爱”,是一种无法言说的慰藉。阅读过程中的确无数次想到《死于威尼斯》。
A Deadly Education [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: Naomi Novik Del Rey 2020 - 9
From the New York Times bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic.
I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.
Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans.
I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts, I’m probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I’ll level mountains and kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world.
At least, that’s what the world expects me to do. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing that’s crawled out of the drains. Sometimes I think they want me to turn into the evil witch they assume I am. The school itself certainly does.
But the Scholomance isn’t getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyone’s idea of the shining hero, but I’m going to make it out of this place alive, and I’m not going to slaughter thousands to do it, either.
Although I’m giving serious consideration to just one.
劳里        : 2023年2月14日 2.5/5 不是我的茶。四分之三的篇幅几乎无剧情,无休无止的worldbuilding,slow到不能更slow的slow start。然而很不幸,我既没有对任何一个角色产生attachment,也对这个危险的dark academia设定的魔法世界毫无兴趣。后四分之一剧情突然加快,但我已经不在乎了,只想快点翻完/听完。对女主和狗狗男主的关系也完全不感兴趣……可能是我读过novik作品里对romance最无感的一本。(有声书体验糟糕透顶,没有剧情的cynical第一人称非常让人厌倦,不推荐。)
外面是夏天 [图书] 豆瓣 谷歌图书 Goodreads
바깥은 여름
8.6 (88 个评分) 作者: [韩]金爱烂 译者: 徐丽红 人民文学出版社 2019 - 8
《外面是夏天》是金爱烂的第四部短篇小说集,共收入七篇作品。故事中的主人公大多在经历“失去”,失去孩子,失去父亲,失去能用母语与之交流的人……金爱烂似乎有意将这种种失去之痛揉碎,均匀地分布在字里行间,让痛感不时击中读者的心。在本书中,作者依旧保持着都市生活观察员和记录员的角色,叙述平实,贴近生活。
《外面是夏天》是第四十八届东仁文学奖获奖作品,其中《沉默的未来》《您想去哪里》分别为作者赢得第三十七届李箱文学奖和第八届年轻作家奖。

作者简介 · · · · · ·
金爱烂,1980年生于韩国仁川市,毕业于韩国艺术综合学校戏剧院剧作系。2002年短篇小说《不敲门的家》获得第一届大山大学文学奖,该小说又发表于2003年《创作与批评》春季号,从此开始文学活动。著有小说集《老爸,快跑》《噙满口水》《你的夏天还好吗?》,长篇小说《我的忐忑人生》(改编电影由宋慧乔、姜栋元主演)。曾获《韩国日报》文学奖、今日年轻艺术家奖、申东晔创作奖、李孝石文学奖、金裕贞文学奖、年轻作家奖、李箱文学奖、东仁文学奖等。
劳里        : 2023年2月21日 5/5 也许和失去有关的历程,回忆,情感,就像爱丁堡旧城空荡的令人恐惧的巷子。我也想把所有的悲伤和空洞一样的痛苦留在由巷子组成的迷宫里啊。因为很多东西留在了2022,这里的故事好像都能懂一点。
冷月 [图书] 豆瓣
The cold moon
7.2 (14 个评分) 作者: [美]杰弗里·迪弗 译者: 严志军 / 张沫 译林出版社 2008 - 9
寒冷的十二月夜晚,一轮满月高挂在纽约市的上空,此时发生了两起命案。凶手在两个现场都放置了同样诡异的古董钟,还附上一张署名为“钟表匠”的纸条!犯罪学家林肯·莱姆和警探萨克斯受命组成调查组,在扑朔迷离的线索之间抽丝剥茧,在物证、推理和目击供词之间艰难取舍,终于找到了钟表匠的经销商,他已售出十只钟表,这意味着将有十位受害人在纽约死于非命,且作案手法将异常残忍:割腕、放血、砸碎喉咙、火刑……古董钟发出的每一声嘀嗒,都意味着一个生命即将结束……
劳里        : 2023年2月25日 3/5 无可否认这个故事的设计很精妙,但同样也很蠢......加上作者的over-explaining,花哨的调查过程,过度描写的人物心理(多少次都想大喊我对“为什么”不感兴趣!),总之这个作者我以后大概率不会看了。
滔滔生活 [图书] 豆瓣 谷歌图书
8.6 (70 个评分) 作者: [韩]金爱烂 译者: 徐丽红 人民文学出版社 2022 - 10
“韩国八零后天才女作家”金爱烂
第二十七届申东晔创作奖获奖作品
未来文学家奖得主 张怡微 作序《“我想抓住那道光”》
“喜欢金爱烂的读者,很容易就会捕捉到千变万化的文学创造背后那双犀利的女性冷眼……现实冷峻如雪,作家将这些体验都划归为生活本来的样子,它是有温度的,是寒冷的。与此同时,它也是有光芒的。”
《滔滔生活》是金爱烂的第二部短篇小说集,共收入八篇作品。这些故事写成长于饺子馆的女孩在雨水倒灌的首尔半地下出租屋里肆意弹琴,写都会女性极度疲惫而辛劳的职场生涯,有城市青年囿于物质的缺乏无法体面过圣诞节,写丈夫出轨与负债的妈妈靠开面馆养大女儿……它们聚焦了城市中那些看似平常、边缘,实则每天都在与生活无声抗争的可敬的普通人;这些充满想象力和智慧的文字就像在平淡无奇的日常生活中积聚起来的一汪水,读者映照出自己,辨认出生活的重压之下个人的内心曲折。
劳里        : 2023年2月27日 4/5 永无止境的考试,地下屋,出租房,二十代的青春被霉斑、试卷、说不出口的告白和生活里琐碎却巨大的重量压倒、碾碎。这又何尝不是我们现在的生活。
The Passion [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: [英国] 珍妮特·温特森 Grove Press 1997 - 8
Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms her special claim on the novel. Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, The Passion intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, who follows Napoleon from glory to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the red-haired, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose husband has gambled away her heart. In Venice’s compound of carnival, chance, and darkness, the pair meet their singular destiny.

In her unique and mesmerizing voice, Winterson blends reality with fantasy, dream, and imagination to weave a hypnotic tale with stunning effects.
劳里        : 2023年3月7日 3/5 听完确实没什么想法,遣词造句很喜欢,但不是我喜欢的故事与表现形式。好像每一个部分写得都很好,但每一个部分都在我的点上浮光掠影过去了,很难留下什么。第二本JW,有点动摇。
Real Estate [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Deborah Levy Hamish Hamilton 2021 - 5
'Three bicycles. Seven ghosts. A crumbling apartment block on the hill. Fame. Tenderness. The statue of Peter Pan. Silk. Melancholy. The banana tree. A Pandemic. A love story.'
From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the highly anticipated final instalment in Deborah Levy's critically acclaimed 'Living Autobiography'
'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman' Observer on The Cost of Living
Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's 'Living Autobiography' is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it.
'I began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally, her physical property and possessions, and then everything else she valued, though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim, own, discard and bequeath? Or is she the real estate, owned by patriarchy? In this sense, Real Estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it, sell and inherit it - but we must also knock it down.'
劳里        : 2023年3月13日 4/5 这本是在旅居中完成的。思考叙事的主体与语言的关系,人际关系和对其想象如何洇入写作本身;相当一部分篇幅围绕标题思考女性与家的关系。女性“借居”在不属于自己的房子中,依靠填满domestic role“偿还”房租,我们的家在哪里?谁又来决定我们是否属于这里?Living autobiography这个系列都读完了,三本我都很喜欢。
植物妻子 [图书] 豆瓣
내 여자의 열매
8.0 (22 个评分) 作者: [韩国] 韩江 译者: 崔有学 上海文艺出版社 2014 - 2
本书由八部中篇和短篇小说构成。水与火,柔软与尖锐,春天与冬天,植物与铁器,韩江在这些冲突中洞悉瞬间的感觉和印象,用美妙而生动的语言刻画命运的表情,在刺探人与人之间关系的阴暗面时,闪烁着耀眼的光芒。
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution [图书]
Babel
8.3 (7 个评分) 作者: R.F. Kuang Harper Voyager 2022 - 8
An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation — also known as Babel.
Babel is the world's center of translation and, more importantly, of silver-working: the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation through enchanted silver bars, to magical effect. Silver-working has made the British Empire unparalleled in power, and Babel's research in foreign languages serves the Empire's quest to colonize everything it encounters.
Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, is a fairytale for Robin; a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge serves power, and for Robin, a Chinese boy raised in Britain, serving Babel inevitably means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to sabotaging the silver-working that supports imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide: Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? What is he willing to sacrifice to bring Babel down?
Babel — a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell — grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire.
太阳系大乐透 [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
solar lottery
7.7 (20 个评分) 作者: [美] 菲利普·迪克 译者: 魏春予 四川科学技术出版社 2019 - 3
鬼才科幻大师菲利普·迪克的长篇处女作。
2203年,人类已统治整个太阳系,但社会的运行却很不靠谱。最高领导人由一台叫作“瓶子”的乐透机器选出。瓶子一转,任何人都可能成为世界的主宰。
这一次,卡特赖特成为了幸运儿。他来自底层、无权无势。初一上台,便要面对前任的刺杀和挑战。双方实力悬殊,他该如何应对?
与此同时,一艘飞船在太阳系中寻找传说中的行星。飞船和卡特赖特关系匪浅。他的当选,是天降鸿运还是另有玄机?
The City and the Pillar [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: Gore Vidal Vintage 2003 - 12
A literary cause célèbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal’s now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience.
Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion. Defying his parents’ expectations, Jim strikes out on his own, hoping to find Bob and rekindle their amorous friendship. Along the way he struggles with what he feels is his unique bond with Bob and with his persistent attraction to other men. Upon finally encountering Bob years later, the force of his hopes for a life together leads to a devastating climax. The first novel of its kind to appear on the American literary landscape, The City and the Pillar remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of sexual relationships between men.
August Blue [图书] Goodreads 豆瓣
作者: Deborah Levy Hamish Hamilton 2023 - 5 其它标题: August Blue
'If she was my double and I was hers, was it true that she was knowing, I was unknowing, she was sane, I was crazy, she was wise, I was foolish? That summer, the air was electric between us as we transmitted our feelings to each other across three countries.'
Elsa M. Anderson is a classical piano virtuoso. In a flea market in Athens, she watches an enigmatic woman buy two mechanical dancing horses. Is it possible that the woman who is so enchanted with the horses is her living double? Is she also looking for reasons to live?
Chasing their doubles across Europe, the two women grapple with their conceptions of the world and each other, culminating in a final encounter in a fateful summer rainstorm.
A vivid portrait of a long-held identity coming apart,
expands our understanding of the ways in which we seek to find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.
冰与火之歌(卷一) [图书] 豆瓣
A Game of Thrones
9.4 (221 个评分) 作者: [美国] 乔治·R·R·马丁 译者: 谭光磊 / 屈畅 重庆出版社 2005 - 5
《冰与火之歌》由美国著名科幻奇幻小说家乔治·R·R·马丁所著,是当代奇幻文学一部影响深远的里程碑式的作品。它于1996年刚一问世,便以别具一格的结构,浩瀚辽阔的视野,错落有致的情节和生动活泼的语言,迅速征服了欧美文坛。迄今,本书已被译为数十种文字,并在各个国家迭获大奖。
本书主要描述了在一片虚构的中世纪大陆上所发生的一系列相互联系的宫廷斗争、疆场厮杀、游历冒险和魔法抗衡的故事,全书七卷(包括未出的各卷)浑然一体,共同组成了一幅壮丽而完整的画卷。书名“冰与火”,为的是突出人性挣扎的含义,书中塑造了无数的人物,但其着眼点,却并非孤立地凸现英雄主义,奉献精神或奸猾阴谋,而是将书中人物放在一个“真人”的角度,写出他或她在时代和社会的旋涡中不同的境遇与选择。从写作上说,本书与莎翁的《哈姆雷特》颇有共通之处。从中,读者便能与之产生呼应,共同经历这冰与火的洗礼。
那么《冰与火之歌》究竟有什么独特之处,在阅读中有哪些地方需要关注呢?
首先,本书采用了独特的视点人物写作手法(POV)。通俗地说,就好比一部大片,导演将摄影机装在不同人物的身上,并不断切换。整个故事,由甲人物以自身立场讲述一段后,便换为乙人物来讲述,以此类推,周而复始。翻开本书可看到,每章节的名称皆为一人物名,该人物便是本章的视点人物。这样的写法,不仅大大增强了代入感,尤为重要的是,它主观地限制了读者(通过视点人物的视野)获取信息和进行思考的广度,为书中错综复杂的线索设置提供了必要的帷幕。作者的另一巧思在于,相对于采取这一写法的同类作品常出现的时间线索混乱,叙事搅成一团等弊端,本书经过精心梳理后,每个章节的时间互不交叉,而是呈现精巧的上下承接的关系,虽然视点人物不同,但故事却在不断前进。
其次,本书每个章节张弛有度,节奏感非常强烈,能吸引人连续地阅读。作者在写作《冰与火之歌》之前,已获得多次雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖等等,并在好莱坞担任编剧长达十年之久,丰富的经历,使本书成为了他三十多年写作经验的总括和升华之作。在本书每个章节,读者都可以很轻松地发现其自身的起始、进行和高潮,本书的每一卷,也形成自身的起始、进行和高潮,乃至在由整个七卷组成的《冰与火之歌》,也呈现出这样完整的结构。不仅互相串联,其中更包含了无数的情节兴奋点。作者曾经说,担任编剧,最痛苦的是不能将自己的才华在四十五分钟一集的时间内释放出来,而本书,从某种意义上说,正是他对自身抱负的一种实现。
第三,这本书,诚如上面已提及的,其核心在于“人”本身。由是,它没有简单的答案,并不是一本可以懒洋洋浏览的书。它不仅包括无数扣人心弦的情节,更重要的是,它所描述的情景,往往是真实人生中无可回避,必须面对的东西。因为人本身是最复杂的。看过本卷《权力的游戏》的读者朋友,不妨在下列问题上作深入的思考,如琼恩·艾林死亡的真相,行刺布兰的真相,乃至琼恩的父母等等,相信作者最后会让你大吃一惊。同时,相对于其他的奇幻作品,习惯于主角落地百尺毫发无伤,或危机时刻总能化险为夷的读者,本书可能是一个真正的惊愕。在作者笔下,每个角色均以其真实的轨迹在运行,有成功,也有痛苦,甚至死亡,本书正是通过这样的构架翻动着读者的情绪。
第四,本书是典型的西方史诗奇幻文学。既然是史诗,其落脚点就是整个书中呈现的世界,关注的问题宏伟,全书的格局庞大。历史,人物,宗教,神话交织在一起,展示出一个亦幻亦真的世界。或许会有读者认为,本书更像一本历史小说,这种论断有其合理之处。马丁本人曾在采访中言道:“我喜欢历史小说,但历史小说最大的局限是结局已经基本注定,不论作者付出多大的巧思,都失去了最大的悬念点和高潮处-结尾。”所以,他选择了《冰与火之歌》这样一个虚构的世界。另一点值得关注的是,在奇幻文学必不可少的元素“魔法”的处理上,作者马丁秉承托尔金的精神,运用得非常谨慎,着意刻画神秘感。读者或许记得,《魔戒之王》虽是一部典型的奇幻作品,且出现大量的神灵和超自然现象,乃至伟大的法师甘道夫等等,但书中却没有具体描述一种魔法。针对这一特点,马丁曾经说“魔法等元素就好比调料,不用则无以凸现奇幻氛围,滥用则会串味。”在这一思想的指导下,相对于无数火球满天飞的“奇幻”作品,《冰与火之歌》之中的魔法显得非常精细、神秘和巧妙。
一直以来,国内的奇幻文坛苦于少有优秀奇幻文学作品的引进。少量以次充好,粗制滥造的作品,甚至使得文学界将在西方百花齐放,无比兴旺的幻想文学归入了少儿读物和幼稚作品一类。纵然在关注奇幻文学的读者群中,参差不齐的玄幻文学,也蒙蔽了人们的视线。透过本书的出版,阅读一本真正的奇幻作品,感受一下奇幻小说无穷的魅力,让她真正地扎下根来!
可以想见,本书的成功,必将推动新一轮奇幻文学作品引进和阅读的风潮!
The Girl Aquarium [图书] 谷歌图书 Goodreads
作者: Jen Campbell Bloodaxe Books Limited 2019 - 4
Jen Campbell's first collection The Girl Aquarium explores the realm of rotten fairy tales, the possession of body and the definition of beauty. Weaving between whispered science and circus, she turns a cracked mirror on society and asks who gets to control the twisted tales hiding in the wings. Semifinalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (Best Poetry category) Shortlisted for the poetry category of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2019
Kudos [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Rachel Cusk Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018 - 6
Rachel Cusk, the critically acclaimed author of Outline and Transit, completes her pathbreaking trilogy with Kudos.
A woman writer visits a Europe in flux, where questions of personal and political identity are rising to the surface and the trauma of change is opening up new possibilities of loss and renewal. Within the rituals of literary culture, Faye finds the human story in disarray amid differing attitudes toward the public enactment of the creative persona, and she begins to identify among the people she meets a tension between truth and representation that causes her to consider questions of acclaim, justice, and the ultimate value of suffering. The third in the trilogy that began with Outline, Rachel Cusk’s Kudos takes as its theme the relationship between pain and honor, and investigates the moral nature of success as a precept of both art and living.
Call Down the Hawk [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: [美] 梅姬‧史蒂芙薇特 Scholastic Press 2019 - 11
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Cycle, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny.
The dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives – they will sleep forever if their dreamers die.
And then there are those who are drawn to the dreamers. To use them. To trap them. To kill them before their dreams destroy us all.
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Ronan Lynch is a dreamer. He can pull both curiosities and catastrophes out of his dreams and into his compromised reality.
Jordan Hennessy is a thief. The closer she comes to the dream object she is after, the more inextricably she becomes tied to it.
Carmen Farooq-Lane is a hunter. Her brother was a dreamer . . . and a killer. She has seen what dreaming can do to a person. And she has seen the damage that dreamers can do. But that is nothing compared to the destruction that is about to be unleashed. . . .
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