劳里         - 标记
See Yourself Sensing 豆瓣
作者: Schwartzman, Madeline Black Dog Publishing 2011 - 6
Did you know that we can see with our tongue? Or that we can plug our nervous system directly into a computer? With cybernetics, prosthetics, robotics, nanotechnology and neuroscience altering the way we perceive and experience space, the body has re-emerged as an important architectural site, revealing its astonishing potential as a creative medium. See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception is an explosive and unique survey that captures the fascinating relationship between design, the body, the senses, and technology. A timely discussion with cutting-edge design, See Yourself Sensing examines work from the last 50 years by artists, architects and designers who have been experimenting with the boundaries of our senses, changing the way we experience the world. The book explores the work of both established and upcoming artists, including internet sensation Daito Manabe, Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee, Lawrence Malstaf and collectives such as realities:united and Viennese-based Gelitin, and figures of worldwide acclaim, such as Ann Hamilton, Ernesto Neto, Carsten Höller, Olafur Eliasson and Rebecca Horn.
2021年2月8日 想读
焦虑症与恐惧症手册 豆瓣
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
8.7 (9 个评分) 作者: 艾德蒙·伯恩 译者: 邹枝玲 / 程黎 重庆大学出版社 2018 - 4
一本全世界无数人受益和家庭推荐的心理自助图书? 优选100本焦虑症治疗畅销书排名头位? 畅销30年,6次改版,被译为数十种语言,在优选销量超过100万册? 多所靠前名校(南卡大学、兰德大学等)、知名心理网站(anxietypanic.com等)联袂推荐? 美国心理咨询师培训参考教材? 新版,内容更新!更全!全面囊括近期新的焦虑症应对策略和各种主流疗法的新发展,是焦虑症和恐惧症患者心理保健书,心理治疗师参考书!!? 作者提出的“整合法”将从生理的、情感的、行为的、心理的、人际的、自尊、精神多个不同层次影响你的日常生活,帮助你制订适合自己的摆脱焦虑策略。旧版书名《心理医生为什么没有告诉我》
2021年2月6日 想读
Ann Hamilton 豆瓣
作者: Joan Simon; Ann Hamilton Gregory R. Miller & Company 2006
Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects is a major new publication of the work of one of today's most important and influential artists. The book is a comprehensive catalogue of Hamilton's object-based work from 1984 to 2006. The more than 130 color plates document photographs, sculpture, video, audio and language pieces (both unique and editioned), as well as multiples and prints. Many of the objects relate to the large-scale installations for which Hamilton is internationally known. Each object in the inventory is accompanied by a text by Joan Simon, who also contributes a significant new essay setting Hamilton's objects in critical context. The complete inventory of Hamilton's objects made over the past 20-plus years is reproduced in this essential publication, which also contains an extensive biography, bibliography and index. The book, designed by the Swedish designer Hans Cogne in conversation with Ann Hamilton, is a beautiful object in its own right and evokes many of the conceptual qualities of Hamilton's art.
2021年2月6日 想读
新神 豆瓣 谷歌图书
作者: 邱常婷 聯經出版事業(股)公司 2019 - 6
一個時代的逝去,意味著某些神靈的消散……在這信仰式微的時代,我們需要另一種「信仰的可能」!
聯合文學小說新人獎、教育部文藝創作獎、瀚邦文學獎、金車奇幻小說獎得主──邱常婷,從「怪物之鄉」到「新神」,跨越奇幻、兒童、類型、文學書寫,對台灣社會百態的著墨、 對環境議題的關注、對文化現象的體悟。
張亦絢(作家):常婷或許就是未來二十年裡,將帶來最強刺激與最大可能性的台灣小說家之一。」
蕞爾小島在各種族裔、文化與信仰間相互震盪下,處處充滿微小信仰、流動各種信念,舊的鬼魅形貌已隨著時代隱沒,新的神靈意涵於焉而生。
邱常婷的中篇小說集《新神》,收入五則中篇小說,集現實與奇幻於一體,各自獨立卻又巧妙串接:
〈千萬傷疤〉中阿麗莎與小麥的水火邂逅,融道教乩童文化╱BDSM密教儀式的肉身苦痛,開啟另一扇長大成人的門扉;
〈花〉爬梳家族生命記憶的酒店女子,在現實生活與記憶朦朧間,一步步接近外婆口中「花精」的真相;
〈火夢〉描繪出身東部的戴姨,為抽絲剝繭女兒遭逢的意外,再度喚起童年與部落火神首次連結的命定時刻;
〈殺死香蕉樹〉敘說車禍意外撞來的謎樣女子品琴和大學生透露的家族祕密、是非矛盾,都將被砍殺如香蕉樹塊莖,在死亡前懺悔;
〈群山白且冷〉遭逢風災的小鎮,死傷、失蹤未知,鎮警巴布與老神父盧卡欲追索失蹤的孩童,在亡魂鬼魅徘迴的山林間,意外地發現了濕漉漉的祖靈之境……
《新神》五則中篇小說,角色間微妙連結,以不同的面相照見人們生活中微小的信仰,或有歷史文化的脈絡可循,或純然只是他們自己的幻想,這些面貌不清的嶄新神靈,都將引領眾人前往未知遠方。
2021年2月5日 想读
Good Husbandry 豆瓣
作者: Kristin Kimball Center Point Large Print
Farming has many ups and downs, and the middle years were hard for the Kimballs. Mark got injured, the weather turned against them, and the farm faced financial pressures. Meanwhile, they had two small children to care for. How does one traverse the terrain of a maturing marriage and the transition from being a couple to being a family? How will the farm survive? What does a family need in order to be happy?
2021年2月4日 想读
除非 豆瓣
Unless
作者: [加拿大]卡罗尔·希尔兹 译者: 王娇兰 申雨平 2020 - 3
【编辑推荐】
☆与诺贝尔文学奖得主艾丽丝·门罗及《使女的故事》作者玛格丽特·阿特伍德齐名的加拿大作家,普利策文学奖、橘子文学奖得主卡罗尔·希尔兹生前最后一部小说
☆橘子文学奖、布克奖提名作品,2019年BBC“塑造世界的100本小说”
☆一个疑点重重、谜团丛生的探寻故事。每条松散的线索,都指示着关于亲情、美善、性别与写作的真相,揭露潜藏在混乱之下的秩序
☆以澄澈璀璨的文字,敏锐细腻的心理刻画,忠实记录知识女性自我觉醒的心路历程
☆为了家庭与生活,她们承受着、忍耐着,却被视作理所应当。如何改变?如何发出自己的声音?“除非我们提出问题。”
☆家境优渥的名校高材生突然有一天走上街头,成了一名乞讨者。她的沉默与自我牺牲,她对“美善”的执意探寻背后,隐藏着怎样的人性困境?
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“‘除非’是英语中一个令人紧张的词。它像个蛾子一样围着耳朵飞来飞去,你几乎听不到什么,但一切又都得依靠它呼吸声一般的存在。‘除非’——那是你衣服口袋缝里的虚拟元素,它要么总在那儿,要么不在那儿。”
“‘除非’给你提供了一扇活动门,一个通向光明的通道,它是不够的反面。‘除非’使你免于沉没在既定趋势当中。”
“‘除非’是语言奇迹,也是概念奇迹……它让我们焦虑,让我们狡诈,像大部分恐怖童话中会冒出的狼那样狡诈。但它也给予我们希望。”
“连词兼(有时是)介词‘除非’虽然带有一种挽歌式的含蓄,但它是一个有逻辑含义的词,它是一个满怀希望的人或一个小说家使用的词,这个小说家想撬开这个包裹着硬壳的世界,展现地理特点相像的另一颗有生命的星星,上面居住着与我们相似的人类。”
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【内容简介】
44岁的丽塔·温特斯是一名成功的作家和翻译家,生活幸福美满。但所有的幸福在她的大女儿无故离家出走并流落多伦多街头后,开始变得支离破碎。她开始逐渐意识到自己平静的生活只是表象,掩盖着压抑的另一面。她开始看到人生的不可控制,开始回顾并反思自己的创作生涯和人生,试图从多种角度解开女儿突然离家流浪的谜题。作者通过对书中几名女性角色的描写,揭示了在现代社会的工作与生活中,女性是如何一步步失去自我,陷入被动的生活状态无法自拔的。
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【奖项】
2002年布克奖提名作品
2002年加拿大总督文学奖决选作品
2003年加拿大书商协会奖获奖作品
2003年橘子文学奖提名作品
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【媒体及名人推荐】
即便不曾写作,希尔兹也是一个散发光芒的人,这一点很重要且不会改变。——诺贝尔文学奖得主 艾丽丝·门罗
将普通人的不同寻常之处展现出来便是希尔兹的特长。她运用自己的大智慧、强大的观察力、人文关怀和广泛的阅读赋予作品无限可能……——《使女的故事》作者 玛格丽特·阿特伍德
称职的小说家写出人物,而希尔兹能写活生命……在一系列作品中,她塑造了一个个鲜活可爱的生命,同时又充满了似曾相识的现实感……在《除非》一书中,读者将邂逅辛辣的讽刺与豁达的智慧……希尔兹将世界重置之后又还给我们,还附加了希望、善意,以及生活的美好。——《纽约时报》
我自己更愿意从以下四个主题去理解《除非》这部作品:母亲和女儿的关系;作者与读者的关系——顺带谈一谈文学创作的状态;关于“美善”的讨论;最后则是男人和女人——一直令我着迷,甚至贯穿我所有作品的主题——性别平等,我的创作生涯可以说一直都与此相关。——卡罗尔·希尔兹自评
一个美妙的故事,文笔清晰,构思巧妙,字里行间充满了谜团,铺陈着哲思的黑暗底色。 ——《洛杉矶时报》
希尔兹的小说和短篇故事都想象力丰富,亲切而宽厚,有着经久不散的美感,以及无懈可击的细节。 ——《出版人周刊》
2021年1月30日 想读
拉里的家宴 豆瓣
Larry’s Party
作者: [加]卡罗尔·希尔兹 (Carol Shields) 译者: 刘云波 外语教学与研究出版社 2018 - 1
《拉里的家宴》是加拿大女作家卡罗尔希尔兹的作品,曾荣获1998年橘子文学奖。该书讲述了一名普普通通的青年拉里韦勒的平凡一生,通过对其成长、婚姻、疾病、困惑,以及父母朋友等生活的方方面面的细致描写,详尽展示了20世纪70年代出生的一代西方人典型的生活经历与精神面貌。作者以其敏锐的视角和生动的笔触,为我们展现了习以为常的生活之中的荒诞、无奈与感动,细碎凌乱之中又条理分明。
2021年1月30日 想读
Tiny Moons 豆瓣
作者: Nina Mingya Powles The Emma Press 2020 - 2
Tiny Moons is a collection of essays about food and belonging. Nina Mingya Powles journeys between Wellington, Kota Kinabalu and Shanghai, tracing the constants in her life: eating and cooking, and the dishes that have come to define her. Through childhood snacks, family feasts, Shanghai street food and student dinners, she attempts to find a way back towards her Chinese-Malaysian heritage.
2021年1月23日 想读
如果父母老后难相处 豆瓣
Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent
7.4 (7 个评分) 作者: [美] 格雷丝·勒博 / [美] 芭芭拉·凯恩 译者: 刘慧玉 后浪丨四川人民出版社 2020
如何陪伴他们走过晚年,而不再彼此伤害?
最健康的陪伴心态,最务实的应对建议
面对难相处的父母 读这一本书就够了!
◎ 编辑推荐
在这个快速发展又变幻莫测的世界里,你或许一直在努力跟上时代的步伐,希望活出最好的自己。
然而,父母却经常在毫无保留地爱你的过程里失去了自我。身体机能衰退已让人无比沮丧,他们还要接受自身观念落后和失去家庭话语权的残酷现实。父母可能变得小心翼翼、失落、沉默,可能因害怕孤单而对你有诸多要求,也可能以一种惯性的关爱模式,试图进入你的生活,干涉一切……这份爱让人心疼,也成为负担,让你无奈,让你抓狂,让你无所适从。
但是,谁更有机会改变呢?
趁一切还来得及,给自己一个与父母好好相处的机会吧。
☆ 与年长父母相处的实用指南
本书聚焦两代相处难题,帮助身心疲惫的你建立更健康的陪伴心态,为深感焦灼的你提供更务实的应对建议。
作者归纳出六大类型父母行为模式,并以调查问卷的形式帮读者评估“父母是否真的难相处”。25个经典案例以父母的问题行为和子女的应对模式展开,在反思和梳理清楚立场和原因后,作者会带你以富有智慧的语言范式进入情景演练。案例之间环环相扣,不管父母是老后难相处,还是持续一生的人格模式,书中都有贴切的应对策略和温馨小贴士。也许你会获得摆脱恶性循环的力量,也会还会变得更爱父母呢。
☆ 作者有丰富的临床经验
两位作者皆为资历超过30年的社工师,接触过很多类型的“问题父母”。阅读本书,首先获得的就是一种平和的心态:意识到原来有那么多人跟你有同样的处境,会让你感到如释重负。其次就是身临其境的感受,熟悉的语言和行为模式出自作者的看护经历,因此你会看到更有针对性的建议而非宽泛的理论和模糊的概念。
☆ 成年子女视角
面对难相处的父母,请先训练自己的同理心。了解父母看似“麻烦行为”的根源,往往是内心深处的孤独和痛苦。然后运用这层理解,改善你与父母的相处方式。重新认识父母的“自作主张”和不被接受的“为你好”,审视自己的沟通模式;同时以平和的心态陪父母面对老年课题,也接纳自己的不完美,父母很难改变,但你可以选择和他们不同的道路,尽力照顾好未来的自己,学习优雅地变老……
◎ 内容简介
这是一本来自专业人士的与年长父母相处指南,两位作者有30年以上的老人看护经验,面对过许多难相处的父母,他们会帮助你与家中长辈实现更顺畅的沟通。本书针对一些复杂案例提供了中肯的建议,还有关于“如何陪父母面对老年课题”和“如何陪自己优雅变老”的贴心指南。也许你不能完全改变父母,但至少可以从愤怒、懊悔、内疚、自责的恶性循环中逃脱出来,学会接受这一切,尽可能照顾好他们的晚年生活,并不再步父母后尘……
2021年1月22日 想读
Primitive Passions 豆瓣
作者: Rey Chow Columbia University Press 1995 - 4
Chow situates contemporary Chinese film within the broad context of Chinese history and culture, giving readers a glimpse of the unique shared identity that characterizes the current crop of outstanding filmmakers, such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.
2021年1月20日 想读 哎居然下到了一本标注过的版本,仿佛考试前被划重点。。。
星船伞兵 豆瓣 谷歌图书
Starship Troopers
8.5 (48 个评分) 作者: [美] 罗伯特·海因莱因 译者: 张建光 四川科学技术出版社 2003
《星船伞兵》是美国最具影响力的科幻大师罗伯特・海因莱恩的代表作,荣获1960年世界科幻大奖“雨果奖”。执导《机器战警》、《魔鬼总动员》、《本能》等高票房影片的国际级导演保罗・范赫文于1997年将其搬上银幕,创下了一亿两千万的票房佳绩。
《星船伞兵》是一部令人动情的成长小说,一个富家子弟经过严酷的训练最终成长为强悍英勇的星船伞兵,参加到地球舰队与邪恶外星虫族的惨烈星战之中。
海因莱恩的不俗之处在于:他能够在游刃有余地保持小说故事强大吸引力的同时提出自己鲜明的思想与观点。本书完美地体现了这一特我,它既是一部火爆的情节小说,也是一部耐人寻味的思想小说。
2021年1月17日 想读
Walk Through Walls 豆瓣
作者: Marina Abramovic Crown Archetype 2016 - 10
“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.”
In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramović is truly a force of nature.
The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito’s regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mother’s abusive control, strictly obeying a 10 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humor—all of which informs her art and her life. The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love story—a twelve-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europe—a relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China.
Marina’s story, by turns moving, epic, and dryly funny, informs an incomparable artistic career that involves pushing her body past the limits of fear, pain, exhaustion, and danger in an uncompromising quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. A remarkable work of performance in its own right, Walk Through Walls is a vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.
2021年1月16日 想读
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir Goodreads
Walk Through Walls
作者: Marina Abramović Crown Archetype 2016 - 10
“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.”
In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramović is truly a force of nature.
The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito’s regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mother’s abusive control, strictly obeying a 10 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humor—all of which informs her art and her life. The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love story—a twelve-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europe—a relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China.
Marina’s story, by turns moving, epic, and dryly funny, informs an incomparable artistic career that involves pushing her body past the limits of fear, pain, exhaustion, and danger in an uncompromising quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. A remarkable work of performance in its own right,
is a vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.
2021年1月16日 想读
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Goodreads 开放图书馆
The Devil in the White City
作者: Erik Larson Crown Publishers 2003 - 2 其它标题: Devil in the white city
Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that 'The Devil in the White City' is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor.
Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison.
The activities of the sinister Dr. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims.
Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. - John Moe
2021年1月15日 想读
夜行货车 豆瓣 Goodreads
8.7 (37 个评分) 作者: 陈映真 九州出版社 2020 - 6
【编辑推荐】
★20世纪文学大家陈映真小说全集大陆首次出版,温馨深沉的人间爱,理想主义者的灵魂哀歌。《夜行货车》是陈映真“华盛顿大楼”系列经典,台北八〇年代的华盛顿大楼,藏着今天你我职场人生的真相,现代都市的命运缩影。上班,是一个大大的骗局。
★无法归乡的年轻人,我们生存的时代之预言 。哪一个才是我们今天生存的都市?饱食、奢侈、绚丽、幸福,还是环境的崩坏、人的伤痕、文化的失据?每一个在城市漂泊打拼的上班族,都可以在书中读到自己的故事。
★白先勇、李欧梵、朱天心、戴锦华、赵刚、许知远 诚挚推荐。“陈映真是我的偶像。他既代表知识分子永不停息的批判精神,拒绝与时代潮流妥协;他也充满平民意识,关切小人物的内心与命运。”(许知远)
【内容介绍】
“上班,是一个大大的骗局。”
《夜行货车》收录陈映真创作于1967-1982年间的6部中短篇小说,包括《夜行货车》《上班族的一日》《云》《万商帝君》及两篇反映越战题材的小说,聚焦两次世界大战后台湾饱食、腐败、奢侈、炫丽、幸福的“后街”,反思环境的崩坏、人的伤痕、文化的失据。透过台北八〇年代“华盛顿大楼”里的故事,讲述经济飞速发展的时代人们被异化的生活、被压抑的梦想、被辱没的尊严、被无声伤害着的心。辞职寻电影梦却被上班格式化的黄静雄,对资本主义文明由信仰到幻灭的青年张维杰,罢工遭压制的女工文秀英,出身贫寒、职场不顺终致精神错乱的跨国公司小职员林德旺……这些“下定决心成功”的上班族、这些无法归乡的年轻人的故事,诉说着我们生存的时代之预言。
《夜行货车》为台湾急剧变化的时代留下毛细管般逼真鲜活的写照,今天读来,如对镜自照般亲切,看到当今时代与我们自己的投影。
【名人推荐】
李欧梵(香港中文大学中文系教授)——陈映真是台湾文学史上少数“大师级”的小说家,他的作品早已成为经典,我在美任教时,讲到台湾文学必用他的短篇小说:《将军族》、《我的弟弟康雄》、《夜行货车》、“华盛顿大楼”系列……这些作品都有英文译文,美国学生读来也受感染。
戴锦华(北京大学中文系教授)——卡斯特罗、约翰•伯格和陈映真,他们都曾在20世纪,也在我个人生命中占据过特殊的位置,但他们的死对我构成的不是直接的冲击,而是追忆,是我们对那个时代的哀悼回声。他们的离去并非昔日那个大时代的落幕,那个时代在他们离去之前已然落幕了。他们死在自己的时代终结之后,而他们呼唤的未来,尚在远方。
朱天心(作家)——好在我们的时代有陈映真。二十年前和现下读到《云》中文秀英日记,仍不免暗叹:多么地不真实,却又多么动人!
许知远(作家、单向空间创始人)——陈映真是我的偶像。他既代表知识分子永不停息的批判精神,拒绝与时代潮流妥协;他也充满平民意识,关切小人物的内心与命运。
2021年1月12日 想读
The Heart Goes Last 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: Margaret Atwood Nan A. Talese 2015 - 9
Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin.
Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around—and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in . . . for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system. Once their month of service in the prison is completed, they can return to their "civilian" homes.
At first, this doesn't seem like too much of a sacrifice to make in order to have a roof over one's head and food to eat. But when Charmaine becomes romantically involved with the man who lives in their house during the months when she and Stan are in the prison, a series of troubling events unfolds, putting Stan's life in danger. With each passing day, Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
8.7 (6 个评分) 作者: Lori Gottlieb Mariner Books 2019 - 4
One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.
As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients' lives -- a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can't stop hooking up with the wrong guys -- she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.
2021年1月4日 想读
Cardiff, by the Sea 豆瓣
作者: Joyce Carol Oates Mysterious Press 2020 - 10
From one of the most important contemporary American writers, Cardiff, by the Sea is a bold, haunting collection of four previously unpublished novellas. In the titular novella, an academic in Pennsylvania discovers a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from someone she has never heard of. Mia, the protagonist of "Miao Dao," is a pubescent girl overcome with loneliness, who befriends a feral cat that becomes her protector from the increasingly aggressive males that surround her.
A brilliant but shy college sophomore realizes that she is pregnant in "Phan-tomwise: 1972." Distraught, she allows a distinguished visiting professor to take her under his wing, though it quickly becomes evident that he is interested in more than an academic mentorship. Lastly, "The Surviving Child" is Stefan, who was spared when his mother, a famous poet, killed his sister and herself. Stefan's father remarries, but his young wife is haunted by dead poet's voice dancing in the wind, an inexplicably befouled well, and a compulsive draw to the same gar-age that took two lives.
In these psychologically daring, chillingly suspenseful pieces, Joyce Carol Oates writes about women facing threats past and present.
White Ivy 豆瓣
作者: Susie Yang Simon & Schuster 2020 - 11
A young woman’s crush on a privileged classmate becomes a story of love, lies, and dark obsession, offering stark insights into the immigrant experience, as it hurtles to its electrifying ending.
Ivy Lin is a thief and a liar—but you’d never know it by looking at her.
Raised outside of Boston, Ivy’s immigrant grandmother relies on Ivy’s mild appearance for cover as she teaches her granddaughter how to pilfer items from yard sales and second-hand shops. Thieving allows Ivy to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen—and, most importantly, to attract the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political family. But when Ivy’s mother discovers her trespasses, punishment is swift and Ivy is sent to China, and her dream instantly evaporates.
Years later, Ivy has grown into a poised yet restless young woman, haunted by her conflicting feelings about her upbringing and her family. Back in Boston, when Ivy bumps into Sylvia Speyer, Gideon’s sister, a reconnection with Gideon seems not only inevitable—it feels like fate.
Slowly, Ivy sinks her claws into Gideon and the entire Speyer clan by attending fancy dinners, and weekend getaways to the cape. But just as Ivy is about to have everything she’s ever wanted, a ghost from her past resurfaces, threatening the nearly perfect life she’s worked so hard to build.
Filled with surprising twists and a nuanced exploration of class and race, White Ivy is a glimpse into the dark side of a woman who yearns for success at any cost.
2020年12月30日 想读