Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981.Was it murder or self-defense?For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares.John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction.Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case.
It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight.These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic.
如果不假思索,绝大多数人都可能认为天堂就是充分满足感官享受的地方,基本上就是一个想吃啥吃啥,想喝啥喝啥,想看啥看啥,听啥听啥,想怎么睡谁就怎么睡谁的地方。当然境界高点的人可能还会要求证实哥德巴赫猜想什么的,但是对一般人而言,能充分满足感官享受的地方就...
评分当第一眼看书的封面就觉得自己会喜欢这本书了,怪异的感觉。 不知怎么总觉得这本书很有趣。 可能就是因为这些“八卦”吧。 觉得当地的人们都挺可爱的。 作者真的运气不错。 哈哈。
评分在这样一个偏远小镇上,竟然有这么丰富多彩的人物,他们个个性格各异,并且个个都非常有特殊,每个人都在自己的领地里展示这自己的丰富生活,我很喜欢这些人,虽然他们都存在这很大的缺点,但是他们却过着多彩的,是我们这些过着平凡日子的人所羡慕的,他们真是由于他们...
评分午夜善恶花园 12级5班陶罗琪 这是一本很神奇的书。 说它神奇,实在不为过。它是真实的,但不代表它完全真实;它含有虚构,可很难看出它在哪里开始虚构。所有的真实与虚假犹如光和影一般融合在一起,恰到好处,仿佛本身就不存在分离一样。它不是小说,也...
评分一本书,名字叫《午夜善恶花园》,却无关善恶,亦无关午夜。书里写的是一个小城,一个名叫沙凡纳(Savannah)的小城,美国南部的一个普通小城,虽然在《金银岛》和《飘》里面都露过脸儿,却都是几乎没有台词的小角色。这本书,要让沙凡纳做主角,还需得找些不大平凡的故事。幸...
去过萨瓦纳之后老板推荐给我 开头和结尾并没有很美妙 中间还是满引人入胜的 一口气在飞机上读了60%+ 貌似第一次看non fiction novel 现实总比小说狗血 这句话用在这再合适不过了
评分Who is the protagonist? -Savannah, the whole town, which stays detached like always
评分exotic, funny and enchanting
评分开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
评分十五年前看过改编电影完全没任何印象,前几天去旅行才意识到这书是写萨瓦纳的,因为完全被城市迷住所以回来立即找来读,惊为天人,感觉被作者带着又走了一遍全城所有的house tour, history tour, ghost tour,字里行间都能体会到小城的气息,这种奇怪独特又迷人的气质勾得我也想一次次再回去,或者默默住上半年。如何写一座城市,这书真是极致了。电影根本改不出来的。
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