具体描述
Charles Frazier’s Thirteen Moons is the story of one man’s remarkable life, spanning a century of relentless change. At the age of twelve, an orphan named Will Cooper is given a horse, a key, and a map and is sent on a journey through the wilderness to the edge of the Cherokee Nation, the uncharted white space on the map. Will is a bound boy, obliged to run a remote Indian trading post. As he fulfills his lonesome duty, Will finds a father in Bear, a Cherokee chief, and is adopted by him and his people, developing relationships that ultimately forge Will’s character. All the while, his love of Claire, the enigmatic and captivating charge of volatile and powerful Featherstone, will forever rule Will’s heart.
In a distinct voice filled with both humor and yearning, Will tells of a lifelong search for home, the hunger for fortune and adventure, the rebuilding of a trampled culture, and above all an enduring pursuit of passion. As he comes to realize, “When all else is lost and gone forever, there is yearning. One of the few welcome lessons age teaches is that only desire trumps time."
Will Cooper, in the hands of Charles Frazier, becomes a classic American soul: a man devoted to a place and its people, a woman, and a way of life, all of which are forever just beyond his reach. Thirteen Moons takes us from the uncharted wilderness of an unspoiled continent, across the South, up and down the Mississippi, and to the urban clamor of a raw Washington City. Throughout, Will is swept along as the wild beauty of the nineteenth century gives way to the telephones, automobiles, and encroaching railways of the twentieth. Steeped in history, rich in insight, and filled with moments of sudden beauty, Thirteen Moons is an unforgettable work of fiction by an American master.
PRAISE FOR THIRTEEN MOONS
“Genius.”
–Time
“Gorgeous…Thirteen Moons calls Cold Mountain to mind in its wonder at the natural world; its pacificist undercurrents; its dismay at the dismantling of what matters, and its convication that one love, no matter how tortured and inexplicable, can be life-defining…fascinating…vivid and alive.”
–Newsweek
“Thirteen Moons is rare in many ways and occupies a literary plane of such height that reviewing it is not really salient….Thirteen Moons has the power to inspire great performances from succeeding generations of writers….For those who simply value the literary experience, Thirteen Moons will provide the immense satisfaction of taking a literary journey of magnitude. Whether on a plane, in an office or curled in a window seat, readers who absorb Will's story will find their own lives enriched….Thirteen Moons belongs to the ages.”
–Los Angeles Times
“Thirteen Moons brings this vanished world thrillingly to life…
One of the great Native American, and American stories, and a great gift to all of us, from one of our very best writers.”
« –Kirkus Reviews, starred review «
“There are things so masterful words can’t do them justice. Frazier’s writing falls in that category…With Thirteen Moons, he’s doing important work fillnig in the gaps, helping restore the roots, of our knowledge of our own history.”
–Asheville Citizen-Times
“Fascinating…Reading Thirteen Moons is an intoxicating experience…This is 21st-century literary fiction at its very best.”
–BookPage
“Thirteen Moons is rare in many ways and occupies a literary plane of such height that reviewing it is not really salient….Thirteen Moons has the power to inspire great performances from succeeding generations of writers….For those who simply value the literary experience, Thirteen Moons will provide the immense satisfaction of taking a literary journey of magnitude. Whether on a plane, in an office or curled in a window seat, readers who absorb Will's story will find their own lives enriched….Thirteen Moons belongs to the ages.”
–Los Angeles Times
“Once again, we are in the hands of an assured writer who knows how to bring history to life…Gorgeous.”
–New Orleans Times Picayune
“Magical…the history lesson in Thirteen Moons is fascinating and moving…You will find much to admire and savor in Thirteen Moons.”
–USA Today
“Incredibly powerful.”
–Melissa Block on NPR All Things Considered
“Verdict: A powerhouse second act….a brilliant success…Frazier's second act should convince everyone that he's here to stay. It is a powerful, dramatic, often surprising and memorable novel.”
–Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Thirteen Moons is a boisterous, confident novel that draws from the epic tradition... Frazier is a natural storyteller, and throughout his picaresque tale are grand themes and eulogies”
–Boston Globe
“Warm hearted…Frazier is a remarkably meticulous and tasteful writer… Thirteen Moons is a worthy successor to the first novel
and a highly readable book.”
–Seattle Times
“Fiction of the highest order…Another indelible character. Charles Frazier has a knack for them.”
–Charlotte Observer
“Splendidly written.”
–New York Daily News
“What a story!... Frazier's creation, Will Cooper, is utterly charismatic….Frazier's genius lies in his ability to convey emotions that feel pure and genuine…It was worth the wait.”
–Dayton Daily News
“To Charles Frazier, words are playthings. Like very few other contemporary American novelists, he puts them together in such a way that they can transform an otherwise mundane moment, scene or conversation into one that is transcendent….No sophomore jinx here. Reading a Frazier novel is like listening to a fine symphony. He's a maestro whose pen is his baton, beckoning the best that each sentence has to offer. And just as you wouldn't rush a conductor, you should take the time to savor Frazier’s work, to take in each thought, to relish the turn of phrase or the imagery of a craftsman.”
–Denver Post
“Two for two…Here is a book brimming with vivid, adventurous incident…Charles Frazier set himself a daunting challenge with this book. He set out to write a historical novel that was retrospective and meditative, yet still vibrant and immediate with life. Thirteen Moons succeeds in classy fashion.”
–Raleigh News & Observer
“If current fiction is anything to go by, it’s hard for a novelist to make Santayana's puzzle pieces - lyricism, comedy, tragedy - fit together, as they do in real life and real history. Frazier has done it…Thirteen Moons makes you feel that change that happened so long before our own time, and makes you mourn it.”
–Newsday
“[Thirteen Moons] is superbly entertaining, and it packs enough emotional heft to measure up to most readers’ high expectations.”
–Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Thirteen Moons is a fitting successor to Cold Mountain…fans of Frazier's debut will be cheered to discover that the new book is another compulsively readable work of historical fiction.”
–St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“If there is any doubt that Frazier is an incredibly gifted storyteller - and not just a lucky name or a one-hit wonder - it will be put to rest with the publication of Thirteen Moons. Within 10 pages, this long-awaited new novel bears the reader swiftly out of the waking world into its own imagined universe like nothing else published this year.”
–Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Achingly beautiful descriptions of nature…It’s rich, it’s beautiful.”
–Columbia State
“Forget the sophomore jinx. Frazier demonstrates that Cold Mountain was no one-hit wonder with this fully realized historical novel again set in the South….Again, Frazier shows himself a master of landscape and language, both often fresh and surprising in his telling.
–Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Thirteen Moons contains achingly beautiful passages of snowfalls, fog-wrapped rivers and moonlit forests. There are ribald and hilarious events, too, including a description of the Cherokee Booger Dance that is a masterpiece of satire. The love affair between Cooper and Claire threads its way through this pseudo-historic epic like a brilliant, scarlet ribbon. There is also a melancholy refrain that celebrates a wondrous time and place that is gone and will never return.”
–Smoky Mountain News
“Once again, we are in the hands of an assured writer who knows how to bring history to life…Gorgeous.”
–New Orleans Times Picayune
“Magical…the history lesson in Thirteen Moons is fascinating and moving…You will find much to admire and savor in Thirteen Moons.”
–USA Today
“Verdict: A powerhouse second act….a brilliant success…Frazier's second act should convince everyone that he's here to stay. It is a powerful, dramatic, often surprising and memorable novel.”
–Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Thirteen Moons is a boisterous, confident novel that draws from the epic tradition... Frazier is a natural ...
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在书店里，这本书和lost horizon摆在一起，封面的基调都一样，我开始还以为是hilton的另一部作品，后来才发现不是。没有看过书评，也没有人推荐，这样就买下一本小说有点冒险。不过事实证明我足够幸运。 这本书讲述了cooper will传奇的一生。正如故事的开头那个父亲...
评分在书店里，这本书和lost horizon摆在一起，封面的基调都一样，我开始还以为是hilton的另一部作品，后来才发现不是。没有看过书评，也没有人推荐，这样就买下一本小说有点冒险。不过事实证明我足够幸运。 这本书讲述了cooper will传奇的一生。正如故事的开头那个父亲...
评分在书店里，这本书和lost horizon摆在一起，封面的基调都一样，我开始还以为是hilton的另一部作品，后来才发现不是。没有看过书评，也没有人推荐，这样就买下一本小说有点冒险。不过事实证明我足够幸运。 这本书讲述了cooper will传奇的一生。正如故事的开头那个父亲...
评分在书店里，这本书和lost horizon摆在一起，封面的基调都一样，我开始还以为是hilton的另一部作品，后来才发现不是。没有看过书评，也没有人推荐，这样就买下一本小说有点冒险。不过事实证明我足够幸运。 这本书讲述了cooper will传奇的一生。正如故事的开头那个父亲...
评分在书店里，这本书和lost horizon摆在一起，封面的基调都一样，我开始还以为是hilton的另一部作品，后来才发现不是。没有看过书评，也没有人推荐，这样就买下一本小说有点冒险。不过事实证明我足够幸运。 这本书讲述了cooper will传奇的一生。正如故事的开头那个父亲...
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评分说实话，我很少看到有哪部作品能将紧张的动作场面与内省式的心理描写融合得如此天衣自 সংখ。开篇不久那场追逐戏就足以让人肾上腺素飙升，那种危机四伏、步步惊心的感觉被描绘得淋漓尽致，每一个转折点都出乎意料。然而，作者的高明之处在于，他并未让动作戏沦为纯粹的感官刺激。每一次搏斗、每一次逃亡，都紧密地服务于人物的成长或性格的暴露。主角的每一次挣扎，都清晰地反映了他内心深处的恐惧与渴望。更值得称赞的是，作者对于配角的塑造同样不遗余力，那些看似是工具性的人物，往往在关键时刻展现出令人动容的复杂性，他们的忠诚、背叛或自我牺牲，都极大地丰富了故事的层次感。我特别喜欢那种紧张氛围突然被一种宁静的、近乎诗意的片段打断的感觉，这种强烈的对比，让故事的张力保持在一个极高的水平线上，让人根本无法放下书本，总想知道下一秒会发生什么，却又害怕知道结局。
评分这部作品的叙事节奏把握得相当精妙，它没有急于将所有线索抛出，而是像剥洋葱一样，一层层地揭开人物深层的动机和世界观的宏大图景。我尤其欣赏作者在描绘那些细微的情感波动时所展现出的细腻笔触，那些不经意间流露出的脆弱与坚韧，都让角色显得无比真实可触。故事的背景设定极具想象力，那种介于古典与未来之间的那种模糊地带，营造出一种既熟悉又疏离的奇特氛围。阅读过程中，我时常会停下来，回味那些富含哲思的对白，它们不仅仅是推动情节的工具，更是对存在本质的深刻探讨。比如，关于“选择”与“命运”的交织，作者提出了许多引人深思的观点，让人在读完之后，依然能在脑海中持续发酵。整体而言，这是一本需要慢品、细嚼的书，它不迎合快餐文化的阅读习惯，而是奖励那些愿意投入时间去探索其内在复杂性的读者。书中的意象运用也堪称一绝，那些反复出现的符号，似乎都承载着某种未言明的历史重量，暗示着一个远比眼前故事更为广阔的背景故事。
评分我很少对一部作品的“感觉”留下如此深刻的印象，这部作品带来的情绪共鸣是持久且多维的。它不仅仅是关于冒险或冲突，它更像是一场关于失落与追寻的集体冥想。阅读过程中，我体验到了一种既宏大又私密的孤独感，仿佛身处一个庞大的世界中，但核心的挣扎却是极其个人的。作者成功地捕捉到了那种“存在感”的重量，那种身负某种重大责任却又感觉自己微不足道的矛盾心境。我尤其喜欢结局的处理方式，它没有提供一个简单、圆满的“幸福结局”，而是留下了一种带着希望的、略微苦涩的开放性，让人久久不能释怀。这种余韵是很多畅销书所缺乏的。它迫使你直面那些生命中无法解决的问题，但同时又通过角色的韧性，给予了你继续前行的微弱力量。总而言之，这是一次非常充实且具有启发性的阅读旅程，它会留在你的记忆里很久，时不时地会让你重新审视自己的一些既定观念。
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