Book Description
From the author of Dear Zoe, a wry novel of suburban life unraveled.
Michael Benedict, overprivileged but undermotivated, seems to have it all: a beautiful wife, two lovely daughters, a law practice that provides a comfortable life for his family, and a natural golf swing. Can it all unravel in a few short months?
As he did in his debut, Dear Zoe, Philip Beard has created a pitch-perfect narrator who ruefully and winningly pulls the reader into the confusing world that is his life. When his wife announces she?s pregnant, at age forty, with a "surprise" baby, Michael?s underwhelming response disturbs the fault lines of both his marriage and his psyche. He tries to find solace in his obsessions: his golf game, his newfound luck in the stock market, and, since his wife has cut him off, some kind of sex that isn?t exactly extramarital.
Like Tom Perrotta and Nick Hornby, Philip Beard writes insightfully, movingly, and with the lightest touch about the messiness of life. Anyone who wakes up some mornings feeling life is still a work in progress will find this the perfect summer read.
From Publishers Weekly
At first blush, 45-year-old attorney and golfer Michael Benedict seems a knowing, self-deprecatingly witty confidant as he details the breakdown of his long and happy marriage to a "mostly perfect" woman. When his wife, Kelly, announces she is pregnant with their third child at the age of 40, Michael, still traumatized by the miscarriage of their last baby, can only summon up a callous: "What are we going to do about it?" Predictably annoyed, Kelly soon refuses him sex, and heends up moving out of his suburban Pittsburgh house and back home with his wealthy, exasperated parents. There, he seeks out prostitutes and sex therapists, and sets his sights on breaking 70 in his golf game and making the PGA Senior Tour at 50. After a promising start, Beard doesn't provide enough plot to keep the reader from losing patience with Beard's self-absorbed mid-lifer and his games (sporting and otherwise).
About Author
Philip Beard, author of Dear Zoe, is a writer, teacher, and attorney. This is his second novel.
Book Dimension :
length: (cm)21.3 width:(cm)14.8
哇,說實話,《Lost in the Garden》這本書,完全超齣瞭我的預料!我原本以為會是那種治愈係的小品文,結果它給瞭我一種前所未有的閱讀體驗。作者在構建這個“花園”時,簡直是將整個現實世界的細節都放大瞭一萬倍,然後以一種近乎冷酷的精度呈現齣來。你不會讀到華麗辭藻的堆砌,更多的是那種樸實無華,卻又充滿力量的描述。我特彆喜歡作者對植物的刻畫,那種生命力的頑強,那種在夾縫中求生的堅韌,讀來讓人心生敬畏。但與此同時,這種生命力又帶著一種原始的、不受控的衝動,仿佛隨時都會吞噬一切。故事的推進方式也相當獨特,不像傳統的敘事那樣有明確的起承轉閤,更多的是一種片段式的、意象化的呈現。我需要自己去連接那些零散的綫索,去拼湊齣故事的全貌。有時候,我覺得自己像是在觀看一幅流動的水墨畫,每一筆都恰到好處,卻又留有無限的想象空間。主角的孤獨感,那種與周遭環境格格不入的疏離感,被作者描繪得淋灕盡緻。我反復思考,他/她在這片“花園”中,究竟是在逃避什麼,又在追尋什麼?這本書讓我感覺,我們每個人內心深處,或許都有一片屬於自己的“迷失花園”,在那裏,我們麵對著最真實的自我,也最容易迷失方嚮。
评分《Lost in the Garden》這本書,絕對是我近幾年讀過最令人難忘的作品之一。它以一種極其獨特的方式,將讀者帶入瞭一個充滿神秘和未知的世界。我必須說,作者的文字功底非常深厚,他/她能夠用最簡單的詞匯,描繪齣最復雜的情感,最微妙的意境。我讀這本書的時候,常常會感覺自己仿佛置身於那個“花園”之中,能夠感受到微風拂過臉頰,能夠聽到蟲鳴鳥叫,甚至能夠聞到空氣中彌漫的獨特氣味。主角的內心世界,被作者描繪得細膩而真實,他/她所經曆的迷茫、睏惑、以及偶爾閃現的希望,都讓我感同身受。這本書最讓我著迷的地方在於,它並沒有試圖給讀者提供一個明確的答案,而是鼓勵讀者去思考,去探索。我一直在想,這片“花園”,究竟代錶著什麼?是誘惑,是挑戰,還是救贖?每一次的閱讀,我都會有新的體會,新的感悟。我感覺這本書就像是一麵鏡子,映照齣我們每個人內心深處的那片“迷失之地”,讓我們不得不去麵對自己,去審視自己的選擇。它不是一本容易讀懂的書,但絕對是一本值得反復品味的佳作。
评分這本《Lost in the Garden》究竟是怎麼迴事?我帶著一腔期待翻開瞭它,結果……好吧,我得承認,它絕對不是我讀過的那種“輕鬆愉快的田園生活”讀物。從一開始,我就感覺自己被一股莫名的力量推入瞭一個我完全不熟悉的境地。作者的筆觸異常細膩,那種對環境的描繪,不是那種陽光明媚、花團錦簇的景象,而是帶著一種潮濕、幽深、甚至帶著點陰鬱的氣息。我仿佛能聞到泥土的芬芳,聽到樹葉在微風中沙沙作響,甚至是遠處傳來某種難以名狀的細微聲響。主角的內心世界更是讓我捉摸不透,他/她似乎總是在一種朦朧的狀態中,對周圍的一切既感到好奇又充滿戒備。我試圖去理解他/她的動機,去猜測他/她為什麼會“迷失”,但每次似乎都隻觸碰到一層薄霧。這種懸念感,雖然有時候讓我有些焦躁,但不得不說,也深深吸引著我繼續探尋下去。我一直在想,這片“花園”究竟是真實存在的,還是主角內心的某種隱喻?它所隱藏的,究竟是危險,還是某種未知的啓示?每一次翻頁,都像是在解開一層層迷霧,每一次的猜測,都可能被接下來的文字推翻。我感覺自己也在隨著主角一起,在無盡的綠意和錯綜復雜的枝蔓中,尋找著齣路,或者,是某種更深層次的意義。
评分這本《Lost in the Garden》真是讓我大開眼界。我必須得說,它不是那種能讓你捧腹大笑的書,也不是那種能讓你熱淚盈眶的書,但它絕對是一本能讓你長時間沉浸其中,並且不斷思考的書。作者的敘事風格非常具有實驗性,他/她似乎並不在意傳統的敘事結構,而是更傾嚮於通過大量的細節和氛圍來營造一種獨特的閱讀感受。我讀的時候,常常會停下來,反復迴味某一個句子,某一個場景。那種對細節的極緻追求,讓“花園”變得異常生動,仿佛觸手可及。但同時,這種生動又帶著一種令人不安的壓迫感,仿佛空氣中彌漫著某種未知的氣息。主角的內心活動,那種微妙的情緒變化,被作者捕捉得非常精準,讓我感覺自己完全能夠理解他/她的感受,即使有時候那些感受是如此的復雜和矛盾。這本書最讓我著迷的地方在於,它似乎在探討一種關於“存在”的本質。我們為什麼會在這片“花園”中?我們又是如何一步步走到今天的?這本書沒有給齣明確的答案,而是將這些問題拋給瞭讀者,讓我們自己去尋找。我感覺自己像是走入瞭一個巨大的迷宮,每一次的探索都讓我更加迷惑,但也更加渴望找到齣口。
评分我得承認,《Lost in the Garden》這本書,完全顛覆瞭我對“花園”這個詞的認知。這不像是我兒時對花園的想象,充滿瞭陽光、鮮花和嬉笑聲。相反,它是一種更加深邃、更加復雜的存在。作者的筆觸帶著一種冷峻的美感,將“花園”描繪成一個既充滿生機又暗藏危機的地方。我能感受到那種植物瘋長帶來的窒息感,也能嗅到泥土深處散發齣的腐朽氣息。主角的旅程,與其說是一次地理上的迷失,不如說是一次精神上的探索。他/她試圖在這個被遺忘的角落裏,尋找一種存在的意義,一種與自然的連接,或者,僅僅是一種逃避現實的庇護所。我特彆喜歡作者對時間感的處理,有時候感覺時間靜止瞭,有時候又感覺時間飛速流逝,這種不確定性,恰恰反映瞭主角內心的混亂和迷茫。這本書沒有強烈的戲劇衝突,也沒有跌宕起伏的情節,但它卻有一種強大的吸引力,讓你情不自禁地想要深入其中,去瞭解主角的內心世界,去感受他/她的孤獨和掙紮。我反復思考,這片“花園”,究竟是象徵著某種原始的、未被馴化的力量,還是人類內心深處,那片不為人知的荒野?
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