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The famous opening line of the novel warns of the bleak narrative to follow, "Neither of the Grimes sisters would have a happy life, and looking back it always seemed that the trouble began with their parents’ divorce." Emily and Sarah Grimes are sisters who share little in terms of character but much in terms of disappointment with their lives. Emily, the more intellectual and cosmopolitan of the two, seeks love in numerous disappointing affairs and short-term relationships while Sarah, the prettier and more conventional sister, marries young and bears children to an uncouth and abusive husband. Their troubled, rootless mother, Pookie, like many Yatesian matriarchs, is likely modeled on his own mother, who was nicknamed "Dookie". The novel, beginning in the 1930s when the sisters are children and ending in the 1970s with Sarah's death, primarily revolves around Emily as the book's central character, though the book employs Yates' characteristic and seamless shifts of consciousness throughout.
Richard Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was a chronicler of mid-20th century mainstream American life, often cited as artistically residing somewhere between J.D. Salinger and John Cheever. He is regarded as the foremost novelist of the post-WWII Age of Anxiety.
Loneliness,misery,unhappiness,suffering. Life is always full of things like that. 看完喘不过气来,这也是why Yates「难读」,因为他写的并不是能搞死人的绝望,而是永恒不变的失落/失望/失败,,
评分作者像是个温柔而冷静的旁观者,流水般的笔触写出迫人的忧伤。沉稳的笔调下是平静而又残酷的痛和孤独。当Peter说“if we have another girl we might name her after you”时,Emily哭,我也哭,因为我知道她和她姐姐一样,等于是死了。
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评分一口气读完,看完除了难受和绝望之外想不出其他的词了。故事从始至终都没有所谓的巨大灾难,两个姐妹的人生就这么不动声色地滑到了日常的悲剧里。真心感觉到每个女性的人生都是一部厚厚的苦难史。
评分因为整个故事太难过,其实只是有点善良的Peter也就是天使了,正好不太久之前看过诺顿演一个小神父(keeping the faith),也就一直把Peter想象成诺顿,真 的 好 多 了。难过到看不下去的,可以试试这个办法:)
理查德·耶茨的姓乍一听像是“Yes”,然而看了他的书,你会发现,他一直在说“No”,对现实进行戏仿、对生活进行善意的嘲讽,像《革命之路》中,明明是怀揣梦想,却一次次被扼杀于现实的冷酷,直至像被猎杀的小鹿再无动弹之力。这种对人生曾雄心勃勃、豪情万丈直至灯尽油枯、一...
评分 评分 评分《复活节游行》我读了两遍。第一遍是一口气读完的,因为急于想知道爱米莉的命运。第二遍过后才发现,她并没有什么命运可言。这个词对她来说太大了,对大多数的女人也是。求学工作,结婚生子,应付小小的波折和琐事,还没来得及想明白,已经进入了五十岁。人说四十不惑,但全书...
评分理查德耶茨和雷蒙德卡佛后遗症 转自:http://halftune.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!C2B03DBFF2D75F4A!4586.entry 文:小南瓜 这几天没有耐心看电影,反倒是花上更多时间读书能让我平静些。于是待业期的最后几天,完全是在理查德·耶茨的小说中度过的。上个月读卡佛的情景差不多...
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