From Publishers Weekly There are so many passages of fluent, graceful writing and sensitive insights in this second novel by the author of Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street , that some readers may be willing to forgive its vastly overwritten length. Th e story of a young man's coming-of-agestet hyphens per Websters as he suffers through a love triangle is both exasperating--self-indulgent, cliched and sentimental--and satisfying; Payne is a natural raconteur with a pitch-perfect ear and a flair for evocative description. Thirteen years ago, when all the principals were 18, Adam Jenrette, called A., and Jane McCrae were horrified when A.'s best friend and Jane's former lover, Cary Kinlaw, committed suicide after learning that the two had betrayed him. Though A. went on to New York to achieve fame as an artist (painting has played such a small part in his life as revealed in flashback, we don't believe in his career for a minute), inner demons relating to his mother's death, his father's humiliation, and his guilt about Cary, cause a near breakdown. He returns home to Killdeer, N.C., where he again encounters Jane and continues his downward slide, helped by large quantities of cocaine. When he isn't writing endless paragraphs of adolescent conversation full of raunchy language, related in "and I said, and he said" style, Payne creates memorable characters and puts some interesting spins on his story. Not as capable as Frank Conroy, to whom he will be compared, Payne may someday give him a run for the money. Literary Guild main selection; major ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Successful 32-year-old New York artist Adam returns to his North Carolina home to confront first-love Jane and relive their eighteenth summer, when Adam and Cary were still best friends and Jane was Cary's girl. By the end of that summer, Jane and Adam had fallen in love, causing guilt that was only fueled by Cary's suicide three years later. In examining their feelings for Cary and for each other now, both finally grow up, arriving at a mature love that keeps them in the dance of life that Cary left early. Although well written, especially in the last chapters, this second novel (Payne's first was Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street , LJ 11/1/84) is overlong. It's also hard to care enough about Jane and Adam, initially so self-centered, to struggle through all their angst-filled flashbacks, despite the satisfying end. Purchase where demand exists.- M.J. Simmons, Duluth P.L., Minn.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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对于这本书的艺术性,我必须给予最高的评价,尤其是其对于环境氛围的营造,简直达到了教科书级别的水准。它不仅仅是故事发生的背景,它本身就是一个有生命的、会呼吸的角色。无论是阴森潮湿的下城区,还是那些高耸入云、象征着权力的上层建筑,都被作者赋予了鲜明的个性。通过对光线、气味和声音的细致描摹,我仿佛能听到墙壁的吱呀声,感受到角色衣衫上沾染的湿冷。这种环境的压迫感,直接塑造了人物的行为模式和心理轨迹。更妙的是,作者巧妙地运用了象征手法,例如反复出现的“破碎的镜子”意象,它不仅仅是一个道具,更是对角色自我认知分裂和世界观崩塌的精准隐喻。这本书的阅读体验是全身心的投入,它要求读者调动所有的感官去体验,而不是仅仅用眼睛去扫过文字。它不像那种情节驱动的小说,它更偏向于体验驱动,让你沉浸其中,直到最后一页,才被猛地拉回现实,带着满身的疲惫和对那个世界的留恋。
评分这本书的结构设计简直是一场高明的建筑学展示。它不是线性的讲述,而是采用了多重视角和时间碎片化的手法进行叙事,起初读起来确实有些挑战性,你需要耐心去拼凑那些看似无关紧要的片段,才能构建出全貌。但我坚持了下来,并为自己的毅力感到庆幸。因为当所有线索最终汇聚,真相如同冰山浮出水面时,那种豁然开朗的震撼感是无与伦比的。作者高明之处在于,他似乎故意在关键信息上设置了迷雾,让你以为自己走到了尽头,却发现那只是故事的第一个平台。我特别喜欢其中穿插的一些历史手稿和日记片段,它们不仅丰富了背景设定,更以一种极具说服力的方式,解释了为何某些人物会做出看似不合常理的举动。这使得故事的厚度和复杂性大大提升,避免了传统叙事中“好人就是好人,坏人就是坏人”的扁平化处理。阅读完毕后,我感觉自己不仅读了一个故事,更像是参与了一次细致入微的考古发掘工作。
评分说实话,我抱着一种半信半疑的态度开始翻阅《EARILY FROM THE DANCE》的,毕竟书名本身就带着一种古典的、略显疏离的文艺腔调。然而,一旦进入故事核心,那种强烈的代入感就将我牢牢锁住。作者的语言功底扎实得惊人,他没有使用过多华丽辞藻堆砌,而是通过精准、凝练的词汇,勾勒出事件的纹理和人物的情绪。特别值得一提的是他对“失去”这一主题的诠释,它不是突兀的悲剧爆发,而是一种缓慢渗透、如同慢性毒药般腐蚀着角色内心的过程。书中几处关键的对话场景,逻辑缜密,暗流涌动,每一次看似平淡的交锋背后,都隐藏着多重博弈和未说出口的真相。我甚至需要时不时停下来,去揣摩某句台词的双重含义,或者回溯前文,确认那个被轻轻带过的细节是否就是解开后续谜团的钥匙。这本书要求读者保持高度的专注力,但回报你的,将是远超预期的智力上的满足感。它不像那种一目了然的爽文,更像是一场需要全神贯注才能破解的精密棋局。
评分这本小说《EARILY FROM THE DANCE》的叙事手法简直让人拍案叫绝,作者构建了一个宏大而又细腻的世界观。开篇的场景描写就极具画面感,仿佛我真的身临其境,能闻到空气中弥漫的尘土和远方传来的模糊乐声。人物塑造更是立体丰满,尤其是主人公从最初的迷茫挣扎到最终的自我救赎,其内心的波澜壮阔被刻画得入木三分。我尤其欣赏作者对于时间和空间的处理,那种时而快速推进、时而又在某个关键节点上缓慢拉长的叙事节奏,成功地营造出一种宿命般的压迫感和时不我待的紧迫感。书中对于社会阶层固化和个体抗争的探讨,虽然是植根于那个架空的世界,却能引发读者对现实社会中类似困境的深刻反思。它不只是一部简单的冒险故事,更像是一面镜子,映照出人性深处的幽暗与微光。读完之后,脑海中久久不能散去的是那些充满象征意义的意象,比如那永不停止的圆舞曲,以及主角脚下那条似乎没有尽头的石板路。这种回味无穷的阅读体验,是很多畅销书难以企及的深度。
评分读完《EARILY FROM THE DANCE》,我感受到的是一股扑面而来的、无法抗拒的命运的悲凉感。这本书的基调是沉郁的,即便是在描写光明或希望的场景时,也总能捕捉到一丝不易察觉的阴影。作者似乎对人性的弱点有着近乎病态的洞察力,他笔下的角色,无论多么强大或无辜,都逃不过自身的局限性。这种处理方式让故事变得无比真实,因为生活本身就充满了不完美和遗憾。我尤其对其中对于“选择的代价”的探讨印象深刻。每一步前行,都意味着对某种美好的告别,这种两难的抉择贯穿始终,让我在阅读过程中常常陷入沉思:如果是我,我会怎么做?这本书的文字风格是那种沉静而有力的类型,不追求花哨的修饰,却能在平铺直叙中蕴含巨大的情感张力。它更像是一首慢板的交响乐,节奏缓慢,但每一个音符都击打在心弦最柔软的地方,久久回荡,让人久久不能释怀。
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