From Publishers Weekly Canin's outstanding debut, winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, gathers nine stories originally published in the Atlantic, Esquire and Ploughshares, among others; two were selected for the Best American Short Stories 1985 and 1986. At 27, the gifted author, a Harvard Medical School student who was a creative writing instructor and an Iowa Review editor, informs a technical expertise with a keen sense of the dynamics of the human psyche. His far-reaching vision encompasses "The Year of Getting to Know Us," where the protagonist recognizes in himself aspects of his father's disturbing uncommunicativeness, and "American Beauty," where a teenager cannot escape his bitter older brother's grim prescription of life's inevitabilities: "You're going to turn into a son of a bitch, just like me." Several of the marvelous tales showcase love's singular, redemptive powers: an elderly couple revives their comatose relationship in "We Are Nighttime Travelers"; a daughter bribes a guard to release her mother who is caught shoplifting in "Pitch Memory"; and a straight-arrow husband lies for his wife in "Where We Are Now." With a fine attention to detail, Canin continually surprises readers as he casts the mundane in new light (for example, the young narrator of "Star Food" unloads bags of potato chips in their aluminum racks "as if I were putting children to sleep in their beds"). Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal This collection is the deserving winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship. The nine stories show their young author to be a worthy successor to such distinguished past winners as Philip Roth, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Penn Warren. Writing primarily in the first person, Canin speaks convincingly in a variety of fictional voices: a deprived Iowa teenager, a 69-year-old astronomy teacher, a troubled husband in southern California, a young woman harried by her mother's disappointments. Canin's ordinary Americans are memorable individuals caught in situations leading to sudden, still moments of comprehension. This is an engrossing achievement, recommended for all fiction collections.Starr E. Smith, Georgetown Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews
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从文学性的角度来看,这部作品的意境营造达到了极高的水准。作者非常擅长运用象征和隐喻,比如反复出现的某种特定的自然景象,或者一个标志性的符号,都在不断地暗示着故事更深层的含义和角色的命运走向。阅读的过程,就像是在解构一幅层层叠叠的艺术挂毯,每一次驻足细看,都能发现新的纹路和色彩。我尤其欣赏那些充满诗意的段落,它们偶尔出现,如同在紧张的叙事中注入的一股清流,让读者得以喘息,同时又被那种磅礴的文学美感所震撼。这本书不仅提供了情节上的满足,更在精神层面带来了一场洗礼,是那种读完后,需要留出时间整理思绪,静静回味的佳作。
评分这部作品的叙事节奏把握得如同精密的钟表,时而舒缓细腻地描绘人物的内心世界,时而又急转直下,爆发出一连串令人目不暇接的动作场面。我常常在夜深人静时捧读,沉浸在那些宏大的战争场面描写中,想象着铁蹄踏碎大地、旌旗猎猎作响的景象。作者对于战争美学的理解似乎有着独到的见解,他描写的战斗不仅仅是力量的碰撞,更是智慧与意志的较量。更让我印象深刻的是,即便是在最惨烈的冲突中,作者也从未忘记对个体命运的关注,那些小人物的悲欢离合,往往比帝王将相的故事更能触动人心。读完后,合上书本,那种久久不能平息的震撼感,让人回味无穷,甚至会开始思考现实世界中关于秩序与混乱的本质。
评分坦白说,初读时我有些担心这会是一部晦涩难懂的史诗巨著,但很快我就发现我的顾虑是多余的。作者的文字功底极深,但绝不故作高深,他成功地将复杂的世界观和庞大的历史背景,用一种极其流畅和易于接受的方式讲述了出来。特别是书中对某些古代技艺和神秘学说的探讨,描绘得活灵活现,充满了令人信服的逻辑支撑,让人忍不住想去查阅一番现实中的相关资料。这种将虚构与现实巧妙编织在一起的能力,是很多奇幻作品难以企及的高度。而且,书中的对话设计尤其精彩,充满了机锋和暗示,很多关键信息往往隐藏在看似平淡的寒暄之中,需要读者仔细揣摩,每一次领悟都带来一种“原来如此”的豁然开朗。
评分这本书的开篇就如同一股清冽的山泉,一下子将你带入了一个光怪陆离的奇幻世界。作者的笔触细腻而富有张力,将一个古老帝国的兴衰史诗般地铺陈开来。我尤其欣赏他对于权谋斗争的刻画,那种暗流涌动、步步为营的紧张感,让人肾上腺素飙升。主角的成长线处理得非常自然,从一个懵懂无知的少年,逐步蜕变为能够独当一面的领袖,其中的挣扎、抉择与牺牲,都让人感同身受。书中对于不同文化和种族间的冲突与融合的描写,也展现了作者深刻的洞察力,绝非简单的善恶对立,而是充满了灰色地带的复杂人性。每一次翻页,都像是在揭开一个更深层的谜团,那种被情节牵引着不断前行的感觉,实在是太棒了。
评分这本书最让我着迷的地方,在于它对“权力腐蚀人心”这一主题的深度挖掘。它没有简单地将统治者塑造成暴君或圣人,而是展示了权力如何像一种慢性毒药,潜移默化地改变一个人的信念和行为模式。那些曾经充满理想主义的角色,在面对现实的残酷和维持统治的压力时,不得不做出违背初衷的妥协,这种内在的撕裂感描写得极其真实和痛苦。我仿佛能透过文字,感受到他们内心深处的挣扎与自我辩护。这种对人性阴暗面的坦诚揭露,使得整部作品的厚重感大大提升,它不再仅仅是一个冒险故事,更像是一部关于政治哲学的寓言,发人深省,让人在惊叹于故事精彩之余,更对人性多了一层敬畏。
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