From Publishers Weekly As an anthropology graduate student, Odzer was in Thailand in 1988-90 studying its prostitution industry, centered in the Patpong district of Bangkok. Because of the culture's particularly repressive views of women's rights and female sexuality, according to the author, prostitution thrives, attracting many foreign male tourists. Studies estimate that between 15 and 30% of Thai women work in the sex industry, and Odzer's goal was to assess the impact of such a career on their lives. She discovered that, while prostitution is in many respects demeaning, its practitioners are nevertheless more "liberated" and more self-assertive than more traditional Thai women. The book is shorter on analysis than on narrative accounts of Odzer's interaction with various Patpong women and men, which, while lacking the academic rigor she initially promises, are engrossing. At times tales of her own romantic adventures all but subsume discussion of her research project. Illustrations. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Odzer went to Bangkok to study prostitution for her anthropology dissertation, but she comes across as anything but academic in this highly personal, anecdotal account of her experiences in Patpong, the city's thriving red-light district. Indeed, her findings confound expectations. The bar girls Odzer managed to befriend were adept in turning sexual transactions into affairs of the heart, making Western men feel responsible for them and, eventually, their families. Compared to the village life they left, these enterprising women were living the good life, earning much more money than they possibly could at more respectable occupations. When Odzer accompanied her friends and subjects on their visits home, they were treated like dignitaries, admired for their pretty clothes, freedom, and sophistication. Odzer even managed to win the confidence of some Western men willing to explain their infatuations with these pragmatic, even ruthless Thai women, but her own messy affair with a Thai man provided her with the most revealing insights into the conundrums of Patpong life. Candid, intrepid, and perceptive, Odzer humanizes a realm outsiders are all to quick to judge and dismiss, a realm shadowed, now, by a looming AIDS epidemic. Donna Seaman See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书的阅读体验是极其私密的,仿佛作者是在深夜里,只为你一个人低声诉说着一个禁忌的秘密。它的语言风格非常独特,充满了浓郁的地域色彩和独特的俚语,一开始阅读时略感吃力,需要适应那种独特的节奏和用词习惯,但一旦你进入状态,那种沉浸感是无与伦比的。它不仅仅记录了发生的事情,更重要的是,它捕捉了那些“感觉”——那种湿热天气带来的粘腻感,那种长期压抑后的爆发时的错愕感。我特别欣赏作者对社会阶层差异的描绘,那种微妙的距离感,那种不经意间流露出的优越感或卑微感,都处理得极其到位,没有一句说教,全凭细节说话。这本书的后劲非常大,不像有些畅销书读完就扔了,它会在你脑子里发酵很久。我常常在通勤的地铁上,突然想起书中的某一个对话,然后会心一笑,或者皱起眉头,因为它触及了某些我试图回避的社会议题。如果你追求的是一种深入骨髓的、带有强烈人文关怀的作品,那么这本书不容错过。
评分说真的,我得承认,一开始我是被它那极具辨识度的封面吸引的,但真正翻开后,我发现我低估了这本书的内在力量。它更像是一部心理惊悚片,但它的“惊悚”不在于突如其来的尖叫,而在于那种缓慢渗透、无孔不入的、对人性的深层剖析。作者对角色内心阴影的挖掘,简直是毫不留情。我感觉自己就像一个被迫站在聚光灯下的观察者,看着这些人物一步步走向他们自己的宿命,那种无力感,非常真实。而且,这本书的配乐感极强,虽然是文字,但我完全能“听”到场景中的音效——无论是高亢的争执,还是午夜时分窗外微弱的虫鸣。这本书在结构上玩了很多花样,不断地打破第四面墙,或者使用多重叙事视角,让读者始终处于一种“未被告知真相”的状态,直到最后一刻,所有的线索才猛然收紧。这不仅仅是一个故事,它更像是一场精心设计的思维游戏,非常适合那些喜欢解谜和挑战传统叙事模式的读者。读完后,你会怀疑自己之前对“真实”的理解。
评分这本书的文字功底,说实话,让我这个老读者都感到有些汗颜。它有一种罕见的、近乎古典的韵味,但又巧妙地融入了现代语感的敏锐和犀利。我很少读到有作者能将如此宏大的历史背景与个体命运的微观叙事结合得如此天衣无缝。叙事者似乎拥有着一种近乎全知全能的视角,但又克制地将其隐藏在恰到好处的留白之中,留给读者去揣摩、去填补那些未言明的张力。其中关于权力与腐蚀的探讨,简直是教科书级别的范例,它没有直接喊出“这是个寓言”,而是通过一系列精心设计的场景和对话,让读者自己得出令人不寒而栗的结论。我特别喜欢作者对“时间”的处理方式,时间的流逝在这里不是线性的,而是像一张错综复杂的网,过去、现在、未来在某些关键的节点上相互折叠、碰撞。读完最后一章后,我花了整整一个下午,只是盯着墙壁发呆,试图梳理脑海中那些如碎片般闪回的画面和对话。这本书的价值,在于它提供了一种深度,一种需要你全心投入才能解锁的层次结构。
评分天呐,我刚刚读完的那本书,简直像一剂强心针,直接把我从日常的琐碎中拽了出来,扔进了一个我从未想象过的世界。这本书的叙事力量实在太惊人了,作者构建的世界观宏大而又细腻,每一个角落都充满了生命力。我尤其欣赏作者在处理人物复杂性上的手法,那些主角们,他们不是简单的“好人”或“坏蛋”,他们的动机、他们的挣扎,都像我们身边活生生的人一样,充满了灰色地带。有时候,读到某个转折点,我甚至会忍不住停下来,深深地吸一口气,消化一下那种强烈的冲击感。而且,这本书的节奏把握得炉火纯青,时而如疾风骤雨,让你喘不过气,时而又回归到一种近乎冥想的沉静,让那些深刻的哲思得以沉淀。那些环境的描绘,更是精彩绝伦,我能清晰地“看到”雨水打湿的鹅卵石街道,闻到空气中弥漫的某种特定的香料味。这本书的魅力在于它提供了一种逃离,但这种逃离并非廉价的娱乐,而是一次深刻的、近乎洗礼的精神旅程。我推荐给所有渴望真正被故事抓住,并且愿意花时间去品味文字之美的读者。它绝不是那种可以随便翻翻就放下的作品。
评分我必须得说,这本书在处理“边缘群体”的主题上,展现出了极大的同理心和勇气。它没有将这些人物脸谱化,而是赋予了他们复杂、矛盾且充满尊严的内心世界。作者对于细节的痴迷程度令人叹服,无论是对某种特定手工艺的精细描述,还是对某种古老仪式的还原,都显示出作者做了海量的功课,使得整个虚构的世界拥有了令人信服的真实感。这本书的魅力在于它的“真实感”,它让你感觉自己不是在阅读一个编造的故事,而是无意中闯入了一个真实发生过的、被精心隐藏起来的生活片段。它对女性友谊和牺牲的描绘尤其动人,那种超越血缘的联结,在逆境中爆发出惊人的力量,看得我好几次眼眶湿润。这本书的缺点可能是某些段落的铺陈略显冗长,但这种“慢”恰恰是为了烘托后续的爆发,是一种精心设计的蓄力。总而言之,这是一部需要耐心对待,但回报丰厚的作品,它会教会你用一种全新的、更具穿透力的目光去看待生活中的边缘与光芒。
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