Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981.Was it murder or self-defense?For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares.John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction.Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case.
It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight.These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic.
小说由于它的的虚构性,其中每一个出场人物必须被人为安排一个准确而合适的支点。每一个人物,无论大小主次,一定与作品中的整个大环境有某种内在逻辑关系。要说得通,否则不予存在。要紧凑,消除节外生枝的可能。 而伯兰特的人物不需要这些理由,他们存在因为确实存在。...
评分在这样一个偏远小镇上,竟然有这么丰富多彩的人物,他们个个性格各异,并且个个都非常有特殊,每个人都在自己的领地里展示这自己的丰富生活,我很喜欢这些人,虽然他们都存在这很大的缺点,但是他们却过着多彩的,是我们这些过着平凡日子的人所羡慕的,他们真是由于他们...
评分尽管在《午夜善恶花园》一书前言的开头部分作者约翰·伯兰特就提醒读者“这本书的确是一部非虚构作品,所有的人物和他们的故事都是真实的”,读者难免还是会将这段表白视作狡猾作者的一种文字游戏,并不当真,仍然抱着读小说的心态读下去。但是,这本书越往后读越让人生出拿起...
评分If Winesburg Ohio married In Cold Blood , they would probably produce a child like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil , who bears some resemblance to both parents ,yet definitely has its own distinctive features and worth. If the weirdoes in Winesburg ...
评分尽管在《午夜善恶花园》一书前言的开头部分作者约翰·伯兰特就提醒读者“这本书的确是一部非虚构作品,所有的人物和他们的故事都是真实的”,读者难免还是会将这段表白视作狡猾作者的一种文字游戏,并不当真,仍然抱着读小说的心态读下去。但是,这本书越往后读越让人生出拿起...
02/28/2017 P 倒不能说多有意思,可是对于萨凡纳小城的描写确实对旅行大有裨益。
评分没有想到西方国家也有这么多街坊邻里之间的八卦可以深挖的。去过Savannah以后再回来读,就很容易想象一个个人物走过一个个广场一条条街道的样子,原来那些美丽的建筑里还有这么多的故事。
评分Who is the protagonist? -Savannah, the whole town, which stays detached like always
评分The ordinary became extraordinary. Eccentrics thrived. Every nuance and quirk of personality achieved greater brilliance in that lush enclosure than would have been possible anywhere else in the world.
评分开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
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