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发表于2025-02-17
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
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.
開始讀!據說讀完會愛上Savannah!
評分沒有想到西方國傢也有這麼多街坊鄰裏之間的八卦可以深挖的。去過Savannah以後再迴來讀,就很容易想象一個個人物走過一個個廣場一條條街道的樣子,原來那些美麗的建築裏還有這麼多的故事。
評分逼格極高的pure gossip。有人可能認為這本書的成功源於Savannah這地方太特殊,又碰巧遇到一班超有料的cast,謀殺案就更是錦上添花。我倒覺得不管在哪個城市哪個小鎮,隻要挖的夠深,都能掘齣個jim williams、danny hansford、chablis。
評分沒有想到西方國傢也有這麼多街坊鄰裏之間的八卦可以深挖的。去過Savannah以後再迴來讀,就很容易想象一個個人物走過一個個廣場一條條街道的樣子,原來那些美麗的建築裏還有這麼多的故事。
評分十五年前看過改編電影完全沒任何印象,前幾天去旅行纔意識到這書是寫薩瓦納的,因為完全被城市迷住所以迴來立即找來讀,驚為天人,感覺被作者帶著又走瞭一遍全城所有的house tour, history tour, ghost tour,字裏行間都能體會到小城的氣息,這種奇怪獨特又迷人的氣質勾得我也想一次次再迴去,或者默默住上半年。如何寫一座城市,這書真是極緻瞭。電影根本改不齣來的。
在哈尔滨和沈阳的病床上看完了《午夜善恶花园》,一本有趣的书,光怪陆离,妙趣横生,作者的叙事方式很巧妙,很流畅,翻译的也不错,难得这么厚的外国小说让我看得有滋有味的。 推荐之。
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評分【读品】罗豫/文 虽然在现代小说中,真理与谎言、现实与虚幻这些老对头披着彼此的衣服跑来跑去早已不是什么新鲜事,但这本《午夜善恶花园》还是让人吃了一大惊。如果不看前言和介绍,恐怕读到最后一页也弄不清楚,这究竟是一本小说,还是一部关于美国南部小城沙凡纳的纪实报道...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025