Marisha Pessl graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University.
This mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction
Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a darkly hilarious coming-of-age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive voice of its heroine, Blue van Meer. After a childhood moving from one academic outpost to another with her father (a man prone to aphorisms and meteoric affairs), Blue is clever, deadpan, and possessed of a vast lexicon of literary, political, philosophical, and scientific knowledge—and is quite the cineaste to boot. In her final year of high school at the elite (and unusual) St. Gallway School in Stockton, North Carolina, Blue falls in with a charismatic group of friends and their captivating teacher, Hannah Schneider. But when the drowning of one of Hannah's friends and the shocking death of Hannah herself lead to a confluence of mysteries, Blue is left to make sense of it all with only her gimlet-eyed instincts and cultural references to guide—or misguide—her.
Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class and containing ironic visual aids (drawn by the author), Pessl's debut novel is complex yet compelling, erudite yet accessible. It combines the suspense of Hitchcock, the self-parody of Dave Eggers, and the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt with a dazzling intelligence and wit entirely Pessl's own.
阅读这本书的过程就如同它的情节一般曲折。 首先是老婆大人从图书馆的书架上始终被我无视的角落里抽出了这本书递到我面前 —— “看名字像是你会喜欢的书。”看名字的确如此。虽然封面上那句“让我想起我逝去的叛逆少女时代”让我疑虑丛生,我还是把它带回了家。 接着,开始...
评分阅读这本书的过程就如同它的情节一般曲折。 首先是老婆大人从图书馆的书架上始终被我无视的角落里抽出了这本书递到我面前 —— “看名字像是你会喜欢的书。”看名字的确如此。虽然封面上那句“让我想起我逝去的叛逆少女时代”让我疑虑丛生,我还是把它带回了家。 接着,开始...
评分自己检查了一遍觉得自己没有关键情节剧透或者说……剧透的部分不算关键情节。 嗯,看自己这个评论的标题,我有一种我应该打一星的错觉。 但是事实上我很爱这本书,一口气看完了整本,完全地赞同封面那句话——“让人想起自己逝去的叛逆少女时代。” 先来说说广泛的批评意见吧...
评分完全同意某同志说的后1/3是精华,只有那部分我才终于打起了精神。 部分同意某同志说的目录是精华,大部分书我都只闻其名,从没读过,囧。 不同意某同志说的模仿者一说,该作者想模仿的估计也是意识流那一派的。 智商高的人大概能把事情记得更清楚,内心感受写得更确切,于是乎...
评分完全同意某同志说的后1/3是精华,只有那部分我才终于打起了精神。 部分同意某同志说的目录是精华,大部分书我都只闻其名,从没读过,囧。 不同意某同志说的模仿者一说,该作者想模仿的估计也是意识流那一派的。 智商高的人大概能把事情记得更清楚,内心感受写得更确切,于是乎...
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