具体描述
A Nix can take many forms. In Norwegian folklore, it is a spirit who sometimes appears as a white horse that steals children away. In Nathan Hill’s remarkable first novel, a Nix is anything you love that one day disappears, taking with it a piece of your heart.
It’s 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson—college professor, stalled writer—has a Nix of his own: his mother, Faye. He hasn’t seen her in decades, not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now she’s re-appeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the nightly news, beguiles the internet, and inflames a politically divided country. The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: she’s facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuel’s help.
To save her, Samuel will have to embark on his own journey, uncovering long-buried secrets about the woman he thought he knew, secrets that stretch across generations and have their origin all the way back in Norway, home of the mysterious Nix. As he does so, Samuel will confront not only Faye’s losses but also his own lost love, and will relearn everything he thought he knew about his mother, and himself.
From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, The Nix explores—with sharp humor and a fierce tenderness—the resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change.
作者简介
NATHAN HILL's short fiction has appeared in many literary journals, including The Iowa Review, AGNI, The Gettysburg Review, and Fiction, which awarded him its annual Fiction Prize. A native Iowan, he lives with his wife in Naples, Florida.
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刚刚开始看，作者描写的很贴合实际。比如萨缪尔父母因生活琐碎的对吵，萨缪尔对暗恋的心理活动和表现，都很传神。还有一段描写美国高速公路出口处的汽车加塞，都很活灵活现。 是一本了解美国当今社会生活的书，通过阅读，你可以了解到如今美国社会的一些玩法。比如让公司破产后...
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All changes, real changes, will make you afraid at first.
评分许多表面虚假的自我背后，并没有隐藏着一个真实的自我。事实上，遮蔽一个真实自我的是许多同样真实的自我。
评分"About eighty percent of what you believe about yourself when you’re twenty turns out to be wrong. The problem is you don’t know what your small true part is until much later.”
评分断断续续分了好几次读完。 前半段好琐碎好漫长。后面突然就超级精彩！
评分好讽刺好犀利好真实！前几章关于政客、媒体和privileged millennials直接在公车上笑出了声。很多书评都说是David Foster Wallace式犀利并meta的文风。后面越看越神：2011、80年代、60年代、40年代相互交错；9个角色的POV叙述，这其中包括一本以第二人称叙述的choose your own adventure book，让我们理解和同情每个人的经历。就是这结尾太烂尾了啊！好像没时间草草收场，或者是要达到choose your own adventure book那种“条条线索均汇合”的统一。而且结尾咋都开始说教了呢。
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