Edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston
The fourth volume of the immensely successful The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery covers the years from 1929 to 1935, a tumultuous period in the writer's life. By 1929, Montgomery was 54 years old and known world-wide as the author of Anne of Green Gables and many other books, yet this was also a time of numerous setbacks. The stock market crash, a drop in royalties from her many books, the need to provide her two sons with a university education, her husband's modest church salary in arrears, and the fact that many loans she made to friends and family were not repaid, placed Montgomery in the position where she had to type her own manyscripts for the first time since 1910. She also had to face personal crises as her sons' university results were extremely disappointing, her husband suffered a total nervous breakdown, she had concerns over her own mental state, there was further controversy in her husband's parish -- Norval Presbyterian Church -- and Montgomery became the unwilling object of a young woman's declaration of passionate love. Yet this was not a period of joy as well--the volume opens with joyful travels to Prince Edward Island and western Canada and ends with her looking forward with great excitement to a new life in Toronto.
Reviews :
"The journals, with their vivid account of both daily routines and more significant life events, are written with all the passion, wit and insight into human nature that have made Montgomery's 'books for young people' immortal to her readers." --Toronto Sun
"Montgomery's interweaving of joy and grief makes her a felt presence on the page....Very few books in recent years have given me the depth of pleasure I've found in these first four volumes of Lucy Maud Montgomery's journals." --Carol Shields in The Globe and Mail
"These journals are so enlightening, so fill of wisdom, humor, philosophy and tragedy that they are worth a winter's reading and reflection."--Ottawa Citizen
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我必须承认,这本手记系列,尤其是这一册,为我提供了一种全新的、更具深度的文学体验。它不再是成品小说那种经过精心打磨的叙事,而是原材料本身,未经稀释的情感和思想的原始形态。这种“生”的感觉,恰恰是它的魅力所在。我特别留意了她对不同生活阶段的适应与反思,那种随着年龄增长而带来的心境变化,清晰可见。她如何处理名声带来的压力,如何平衡家庭责任与艺术追求,这些都是当代许多创作者仍在面对的困境。读着她的笔迹,我仿佛能触摸到那个时代知识女性在追求独立精神世界时所付出的心力。日记的排版和注释也做得非常到位,为理解当时的社会背景提供了必要的支持,让阅读的体验更加顺畅和充实,避免了因为时代背景知识的缺乏而产生的理解障碍。
评分阅读这本日记,我体验到了一种近乎沉浸式的历史重构。它不仅仅是文学家的个人记录,更是一扇通往一个特定历史时期的透明窗口。通过她的视角,我们得以窥见那个时代知识女性在社会规范与个人抱负之间所经历的微妙拉扯。那种对自我价值的不断探寻和对创作灵感的执着追逐,即使放在今天来看,也具有极强的共鸣性。我尤其喜欢她对写作过程的描述,那些关于如何捕捉一个瞬间的灵感、如何与角色“共处”的段落,对于任何一个有志于文字工作的人来说,都是无价的教科书。那种对遣词造句的反复推敲,对节奏感的追求,都体现出一位大师级的匠人精神。她对于周遭环境的敏锐捕捉,将那些寻常的景色,如一丛野花、一排老树,通过她的文字赋予了生命和意义,使得阅读过程充满了视觉上的享受和精神上的滋养。这套日记系列,无疑是理解她创作哲学的关键钥匙。
评分坦白说,一开始我带着一种审视的心态去阅读,毕竟我们对她最熟悉的,是那些光彩照人的小说人物。然而,日记所呈现的,是一个更加复杂、更有层次的“真实”的她。那些关于自我怀疑的片段,关于外界评价的敏感,甚至是那些不那么“完美”的情绪波动,都让这位传奇作家显得如此的平易近人。这种反差感,非但没有削弱我对她的崇敬,反而加深了我的理解和共情。文字的流动性极佳,读起来一点也不觉得枯燥,仿佛是她在耳边轻声诉说着自己的思绪。我发现自己常常会停下来,回味某一句措辞,感叹于她那种既尖锐又温柔的观察力。她对生活的细节有着近乎偏执的记录欲,这些看似无关紧要的记录,却构成了她创作源泉的汪洋大海。这是一部充满人性的、毫不设防的文本,值得反复品味。
评分翻开这本厚厚的日记,仿佛瞬间被拉回了那个充满田园气息的爱德华时代。蒙哥马利笔下的世界总是带着一种独特的魔力,它不是那种轰轰烈烈的大事件,而是渗透在日常琐碎中的细腻情感和对生活不加掩饰的观察。我尤其欣赏她那种近乎坦诚的自我剖析,无论是对创作的挣扎,对人际关系的微妙处理,还是那些偶尔流露出的对外界的疏离感,都让人感到无比真实。读她的文字,就像是偷窥了一位才华横溢的邻家朋友的内心独白,那些关于自然光影、季节更迭的描绘,充满了感官的享受。你会跟着她的文字,在晴朗的日子里感受阳光的温暖,在暴风雨来临时体验那份压抑的宁静。这本书,与其说是在记录“她”的生活,不如说是在构建一个完整的、有血有肉的精神世界,一个让我们暂时逃离喧嚣,回归内心宁静的避风港。那些对笔下人物的刻画,即使只是几笔勾勒,也栩栩如生,让人不禁联想到我们生活中遇到的那些鲜活的面孔。
评分这本书带来的最大的惊喜,在于它揭示了蒙哥马利作为个体所拥有的丰富而强烈的内在生命力。她的情感世界是如此广阔,既能体验到极度的喜悦,也能坦然面对深刻的失落。她对美学的追求渗透在每一个日常的瞬间,无论是对一朵花的赞美,还是一次与朋友的谈话,都充满了仪式感。我尤其欣赏她那种不被主流审美完全束缚的独立思考能力,她对艺术形式的探索和对个人情感表达的坚持,是那个时代背景下难能可贵的。这本书就像是一坛陈年的佳酿,初尝时可能略显平淡,但随着品味的深入,其醇厚的层次感和悠长的回味便会逐渐展现出来。它不仅仅是文字的堆砌,更是对生命本身深度和广度的真诚致敬,让人读完后久久不能平静,会促使人重新审视自己与世界的关系。
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