This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present.
It belongs to Mad Pete, the grizzled artist. To ancient Peggy, gossiping at her gate. To families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here.
But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to them all.
Max Porter’s first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers’ Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. It has been sold in twenty-nine territories. Complicité and Wayward’s production of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers directed by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy opened in Dublin in March 2018. Max lives in Bath with his family.
Is Lanny a bird? He is a leaf. Max Porter really blew me away. Grief was alright but Lanny literally snapped. Whimsical, subversive, sardonic, apathetic, poetical, and so on. A verse-novel: A fiction and a poem, and somewhere in-between. I'm stunned by Port...
评分Is Lanny a bird? He is a leaf. Max Porter really blew me away. Grief was alright but Lanny literally snapped. Whimsical, subversive, sardonic, apathetic, poetical, and so on. A verse-novel: A fiction and a poem, and somewhere in-between. I'm stunned by Port...
评分Is Lanny a bird? He is a leaf. Max Porter really blew me away. Grief was alright but Lanny literally snapped. Whimsical, subversive, sardonic, apathetic, poetical, and so on. A verse-novel: A fiction and a poem, and somewhere in-between. I'm stunned by Port...
评分Is Lanny a bird? He is a leaf. Max Porter really blew me away. Grief was alright but Lanny literally snapped. Whimsical, subversive, sardonic, apathetic, poetical, and so on. A verse-novel: A fiction and a poem, and somewhere in-between. I'm stunned by Port...
评分Is Lanny a bird? He is a leaf. Max Porter really blew me away. Grief was alright but Lanny literally snapped. Whimsical, subversive, sardonic, apathetic, poetical, and so on. A verse-novel: A fiction and a poem, and somewhere in-between. I'm stunned by Port...
读这本书的过程,与其说是阅读,不如说是一场持续不断的思维拉锯战。作者构建的世界观极其庞大且复杂,充满了各种晦涩难懂的符号和只有在特定文化背景下才能理解的典故,这使得每一次翻页都像是在攀登一座知识的高峰。我发现自己不得不频繁地停下来,去查阅那些陌生的术语和历史背景,这无疑打断了阅读的流畅性,但同时也带来了巨大的智力上的满足感。这种强迫读者深度参与解析文本结构的方式,对于习惯于轻松叙事的读者来说,可能会显得有些门槛过高。但正因如此,当某个隐藏的线索终于被我捕捉到,那个“原来如此”的瞬间,那种智力上的愉悦感是无与伦比的。这本书考验的不是耐心,而是你对深入挖掘事物本质的渴望程度。它像一块未经打磨的璞玉,需要读者投入时间去细细琢磨,才能看到它真正的光芒。
评分如果要用一个词来形容阅读此书的体验,那一定是“浸泡感”。作者的语言风格自成一派,它既有古典文学的凝练与韵味,又融合了现代口语的灵动与犀利,形成了一种既熟悉又陌生的独特语感。阅读时,我感觉自己不是在看文字,而是被拖拽进了一个由语言构建的、具有强大引力的漩涡中。场景的描绘尤其出色,无论是对宏大历史遗迹的磅礴描摹,还是对日常琐碎场景的微观捕捉,都充满了画面感和感官细节——空气中的湿度、微风拂过皮肤的触感、远方传来的低语,一切都栩栩如生。这种近乎沉浸式的体验,让我在阅读过程中几乎忘记了周围的环境,完全沉浸在作者精心编织的文字幻境里,感觉像经历了一场漫长而又意义深远的梦境。
评分书中人物的塑造,简直是教科书级别的复杂与矛盾的结合体。我很少见到能将一个角色的“光”与“影”刻画得如此立体和真实的作者。他们不是简单的善恶标签,而是充满了人性的灰色地带,每一个决定都仿佛是痛苦权衡后的产物。我尤其欣赏作者如何处理那些边缘人物,他们即使只出现寥寥数语,其动机和背景也清晰可见,仿佛他们也拥有着自己波澜壮阔的独立人生。最让我印象深刻的是主角在面对关键抉择时的那种犹豫和挣扎,那不是戏剧化的表演,而是源于内心深处对自我价值体系的拷问。正是这种真实到近乎残酷的刻画,使得读者在阅读过程中,不由自主地将自己的经历和道德困境投射进去,从而产生了强烈的代入感和共情,读完后,久久不能忘怀他们身影。
评分这本书的封面设计简直是一场视觉盛宴,色彩的运用大胆而富有层次感,那种深邃的蓝色调与封面上那抹突兀的亮橙色形成了强烈的对比,让人一眼就陷进去。我甚至花了好几分钟研究了封面上那模糊不清的剪影,它似乎暗示着某种隐藏的秘密或者未知的旅程,让人充满了探索的欲望。内页的排版也处理得非常精巧,字体的选择既保持了典雅,又兼顾了阅读的舒适度,特别是那些用斜体标注的内心独白部分,几乎像是作者在耳边轻语,节奏把握得恰到好处。拿到手的时候,那种纸张特有的微涩和油墨的清香,让我立刻感受到它不是一本可以随意翻阅的快餐读物,而是需要静下心来,用指尖去感受文字重量的载体。虽然我还没完全读完,但仅凭这精美的外壳和触感,我已经对作者的匠心独白深表敬佩了。它不仅仅是一本书,更像是一件值得收藏的艺术品,摆在书架上,本身就是一种无声的宣言。
评分叙事节奏的把控,是这本书最让我感到出乎意料的地方。它像极了一部精心编排的交响乐,时而如慢板般深沉悠远,角色的情绪铺陈细腻到让人几乎能感受到他们的呼吸;时而又突然转入急板,几场关键性的冲突场面,笔触如同闪电般迅疾凌厉,信息量和情感冲击力在短短几页内爆发出来。这种张弛有度的叙事方式,有效地避免了长篇作品中常见的疲态。更妙的是,作者似乎深谙如何运用“留白”的艺术,很多重要的转折点并没有给出详尽的解释,而是将其悬置在半空中,留给了读者自行想象和填补空白。这种不把话说死的处理手法,极大地拓展了文本的解读空间,每一次重读,可能都会带来全新的感悟,因为它激活了读者自身的主观能动性,让读者真正成为了故事共创的一部分,而不是一个被动的接收者。
评分Whimsical, subversive, sardonic, apathetic, poetical, and so on.
评分太多的隐喻在优美的语句中找不到答案...刚从Feb vacation mood on缓过来..应接不暇太多事了
评分作者把Lanny描述成一个奇怪独特且超棒的小男孩,感觉是作者父爱的迸发哈哈哈,说Poter也是一个年轻粑粑?Lanny麻麻喜欢Lanny的奇怪,但是也很沉浸于写自己的惊悚小说,Lanny的粑粑完全不懂Lanny,就工作,Lanny平时和民间艺术家Pete沟通多于和父母。不剧透了,感觉是父母照顾孩子不周的忏悔。还有Toothwort这样一个神神鬼鬼的角色洞察一切,来自超越人类的神灵的审视~~~教父母重新做人。文风绮丽诗意,有一些奇怪的细节也不知道自己理解对了没,以上仅代表个人关键,接受反驳,欢迎探讨
评分brilliant
评分Which do you think is more patient, an idea or a hope?
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