<br >Preface<br >The plan of this book is to narrate the most significant events in<br >the history of Ethyl Corporation and to describe those individu-<br >als who were central in its development. The emphasis is on<br >people. Although the purpose is to tell of decisive circumstances,<br >the following narrative makes no claim to being a complete his-<br >tory. To retain a manageable length, the author was forced to be<br >highly selective in presenting both facts and people. It has been<br >especially painful to abbreviate biographical facts extracted in in-<br >terviews with many personable characters who contributed to<br >corporate success. And the author does not expect all readers to<br >agree with hi~ choice of material to be included.<br > Furthermo~, the author is well aware of that entrapment which<br >may be entitl~ "the accident of evidence," for surely any histo-<br >rian in using what is at hand--as indeed he must--is tempted<br >to identify the available as the important. And this equation is<br >not always true. Thus<br >acknowledges that he<br >in reporting what he<br >leaves many heroes<br >has found, the author<br >unsung because they<br >have been recorded only fractionally or not at all.<br > This has been a cooperative venture; so numerous have been<br >the people assisting that the book might well be defined as a joint<br >enterprise. Choice bits of the narrative are drawn from the rec-<br >ollections of persons associated with Albemarle Paper Manufac-<br >turing Gompany and with Ethyl Corporation years ago. After<br >checking memories against records of the times, the author has<br >developed a new respect for the validity of mankind s ability to<br >recall past events. As noted in the essay on sources, which fol-<br >lows the text, large segments of the narrative may be classified as<br >"oral history." There were over 12 5 taped interviews that recorded<br >the recollections of approximately 9~ people, and there were nu-<br >merous brief conversations and inquiries resulting in many doz-<br >ens of memorandums. The narrative has especially benefited from<br >the reminiscences of the late F. D. Gottwald as given in 27 taped<br >interviews and a number of brief question-and-answer sessions.<br ><br >
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從文學技巧的角度來看,這本書堪稱典範。它的句式變化多端,時而如行雲流水般舒展自如,時而又像快刀斬亂麻一樣簡潔有力,展現瞭作者爐火純青的文字駕馭能力。我尤其注意到瞭作者對環境聲音的描繪,那種細微的聲響,比如遠處的汽笛聲、近處的風吹過樹葉的沙沙聲,都被精準地捕捉並融入敘事,極大地增強瞭場景的真實感和代入感。這本書的節奏感把握得尤其巧妙,在幾段冗長而充滿內心獨白的章節之後,總是會突然插入一段極其簡短、信息量爆炸的行動描寫,這種張弛有度的處理,讓讀者的神經始終處於一種被調適的狀態。坦白說,這本書的閱讀門檻不低,但一旦你適應瞭作者的語調和世界觀,你會發現自己被帶入瞭一個前所未有的敘事維度。它不迎閤大眾,但絕對能贏得真正熱愛文學的讀者的尊重與推崇。
评分這本書的閱讀體驗是極其復雜且多層次的。它不像很多流行的暢銷書那樣追求快速的閱讀滿足感,反而更像是一塊需要耐心雕琢的璞玉。在某些段落,語言的密度高得驚人,充滿瞭各種隱喻和雙關,我需要時不時地停下來,查閱一些背景資料纔能完全領會作者的深意。但這正是它的魅力所在,它拒絕被輕易消費,要求讀者投入心力去“破解”。我尤其欣賞作者在處理時間綫上那種非綫性的手法,過去、現在、未來交織在一起,製造齣一種宿命般的悲劇感。書中引入的哲學思辨也引人深思,它沒有給齣明確的答案,而是拋齣瞭一係列尖銳的問題,促使讀者自己去尋找立足點。對於那些追求深度閱讀體驗的讀者來說,這本書絕對是一次酣暢淋灕的精神洗禮,盡管過程可能會有些“燒腦”,但最終的迴報是無可估量的。
评分我很少能找到一本能讓我完全沉浸其中,忘記瞭時間流逝的書籍。這本書做到瞭。它的結構設計得像一個精密的機械裝置,每一個角色、每一個事件、甚至每一句看似不經意的對話,都與最終的結局有著絲絲縷縷的聯係。我特彆欣賞作者在處理衝突時所展現齣的成熟度,沒有簡單的善惡二元對立,更多的是灰色地帶的掙紮與妥協,這使得整個故事充滿瞭現實的重量感。讀到高潮部分時,我的心跳速度明顯加快,我甚至緊張到不敢呼吸,生怕錯過任何一個微小的提示。而且,作者在描寫人物的肢體語言和潛意識活動時,非常具有畫麵感,簡直像是在看一齣舞颱劇的特寫鏡頭。這本書不僅僅是娛樂,它更像是一種邀請,邀請我們進入一個邏輯自洽但又充滿荒謬感的平行世界,體驗一種極緻的情感衝擊。
评分說實話,一開始我對這本書的期望並不高,畢竟市麵上類似的題材太多瞭,總感覺會落入俗套。然而,讀瞭前三章後,我完全被它的敘事風格給吸引住瞭。作者用瞭一種非常冷靜、近乎冷酷的筆調來描繪那些宏大的場景,但字裏行間又透著一股壓抑不住的情感張力。特彆是關於空間幾何學的那些章節,雖然涉及瞭一些比較晦澀的理論,但作者巧妙地將其融入到情節推進中,使得那些復雜的概念不再枯燥,反而成瞭推動劇情的關鍵齒輪。我最喜歡的是作者對環境氛圍的營造,那種潮濕、幽閉又帶著一絲腐朽氣息的感覺,仿佛能透過紙麵撲麵而來,讓人屏息凝神。我不得不佩服作者的知識儲備,能夠在這樣廣闊的背景下,還能保證每一個細節都經得起推敲,這絕非一朝一夕之功。這書的後勁很足,閤上書本後,我一個人在房間裏坐瞭很久,腦海裏還在不斷地迴放那些震撼的畫麵。
评分這本書的構思簡直是天馬行空,我花瞭整整一個周末纔把這本厚厚的精裝書啃完,實在愛不釋手。作者對於敘事節奏的把控達到瞭爐火純青的地步,每一個章節的結尾都設置瞭恰到好處的懸念,讓人忍不住立刻翻到下一頁。我尤其欣賞作者在人物刻畫上的細膩,主角的內心掙紮和成長軌跡描繪得淋灕盡緻,你甚至能感受到他呼吸的急促和心跳的加速。這本書不僅僅是一個故事,更像是一次對人性的深刻剖析,探討瞭在極端環境下,個體所能爆發齣的潛能與局限。我記得其中有一段關於記憶碎片重組的描寫,那種迷離又清晰的質感,讀起來簡直像是在看一部高清晰度的心理紀錄片,讓我對“真實”這個概念産生瞭全新的思考。裝幀設計也十分考究,那種略帶磨砂質感的封麵,拿在手裏就有一種沉甸甸的儀式感,完全配得上其內容的厚重。總而言之,這是一部值得反復品讀的佳作,每次重讀都會有新的感悟。
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