From Publishers Weekly Every time it snows, Jonathan Corbin sees people and scenes that haven't existed for 100 years. Is he being haunted or has he lost his mind? Sturdevant, the psychiatrist his girlfriend Gwen brings in, has another explanation: Jonathan is in the grip of "genetic memory," in which ancestral recollections, like physical characteristics, are genetically inherited. With Gwen and Sturdevant's encouragement, an engrossing saga unfolds, conceiving love, greed, and murder in 1880s New York, and featuring Teddy Roosevelt, Jay Gould and J. P. Morgan, among othersall from the perspective of Tilden Beckworth, by whom Jonathan seems possessed. Meanwhile, in the 1980s, Ella and Tilden Beckworth II are out to kill Jonathan as they have all others with knowledge of their family's dark secrets. But Lesko, the ex-cop they've hired for the job, is smarter, tougher and more ethical than they'd expected. Maxim (Abel/Baker/Charley) works up to an ingenious climax, with the vivid cast of characters, past and present, face to face at last. Combining the elements of a good old-fashioned ghost story and a suspenseful thriller, this is an immensely readable yarn. Illustrations. January 24Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Jonathan Corbin is a man possessed when it snows in New York. But possessed by what? Cars become horse-drawn carriages, and modern buildings recede into those of an earlier age. He pursues a woman who flees into the storm inappropriately dressed against the cold. Who is she? Why is she running from him? Jonathan's memories come in bits and pieces, as he moves backwards in time to become his ancestor, Tilden, while striving to retain his own identity. His greatest fear is that he will get stuck in the past. In the meantime, someone is out to kill him. Maxim slowly reveals Tilden's secrets through Jonathan's struggles and occasional glimpses into the motives of the other characters. While the book is a bit too long, it holds the reader's interest. Andrea Lee Shuey, Dallas P.L.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书成功地构建了一个既熟悉又疏离的世界。这种感觉非常奇特,你明明读到的是关于现代都市生活的某些侧写,但不知为何,一切都笼罩着一层挥之不去的超现实主义色彩。人物之间的互动,往往充满了试探和误解,他们似乎永远在同一个空间里,却生活在各自不同的时间维度中。我感觉自己像一个偷窥者,窥视着这些生活在边缘的人物,他们的每一次挣扎都显得那么真实而又徒劳。这种疏离感并非作者故作高深,而是精准地捕捉到了现代人内心深处对连接的渴望与实际行动之间的巨大鸿沟。它并非一本关于“行动”的书,而是一本关于“停滞”的深刻探讨。读完后,你不会想去改变世界,你只会更深刻地理解世界为何如此难以改变。
评分令人惊叹的是,尽管情节铺陈缓慢,但其中蕴含的哲学思辨的深度却极其惊人。作者似乎并不热衷于提供清晰的答案,反而热衷于提出更深刻的问题。那些关于记忆、身份认同以及现实本质的探讨,如同潜流般推动着故事发展,即使在最日常的场景中,也能察觉到那股暗流的涌动。我特别喜欢那些看似不经意的对话,它们往往在不经意间揭示出人物深层的矛盾和痛苦。举个例子,某段关于老旧照片的描述,仅仅几句话,却将“逝去”这个概念阐释得淋漓尽致,让我不得不停下来,反思自己对往事的记录和遗忘。这本书要求读者主动参与构建意义,它不会牵着你的手走,而是将散落的碎片交给你,让你自己去拼凑出一个虽不完整但极具个人色彩的理解。这种挑战性,恰恰是它最吸引人的地方。
评分这本小说,说实话,刚翻开的时候我差点就放下了。那种开篇的沉闷和迷茫感,几乎要将人吸进去,让人喘不过气来。主角的行为逻辑跳跃得厉害,经常让人摸不着头脑,仿佛他自己也陷在某种无法自拔的泥沼里,每走一步都带着巨大的惯性。你得有极大的耐心去适应这种叙事节奏,它不是那种快餐式的阅读体验,更像是一场漫长的、在浓雾中摸索的旅程。我尤其欣赏作者在描绘环境时的那种细腻入微,那种被时间遗忘的角落,无论是物理上的破败,还是人物内心世界的荒芜,都被刻画得入木三分。空气中似乎都弥漫着霉味和旧书页的味道。读到中间部分,我开始产生了一种强烈的代入感,那种被困住、找不到出口的无力感,让人不自觉地为角色的未来感到担忧。这不是一本读完后能让你感到轻松愉快的书,它更像是一面镜子,映照出我们都可能拥有的那些阴暗、难以启齿的片刻。
评分我向来不太喜欢那些过于强调“氛围营造”的作品,因为很多时候,氛围成了掩盖内容空洞的遮羞布。然而,在这部作品中,氛围与内容是完全融为一体的,互为表里。那种挥之不去的忧郁感,不是单纯的环境渲染,而是故事核心驱动力的一部分。读到最后,我才恍然大悟,原来那些看似离题的细节描写,那些看似重复的场景,都是为了最终达成那种“时间错位”的终极体验。它像一个精密的钟表,每一个齿轮都咬合得恰到好处,即便你只关注其中一个零件,也能感受到整个机制的运转。对于那些追求阅读深度、不畏惧面对人性复杂性的读者来说,这无疑是一次值得投入的智力与情感的远征。我推荐给那些喜欢在阅读中进行自我审视的同好们。
评分从文学技巧的角度来看,这本书的语言运用达到了炉火纯青的地步。与其说是在阅读一个故事,不如说是在体验一种文字的浸润。作者对句式的掌控非常自由,时而使用那种古典而冗长的复合句,充满了古典的韵味和节奏感,时而又突然切换到短促、破碎的表达,模仿人物意识流的混乱状态。这种风格上的强烈对比,极大地增强了文本的表现力。我发现自己经常需要放慢速度,不是因为不理解情节,而是因为那些句子本身就值得反复咀嚼。尤其是那些关于感官体验的描写,比如光线穿过百叶窗投下的斑驳光影,那种冷峻而又诗意的画面感,简直让人拍案叫绝。它证明了即使是讲述一个看似悲观的故事,也可以通过语言的魔力,将其提升到艺术的高度。
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