Meloy’s first return to short stories since her critically acclaimed debut, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It is an extraordinary new work from one of the most promising writers of the last decade.
Eleven unforgettable new stories demonstrate the emotional power and the clean, assured style that have earned Meloy praise from critics and devotion from readers. Propelled by a terrific instinct for storytelling, and concerned with the convolutions of modern love and the importance of place, this collection is about the battlefields—and fields of victory—that exist in seemingly harmless spaces, in kitchens and living rooms and cars. Set mostly in the American West, the stories feature small-town lawyers, ranchers, doctors, parents, and children, and explore the moral quandaries of love, family, and friendship. A ranch hand falls for a recent law school graduate who appears unexpectedly— and reluctantly—in his remote Montana town. A young father opens his door to find his dead grandmother standing on the front step. Two women weigh love and betrayal during an early snow. Throughout the book, Meloy examines the tensions between having and wanting, as her characters try to keep hold of opposing forces in their lives: innocence and experience, risk and stability, fidelity and desire.
Knowing, sly, and bittersweet, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It confirms Maile Meloy’s singular literary talent. Her lean, controlled prose, full of insight and unexpected poignancy, is the perfect complement to her powerfully moving storytelling.
With the succinct stories that have become her signature, Maile Meloy has graced literary publications from The New Yorker to The Paris Review and Best New American Voices. Her first published story collection, Half in Love, promises to bring Meloy's acclaimed vignettes to an even wider audience.
书名叫两全其美,但其实真正的生活里,哪有两全其美的机会呢,更常见的应该是两手皆空、鸡飞蛋打吧。 贝丝特维斯:单相思。一场从开始几乎注定是失败的爱恋,哪有两全其美,只有求之不得的刻骨铭心。 青涩的成熟:情窦初开。说实话第二个故事有点困惑,感觉是个诱奸幼女?爸爸...
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评分其实说起来我本人看这本书的时间还是蛮早的,因为高中时与一个文青范儿的朋友 了和他保持共同的话题,所以读了大量这样的文学作品,而我当时读的第一本就是这本书,也算是开启了一个新世界的大门 ,非常精彩 ,非常好, 很多人的阅读水平适合读这些的文字情节,欣赏水平特别达...
评分其实说起来我本人看这本书的时间还是蛮早的,因为高中时与一个文青范儿的朋友 了和他保持共同的话题,所以读了大量这样的文学作品,而我当时读的第一本就是这本书,也算是开启了一个新世界的大门 ,非常精彩 ,非常好, 很多人的阅读水平适合读这些的文字情节,欣赏水平特别达...
读完整本,我不禁开始怀疑对开篇的喜欢是不是因为经过了影像的熏陶?显然电影对<Travis, B.>的改编拿捏得非常棒,无论是整体悄无声息的风格,空旷平凡中涌动的情绪,故事的简单与内心的波澜反差,以及女主衣着、吃饭模样的细节刻画,都做到了影像与文本同样出色(也许正是文本的简练给了影像发挥的空间),当然了把男孩子换成女孩子更是电影的神来之笔。不过越往后读惊喜越少,第二和第三篇还算挺喜欢,再后面出轨主题重复的有点多,有几篇场景集中在室内对话显得短而狭窄。感觉下来确实她的书还是比较适合影像化的。
评分第一篇很棒,后面跟弟弟滑雪那篇也很amusing
评分I just cannot bring myself to give a shit about the characters... no connection whatsoever... 好像能感受到作者想走的文风方向,但最后结果文笔过于平淡。听的有声书,narrator们非常好,算是个亮点
评分读完整本,我不禁开始怀疑对开篇的喜欢是不是因为经过了影像的熏陶?显然电影对<Travis, B.>的改编拿捏得非常棒,无论是整体悄无声息的风格,空旷平凡中涌动的情绪,故事的简单与内心的波澜反差,以及女主衣着、吃饭模样的细节刻画,都做到了影像与文本同样出色(也许正是文本的简练给了影像发挥的空间),当然了把男孩子换成女孩子更是电影的神来之笔。不过越往后读惊喜越少,第二和第三篇还算挺喜欢,再后面出轨主题重复的有点多,有几篇场景集中在室内对话显得短而狭窄。感觉下来确实她的书还是比较适合影像化的。
评分很久不见这样精巧讲述American Life的短篇小说集,特别喜欢开篇的几个故事,有些卡森麦卡勒斯的影子,在营造孤独感之外不忘时时戳破人性的软弱和生活的虚妄。中间几篇有点审美疲劳,最后两个故事还算不错。
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