Simon Van Booy is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories, including The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He is the editor of three philosophy books and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
On the verge of giving up--anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives--Van Booy's characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibility for lives they thought had continued on without them.
此书收录了五个短篇(我觉得算是中篇吧),最核心最核心的主题是相关的,所以选文这方面做得不错。 五篇都提到童年和爱,主人公都是怀有些童年悲伤或阴影,成年后生活有点失衡或孤独,但在某一个时候,遇上某些人,有某种新的开始。这些人们,其实都是长大了的孩子,外表是成...
评分6年前一眼喜欢上了Alain de Botton的文字,今年又遇上了Simon Van Booy。这些英国人的东西,可以的话,尽量读原文,中文翻译虽然对于小说的框架布局没有影响,但文字方面难以保持原汁原味。 "If you are not here, then why are you everywhere?" 这样一句应该就是这位Simon先...
评分我不认为这是一本关于爱情的书。这本书的书名更多是一种被动的赋予意义,而不是主动的行为。 哭着把这本书看完,书里有太多的言语道出了这么多年以来一直藏在我内心无法说出的话。原来孤独的人其实并不孤独。
评分严杰夫 正是这种“虚实结合”的手法,令西蒙笔下的故事融合了西方短篇小说的两个重要传统,并饱含了作品想要表达的情绪。无论结局圆满还是遗憾,“爱”始终是这些故事想要表达的主题。在西蒙的这些故事里,我们读不到意味深长的寓意,也感觉不到荡气回肠的主题,...
评分游泳和溺水。
评分游泳和溺水。
评分在异国的冬天读这本书再适合不过了,记下了好几句特别美的话。但是,为什么,我总觉得作者的文笔和郭敬明类似呢……
评分The dead live somewhere else, wearing the clothes we remember them in.
评分这个故事太适合在新年第一天洒满阳光的午后里读了。
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