保罗•哈丁,美国作家、音乐家。他少年时代经常“在丛林中游荡”,对大自然有着深切的爱和体悟。后参与创建“Cold Water Flat”乐队,担任鼓手,曾在美国和欧洲巡回演出。他从小酷爱阅读。当读到卡洛斯•富恩特斯的《我们的土地》时,他突然感到“这才是我要做的事”,从此萌发文学创作之念。他的首部小说《修补匠》原本默默无闻,却凭借其厚积薄发的文学内涵获得2010年普利策小说奖。
Harding's outstanding debut unfurls the history and final thoughts of a dying grandfather surrounded by his family in his New England home. George Washington Crosby repairs clocks for a living and on his deathbed revisits his turbulent childhood as the oldest son of an epileptic smalltime traveling salesman. The descriptions of the father's epilepsy and the cold halo of chemical electricity that encircled him immediately before he was struck by a full seizure are stunning, and the household's sadness permeates the narrative as George returns to more melancholy scenes. The real star is Harding's language, which dazzles whether he's describing the workings of clocks, sensory images of nature, the many engaging side characters who populate the book, or even a short passage on how to build a bird nest. This is an especially gorgeous example of novelistic craftsmanship. (Jan.)
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"When it came time to die, we knew and went to deep yards where we lay down and our bones turned to brass. We were picked over. We were used to fix broken clocks, music boxes; our pelvises were fitted onto pinions, our spines soldered into vast works. Our r...
评分人之将死,思想很复杂怪诞,一些看似毫无关联的东西一起涌上心头。想家庭,思亲人。三代人的生活。老实说如果看电子版我早早的就会放弃这本书。看着挺累的,难理解,可能要等静下来的时候再读。亦或是普利策小说奖也不过如此,还是外国的文化不能理解。有待再次阅读后的感悟。
评分No matter what you experience in your life, no matter whether you encounter your love, no matter your life is short or long, what on earth can you find? Especially when you see your last day is taking you away? La vie est rien. La vie est rien.
评分"When it came time to die, we knew and went to deep yards where we lay down and our bones turned to brass. We were picked over. We were used to fix broken clocks, music boxes; our pelvises were fitted onto pinions, our spines soldeed into vast works. Our ri...
评分摘自《文汇读书周报》 作者:成 蓉 《修补匠》是美国作家保罗•哈丁的首部小说,原本默默无闻,甚至在出版过程中一波三折,但它却成为普利策小说奖数十年来的最大黑马。与靠情节推动的小说不同,《修补匠》的一大特色就是对事物和景致异常细致绵密的描述。哈丁认为:...
其实说不上有多喜欢,但这样静下心来,慢慢读这样细细碎碎的文字,品味着淡淡忧伤的感情,遇见那些隐秘而伟大的人,窥视他们脑中发散流动的思维,这应该就是阅读的意义,也是生命的意义,也是这本书的意义。
评分The language is very beautiful and engaging
评分没读完 没兴趣了 不知道讲的啥
评分怎么中译本的评分那样低!难道是翻译得不好。
评分薄薄的一本却用时两个星期才读完。故事本身并不出挑,跳跃式地讲述了三代人的父子关系,情节更谈不上出挑。关键在于作者的叙事风格太有特点了,语言风格极为poetic,充斥了大量对场景、意象的描写。也许因为自己是在嘈杂的地铁上断断续续读的(而tinker很显然是需要耐心的作品),很多段落,尤其是大段大段如同梦呓般的描写让我有点不耐烦,甚至有些厌恶。但不可否认有些地方非常优美,特别是父亲Howard的部分格外动人,或许是因为他的想法自己感同身受吧
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