Mystic River

丹尼斯·勒翰,美国当代著名作家。1966年出生于多彻斯特。曾获得美国安东尼最佳创作奖、贝瑞小说奖、马萨诸塞最佳小说奖等多项大奖。2001年完成的《神秘河》，被认为是他最具代表作的佳作。小说以纵横千里的笔力、层出不穷的悬念、目不暇接的紧张情节，将一出凶杀案的纵深脉络淋漓尽致地展现出来。作品刚一出版，文学界好评如潮，《出版家周刊》评价本书“已经站在神秘小说的最高峰”，本书也立即登上各大畅销书榜前列。2003年，小说由美国著名导演克林特·伊斯特伍德改编成同名电影，一举获得2004年奥斯卡金像奖六项提名、两项大奖。

出版者:HarperTorch

作者:Dennis Lehane

页数:496

出版时间:2002-4

价格:USD 7.99

装帧:Mass Market Paperback

isbn号码:9780380731855

图书标签:英文原版书DennisLeHane美国小说英文推理thrillerfiction

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When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay-demons that urge him to do horrific things. When Jimmy's daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into serious conflict with Jimmy. And then there is Dave, who came home covered in someone else's blood the night Jimmy's daughter died. While Sean attempts to use the law to return peace and order to the neighborhood, Jimmy finds his need for vengeance pushing him ever closer to a moral abyss from which he won't be able to return. A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love, loyalty, faith, and family.

读后感

看了《追风筝的人》才回头来评《神秘河》，这两部片子借助类似的题材来表达了不同的主题。哈桑谅解并且一直忠于阿米尔老爷，连死都是因为维护阿米尔的家被塔利班枪杀，在童年的阴影下，哈桑依然成为一个“好人”，让人觉得不真实：真的有这样的人，经受伤害还依然纯洁？神秘河...  

纪录片天生杀手的结尾总是会问is he a born killer？每当这时弹幕就会开始吵架，说着我们不需要知道凶手的故事，只想看他被判了多少年。然而实际上，研究凶手的童年对了解凶手的动机是有帮助的，那些杀人不眨眼的连环杀人凶手，几乎每一个都遭遇过不同程度的暴力与性侵犯，不少...  

用户评价

很久前看的，依稀记得整个氛围就是阴冷的调调

开始写三个人物小的时候 还很吸引人. 之后就三个人物轮换着写,转来换去...我真的不喜欢这种讲故事的方式,我喜欢从一个人的角度阐述下去 像<挪威森林>那样. 另外一个原因这类小说我看多了,而这本的语言就这么不登大雅之堂,像黑人使用的英语.

here. so gloom, so unnecessary, so true.

1.10-14| love the depiction of a blue collar neighborhood but god is it cheesy at times eg execution of Dave read two of his books could be prejudice but it felt like he always had hollywood on his mind when he wrote surprisingly also a writer for the wire

爸爸被需要喂饱的可爱女儿变成好人 在女儿被杀后逐渐回到从前 用自己的方法报仇 所谓的正义无非以暴制暴的面具 三个朋友的性格强弱从小时候的劫持案就能看出 强者欺负弱者 施加暴力于弱者 自然合理－ 人在扮演不同角色时无论道德上还是心里都不能一概而论 错杀无辜之前 心以冰冷