Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

出版者:Vintage

作者:John Berendt

页数:400

出版时间:1999-6

价格:USD 14.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780679751526

具体描述

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981.Was it murder or self-defense?For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares.John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction.Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case.

It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight.These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic.

读后感

If Winesburg Ohio married In Cold Blood , they would probably produce a child like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil , who bears some resemblance to both parents ,yet definitely has its own distinctive features and worth. If the weirdoes in Winesburg ...  

这本书我毫不费力的看完了，但是确实对于本书畅销程度不是很理解，个人认为严格的说，这本小说一定程度反应了作者的人生态度和语言环境。读起来其实没有感觉到更深的悬疑逻辑，其实是对沙凡纳这座城市所体现的生活氛围的一种诠释，在描述中自然得让读者领略到生活中的不羁与人...  

尽管在《午夜善恶花园》一书前言的开头部分作者约翰·伯兰特就提醒读者“这本书的确是一部非虚构作品，所有的人物和他们的故事都是真实的”，读者难免还是会将这段表白视作狡猾作者的一种文字游戏，并不当真，仍然抱着读小说的心态读下去。但是，这本书越往后读越让人生出拿起...  

这本书我毫不费力的看完了，但是确实对于本书畅销程度不是很理解，个人认为严格的说，这本小说一定程度反应了作者的人生态度和语言环境。读起来其实没有感觉到更深的悬疑逻辑，其实是对沙凡纳这座城市所体现的生活氛围的一种诠释，在描述中自然得让读者领略到生活中的不羁与人...  

尽管在《午夜善恶花园》一书前言的开头部分作者约翰·伯兰特就提醒读者“这本书的确是一部非虚构作品，所有的人物和他们的故事都是真实的”，读者难免还是会将这段表白视作狡猾作者的一种文字游戏，并不当真，仍然抱着读小说的心态读下去。但是，这本书越往后读越让人生出拿起...  

用户评价

exotic, funny and enchanting

02/28/2017 P 倒不能说多有意思，可是对于萨凡纳小城的描写确实对旅行大有裨益。

开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!

Witty and wicked, elegant and enchanting. John Berendt's words have such a magic that makes you want to visit this wild, beautiful, dangerous, and parochial city.

02/28/2017 P 倒不能说多有意思，可是对于萨凡纳小城的描写确实对旅行大有裨益。