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

看完书之后就想，它如何能高居《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜5年之久？虽然中西方人的阅读习惯和审美标准会有差异，但是差异其实远没有大家想想的那么大。而真正优秀的文学作品不管是放在任何地域和环境中都是同样精彩的。 如果说这本书最吸引人眼球的地方，就是“沙凡纳”这个在...  

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 ...  

在哈尔滨和沈阳的病床上看完了《午夜善恶花园》，一本有趣的书，光怪陆离，妙趣横生，作者的叙事方式很巧妙，很流畅，翻译的也不错，难得这么厚的外国小说让我看得有滋有味的。 推荐之。  

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在哈尔滨和沈阳的病床上看完了《午夜善恶花园》，一本有趣的书，光怪陆离，妙趣横生，作者的叙事方式很巧妙，很流畅，翻译的也不错，难得这么厚的外国小说让我看得有滋有味的。 推荐之。  

用户评价

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.

没有想到西方国家也有这么多街坊邻里之间的八卦可以深挖的。去过Savannah以后再回来读，就很容易想象一个个人物走过一个个广场一条条街道的样子，原来那些美丽的建筑里还有这么多的故事。

去过萨瓦纳之后老板推荐给我 开头和结尾并没有很美妙 中间还是满引人入胜的 一口气在飞机上读了60%+ 貌似第一次看non fiction novel 现实总比小说狗血 这句话用在这再合适不过了

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!