The Shell Collector

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出版者:SCRIBNER

作者:Anthony Doerr

页数:219

出版时间:2001-12-25

价格:GBP 23.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780743212748

图书标签:文学自然短篇小说集小说安东尼·多尔英文待购英文原版美国

HThe natural world exerts a powerful, brooding presence in this first collection; it's almost as much a main character as any of the individuals the 26-year-old Doerr records. Nature, in these eight stories, is mysterious and deadly, a wonder of design and of nearly overwhelming power. This delicate balance is evidenced by the title story, about a blind man who spends his days collecting rare and beautiful shell specimens. Self-exiled to the coast of Kenya, he discovers that a certain poisonous snail has the power both to kill and to effect a rapid recovery from malaria. This discovery brings him much attention but little joy, disturbing the carefully ordered universe that he has constructed to manage both his blindness and his temperament. A naturalist's perspective also informs the other stories. In "The Hunter's Wife," Doerr catalogues winter in Montana as "a thousand ladybugs hibernating in an orange ball in a riverbank hollow; a pair of dormant frogs buried in frozen mud." But Doerr can play it funny, too: in "July Fourth," a group of American fishermen endure a hilarious litany of woes in a fishing contest across Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Their troubles include much drinking, few fish and losing their shirts (and all their tackle) to a Belorussian basketball team. The title story could well appear in the next Best American or O. Henry anthologies, and the others make a fine supporting cast. Agent, Wendy Weil. (Jan. 14)Forecast: With blurbs from the likes of Rick Bass, this debut collection should do better than most, especially if reviewers take note.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

读后感

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用户评价

Absolutely unique, powerful and beautiful stories, about people's relationship with nature, and with each other.

Absolutely unique, powerful and beautiful stories, about people's relationship with nature, and with each other.

关于这本书，真的很伤心，唉......

八个短篇故事,大多概括起来四个字: "人与自然"

关于这本书，真的很伤心，唉......