The Land of Laughs

乔纳森.卡罗尔是极少数特立独行作家中的一个，他们打开一扇窗、一道门或一条魔法通道，带你去参观他们的那个世界。这是一个拥有魔力的人。他会把他的眼睛借给你，从此以后，你再也不能像从前那样看待我们的世界--------尼尔.盖曼

出版者:Orb Books

作者:Jonathan Carroll

页数:256

出版时间:2001-2-10

价格:GBP 11.86

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780312873110

图书标签:奇幻乔纳森·卡罗尔科幻世界译文版科幻美国小说科幻小说经典

《科幻世界》译文版 2008.12月号

Thomas Abbey is a man stuck in a rut. An English teacher in a small Connecticut prep school, Abbey is in a crisis. His career is unfulfilling, he has no social or love life to speak of, and he cannot break out of the shadow of his famous father, the actor Stephen Abbey. To kick-start his life, he takes a sabbatical to work on a biography of his favorite writer, Marshall France. France's books were the only thing that kept Abbey sane during his childhood, and though he was renowned for his lyrical and imaginative children's books, nearly nothing was known about the writer's life.

Although Abbey has been warned that France's daughter Anna has blocked all previous attempts at her father's biography, he and Saxony Garder--an intense woman also obsessed with France's life--head to Galen, Missouri, with high hopes of breaking down Anna's resistance. They are surprised to find Anna the soul of small-town hospitality and quite excited about Abbey's proposal--even eager to get the project finished as soon as possible. Even stranger than Anna's behavior is the town of Galen itself. On the surface, all is as a small midwestern town should be. But the people of the town seem to know what their future holds--freak accidents and all--down to the hour and are as eager for Abbey to finish the biography as Anna is.

As far as plot goes, The Land of Laughs doesn't break any new ground--it is a riff on a very old literary theme--and the more interesting issues the story raises--fate, free will, and the creative power of the written word--receive only a glancing blow as the story careens to its somewhat unsatisfying Gothic ending. That said, Carroll does show a good ear for dialogue and a deft hand at creating complex characters and quietly ominous moods. And the story--hoary plot line and all--immediately grabs you and doesn't let go. If you already know Jonathan Carroll from his other novels, you will want to add this reissue of his first novel to your library. And if you haven't yet been introduced to this inventive author, The Land of Laughs is the perfect place to begin. --Perry M. Atterberry

读后感

刚开始读觉得沉闷，但却真实。主人公的那些愤懑，无奈，精疲力竭等等似乎是感同身受。压抑的感觉持续着，你感觉得到黑暗的东西躲在背后。只是没想到结局会使人如此悲伤，虽然早已知道不会是个好结局，但真正读到时自己都惊异自己为什么会这样。  

卡罗尔的小说。奇妙的幻想，简洁细致的语言，营造出的是一个可以融入其中的幻想世界，在那个世界中可以得到完美的放松。  

看的是科幻世界的译文版，译得相当不错。看科幻几年，是为数不多让我喜爱的故事。本人爱看故事、爱看好故事，如此叙述耐心、文笔独特的故事不可多得。一看就不忍释卷、如临其境。故事就是故事，不以说教来让人心生敬畏，而以其漂亮的文采、巧妙的设计、蕴含的智慧来吸引和感悟...  

卡罗尔的小说。奇妙的幻想，简洁细致的语言，营造出的是一个可以融入其中的幻想世界，在那个世界中可以得到完美的放松。  

卡罗尔的小说。奇妙的幻想，简洁细致的语言，营造出的是一个可以融入其中的幻想世界，在那个世界中可以得到完美的放松。  

用户评价

文字和故事都很喜欢，当之无愧的年度之最。

待重温

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待重温

[SFWT]很喜欢乔纳森·卡罗尔的笔触，幽默，通俗，不做作。整个阅读过程平淡但有趣，细节比头轻脚重的故事更精彩。