Fox Girl

出版者:Viking Penguin Inc

作者:Keller, Nora Okja

页数:290

价格:$24.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780670030736

具体描述

The brutal candor and moving empathy that distinguished Keller's first novel about Korea, Comfort Woman, is again evident in this stark, disturbing portrait of that country's outcast children in the wake of the American occupation. Hyun Jin, the adolescent who narrates this absorbing story, is best friends with Sookie, doubly a "throwaway" child because her father was an American GI and her mother, Duk Hee, is a prostitute. Hyun Jin also carries a double burden: her face is disfigured by a large birthmark, and her mother treats her with hateful scorn. A third teenager, Lobetto, is the son of a black GI whose departure doomed Lobetto to a life scrounging as a pimp and a supplier for the whores of Chollak, a village near an army base outside of Pusan. Keller spares no sensibilities in depicting the bleakness and poverty of even ordinary civilian life in the postwar economy and the more desperate conditions of the despised women euphemistically described as "bar girls" at the GI clubs. Yet she sensitively reflects the naevete with which Hyun Jin views the horrifying circumstances of Sookie's life and her slide into prostitution, and the way Hyun Jin succumbs when she is disowned by her father. Hyun Jin's terrible coming-of-age encompasses more than her fall from grace; it's also a poignant story of a baby that she, Sookie and Lobetto share, and of the true bonds of motherhood. Unsentimental in portraying the callousness of human nature that's been degraded by violence and deprivation, Keller achieves eloquence in describing the pureness of spirit to which even the most bitter victim can rise. This rare, honest picture of a marginal society unfamiliar to most American readers is a signal contribution to Asian-American understanding. Author tour. (Apr. 1)Forecast: Despite its harsh subject, Keller's novel should do well on the basis of her strong writing and her courage in taking on women's issues. If Oprah takes a look, she could be hooked.

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情节的推进虽然紧凑，但最让我感到惊喜的是作者在构建世界观时所展现出的那种宏大而又严谨的逻辑性。你能明显感觉到，作者在动笔之前做了大量的功课，所有的设定，无论是地理上的、社会结构上的，还是某种隐秘的规则，都像是经过精密计算的，没有丝毫的牵强附会或前后矛盾。这种扎实的基础，让故事的虚构性变得无比真实可信。当故事发展到某个关键转折点时，你会恍然大悟，原来早前那些看似不经意的细节，其实都是精心埋设的线索，所有的拼图都在那一刻完美契合。这种智力上的博弈，让阅读体验上升到了一个更高的层次，不再是被动接受信息，而是主动参与解谜的过程。

整本书读完之后，那种久久不能散去的怅然若失感，是衡量一本好书的重要标准之一。很多读物读完后，合上封面的那一刻，故事似乎也就随之消散了。但《Fox Girl》不一样，它留下的余韵非常绵长。我发现自己会在日常生活中，不自觉地去思考书中的某些伦理困境，或者想象角色们在故事结束后可能的生活轨迹。这种持久的思考和情感共鸣，说明作者不仅是讲了一个故事，更是植入了一种思考的种子。它挑战了读者固有的认知框架，迫使人去反思一些深刻的问题，而这些思考并不是说教式的，而是通过故事本身自然而然地渗透出来的，非常高明。

这本书的封面设计简直让人眼前一亮，那种复古又带着点神秘感的插画风格，瞬间就把我拉进了一个完全不同的世界。我一直是个视觉系读者，一本好书光有好的内容是远远不够的，它还需要一个能抓住人心的“门面”。《Fox Girl》在这方面做得非常到位，那种细腻的笔触和恰到好处的色彩搭配，让人忍不住想立刻翻开它，看看里面到底藏着怎样一个引人入胜的故事。说实话，光是捧着这本书在手里，就感觉像是在进行一场私密的、只属于我一个人的冒险预告。而且，它的装帧质量也特别好，拿在手里很有分量感，那种纸张的触感是现在很多快餐式阅读产品里找不到的，让人格外珍惜。我甚至会特意找一个安静的角落，只为了更好地欣赏这个封面和书脊的设计，简直是一件艺术品。

故事的开篇节奏把握得非常精准，作者似乎深知如何在高压力的信息流时代留住读者的注意力。一开始的场景设定就充满了张力，没有冗长的人物介绍或者背景铺垫，而是直接将我们抛入了一个紧张而又充满悬念的环境之中。这种叙事手法，一下子就抓住了我的好奇心，让我迫不及待地想要知道“为什么会这样？”、“接下来会发生什么？”。而且，角色的初次亮相设计得极其巧妙，寥寥数语，却勾勒出了一个复杂、多面性的人物形象，让你对他们的动机和未来走向产生浓厚的探究欲。我发现自己几乎是屏住呼吸读完前几章的，生怕错过任何一个微小的暗示或伏笔，这种沉浸感在近几年的阅读体验中是比较少见的了。

这本书的语言风格实在太独特了，它有一种老派文学的韵味，但又巧妙地融入了现代思维的敏锐和跳跃性。我尤其欣赏作者在描绘环境和人物内心活动时所使用的比喻和意象，它们不是那种陈词滥调的堆砌，而是充满生命力和新鲜感的创造。有时候，读到某一句特别精妙的描述，我甚至会停下来，反复琢磨其中的多重含义，那种“啊，原来可以这么写！”的惊喜感是阅读过程中最大的乐趣之一。它不像某些作品那样过于直白或口语化，而是保持了一种恰到好处的距离感和诗意，让你在感受故事的同时，也能品味到文字本身的美感和力量。这让整个阅读过程变得像是在品鉴一杯层次丰富的陈年佳酿。

Full of sexual violence. I can't finish it anyway thought it was on the reading list of my module. It makes me very uncomfortable. I still recall that in the seminar no one wanted to talk about the book. It's the most embarrassing seminar I've ever attended. Still, it's a great book about the trauma of the Korean war

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Full of sexual violence. I can't finish it anyway thought it was on the reading list of my module. It makes me very uncomfortable. I still recall that in the seminar no one wanted to talk about the book. It's the most embarrassing seminar I've ever attended. Still, it's a great book about the trauma of the Korean war