Animal Crackers

汉娜•亭蒂，美国文学杂志《一个故事》创始人之一，《动物怪谭》获选为2003年美国悬疑小说，海明威文学奖次奖，被翻译成17国语言.长篇小说《THE GOOD THIEF》获《纽约时报》年度好书,被誉为“第二个爱伦坡”。

出版者:Delta

作者:Hannah Tinti

页数:208

出版时间:2005-03-01

价格:USD 12.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780385337441

图书标签:animalcrackersamerican

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With bravura storytelling, daring imagination, and fierce narrative control, this dazzling debut introduces that rare writer who finds humanity in our most unconventional behavior, and the humor beneath our darkest impulses.

In these ten strange, funny, and unnerving stories, animals become the litmus test of our deepest fears and longings. In the title story, an elephant keeper courts danger from his gentle charge; in “Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus,” a headstrong young woman in Africa is lured by the freedom of the monkeys in the trees; in “Talk Turkey,” a boy has secret conversations with the turkeys on his friend’s family’s farm; in “Slim’s Last Ride,” a child plays chilling games with his pet rabbit; in “Gallus Gallus,” a pompous husband projects his anger at his wife onto her prized rooster.

This fresh, inventive debut will introduce Hannah Tinti as one of the most gifted writers of her generation. Enter her world at your own risk, and you will come away bewitched.

From the Hardcover edition.

读后感

这是《动物怪谭》中的第二则短篇小说。 小说开篇第一句直白而精巧：“小派和克莱德遇害那晚吃的是炖牛肉。”没有其他罪案或推理小说在开头的烘托渲染或藏藏掖掖，只用简单的一句话，便引起了读者的兴趣。一起凶杀案。小派和克莱德是一对夫妻，他们的生活看样子还算温馨和睦，餐...  

“洗大象的时间到了。” “我”就在洗大象的当儿，把动物园里的同事们回忆了个遍：约瑟夫被狮子咬掉了手臂；艾尔的鹦鹉在他肩上拉屎；漂亮的珊蒂被猩猩毁了左脸；麦克的朋友去夜潜，再也没上得了岸；安的猫为了救她，掉光了全身的毛；伊可看到北极熊在吃邻家小孩的内脏……后来...  

仿佛能看见作者讲故事时波澜不惊的眼睛。 故事里频繁使用双线甚至多线结构，和大量插叙。抽身于事外。 用上帝的角度，冷眼旁观一切。“珊蒂大学念的是生物和动物学，毕业后她的教授聘用她助理前往非洲丛林做研究。她自认为在这方面很擅长，因而做了一些不该...