The Easter Parade

Richard Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was a chronicler of mid-20th century mainstream American life, often cited as artistically residing somewhere between J.D. Salinger and John Cheever. He is regarded as the foremost novelist of the post-WWII Age of Anxiety.

出版者:Vintage Classics

作者:Richard Yates

页数:240

出版时间:2008

价格:GBP 9.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780099518563

丛书系列:Vintage Yates

图书标签:小说英文原版RichardYates理查德·耶茨美国文学美国文学英文

The famous opening line of the novel warns of the bleak narrative to follow, "Neither of the Grimes sisters would have a happy life, and looking back it always seemed that the trouble began with their parents’ divorce." Emily and Sarah Grimes are sisters who share little in terms of character but much in terms of disappointment with their lives. Emily, the more intellectual and cosmopolitan of the two, seeks love in numerous disappointing affairs and short-term relationships while Sarah, the prettier and more conventional sister, marries young and bears children to an uncouth and abusive husband. Their troubled, rootless mother, Pookie, like many Yatesian matriarchs, is likely modeled on his own mother, who was nicknamed "Dookie". The novel, beginning in the 1930s when the sisters are children and ending in the 1970s with Sarah's death, primarily revolves around Emily as the book's central character, though the book employs Yates' characteristic and seamless shifts of consciousness throughout.

读后感

《复活节游行》我读了两遍。第一遍是一口气读完的，因为急于想知道爱米莉的命运。第二遍过后才发现，她并没有什么命运可言。这个词对她来说太大了，对大多数的女人也是。求学工作，结婚生子，应付小小的波折和琐事，还没来得及想明白，已经进入了五十岁。人说四十不惑，但全书...  

理查德·耶茨的姓乍一听像是“Yes”，然而看了他的书，你会发现，他一直在说“No”，对现实进行戏仿、对生活进行善意的嘲讽，像《革命之路》中，明明是怀揣梦想，却一次次被扼杀于现实的冷酷，直至像被猎杀的小鹿再无动弹之力。这种对人生曾雄心勃勃、豪情万丈直至灯尽油枯、一...  

耶茨总爱写这样的女文青：受过一定的教育，想成为知识分子或艺术家却始终未能如愿，又因为不甘于普通人的生活和感情而经历诸多情感和家庭上的不幸。 例如《革命之路》中的April，这种女的总给人“做”的感觉。中产阶级的郊区生活怎么就令她窒息了？作为丈夫的杰克，就算无功，...  

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就算认定了孤独和徒劳 还是会惶恐而感伤 | 太用力和不够用力之间的关系还真是微妙

作者像是个温柔而冷静的旁观者，流水般的笔触写出迫人的忧伤。沉稳的笔调下是平静而又残酷的痛和孤独。当Peter说“if we have another girl we might name her after you”时，Emily哭，我也哭，因为我知道她和她姐姐一样，等于是死了。

因为整个故事太难过，其实只是有点善良的Peter也就是天使了，正好不太久之前看过诺顿演一个小神父（keeping the faith），也就一直把Peter想象成诺顿，真 的 好 多 了。难过到看不下去的，可以试试这个办法：）

后面一直在担心Emily会不会像松子一样惨淡的死去，如果结局真是这样，对我来说是guilty pleasure。 当Sarah模仿Tony说Shape up来训诫孩子却又胆怯的下意识的看他一眼，maybe domestic violence is happening in that house. 当Emily失业，作为白人，大学毕业生她找不到工作，原因是"I am a woman, and I am no longer young. " 当Emily质问Peter时，他说Tony已经尽力做他所有能做的。那为什么Sarah会遭受家庭暴力20多年。愤怒是压抑着的，因为我悲哀的意识到这一切都不是猛烈的。

好看，讲女性的孤独，Emily自由但孤独，Sarah结婚早，恋爱结婚，老公不争气，一样孤独。