From Publishers Weekly In "Thrombosis Trombone" Lux ( The Drowned River ) writes, "What goes on inside / the body is a wonder." With Lux, the wonders of the world can be communicated in the jangling noise of his language and in his amazing manipulation of tone to suit his poetry's matter. He is singular among his peers in his ability to convey with a deceptive lightness the paradoxes of human emotion. Lux asks, "Why this, / why that--" about nature and existence while knowing that the answers can be at the same time speculative, serious, funny and true. In this, his sixth book, he writes about a number of things: left-handedness, money, biographies, boats, glow worms, irony. Lux conveys awe as well as compassion when describing the human condition, which is presented in "The People of the Other Village" to be both "brutal" and "beautiful." These are generally short poems; two-thirds are a page long. In "Fundamental," "Job's Problems," and others, Lux stretches the subjects of the poems somewhat, in the latter to enrich a view of spiritual justice, but he seems afraid to challenge the reader with greater length. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Like his last collection, The Drowned River (LJ 2/15/90), Lux's sixth collection thrives on dislocations: school children trapped in their classrooms by a blizzard, a boat found in the middle of a forest, a Nazi taking tickets at a puppet show. Less stubbornly surreal than James Tate, less encyclopedic than Albert Goldbarth, Lux nevertheless shares their interest in the comic possibilities inherent in literally interpreted phrases ("Eyes Examined While You Wait") and in the more obscure backwaters of history ("Emily's Mom"). Wearing irreverence like a uniform, Lux skewers received literary symbols ("Pecked to Death by Swans"), medical science ("The latest research: lefthandedness/is a form of brain damage"), and God ("Fundamental") with equal deadpan-ache. What saves all this from seeming too 1970s-frivolous is Lux's very astute ear, as in describing a storm: "when your house bears/the branches' lash, big winds/lift and slam the clapboards." And it's the nick-of-time humor that rejuvenates and restores perspective in an otherwise overbearing atmosphere of ironic pessimism, just as it should-Lux seems to be telling us-in real life as well.Fred Muratori, Cornell Univ. Lib., Ithaca, N.Y.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. See all Editorial Reviews
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这是一次对“边界”概念的深入探索,但它拒绝使用任何学术化的术语。作者通过一系列看似不相关的场景——比如记忆中被修改的童年片段、城市规划图上的错误标记、以及不同文化背景下的仪式冲突——来构建一种无形的张力。我印象最深的是其中关于“身份认同”的部分,那种摇摆不定、随时可能崩塌的感觉,让人感同身受。它不是在讲述一个跌宕起伏的故事,更像是在编织一张细密的心理网,你越是想挣脱,就陷得越深。文笔是极其克制的,句子结构工整,用词精准,却能在这种克制中爆发惊人的情感冲击力。它要求读者投入大量的心智去构建缺失的信息,这是一种需要耐心的阅读,但回报也是丰厚的——你会获得对自身局限性更深刻的理解。
评分说实话,初读时我有些不适应它的叙事跳跃性,感觉像是在看一出没有明确剧本的即兴表演,情节发展显得零散甚至有些晦涩。但读到后半程,我才恍然大悟,那些看似不连贯的片段,其实都是通往同一个情感核心的隐秘路径。这本书的厉害之处在于,它对“无意义”这件事进行了意义深远的探讨。它没有回避生活中的荒谬和随机性,反而将它们提升到了美学的层面。作者似乎对当代社会中信息过载导致的注意力涣散有着深刻的洞察,并用这种破碎的叙事方式进行反击。读完后,我有一种被“清洗”过精神的感觉,那些平日里积累的、未被处理的情绪垃圾似乎被这本书的某种冷峻的光芒照射并蒸发了,留下的只有赤裸的感受。
评分这本书的构思实在太精巧了,它没有试图构建一个宏大叙事,反倒像是在微观层面解剖人性最幽微的角落。作者对环境的描摹达到了令人窒息的程度,每一个物件的摆放,每一缕穿过窗帘的光线,都仿佛带着某种未言明的预兆。我尤其欣赏它对时间流逝的处理,那种缓慢、近乎凝滞的感觉,让读者不得不慢下来,去咀咒那些细微的情感波动。主角的内心挣扎并非那种外放的戏剧冲突,而是深埋在日常对话和肢体语言中的暗流涌动,读起来需要极大的专注力,像是在进行一次考古发掘,每揭开一层表皮,都能看到更深层的肌理。那种对“真实”的探讨,不是哲学思辨,而是通过一系列近乎荒谬的日常事件,无声地拷问我们赖以生存的现实基础。读完后,我发现自己看待周围事物的角度都发生了微妙的偏移,世界好像变得更透明,也更难以捉摸了。这种沉浸式的阅读体验,是近些年来少有的精品。
评分这部作品的艺术性在于它的“留白”,留白之多,甚至让人怀疑作者是否遗漏了某些情节。但正是这些被刻意省略的部分,催生了读者最活跃的想象力。我非常欣赏作者在处理人物关系时所展现出的那种疏离感,即使是最亲密的关系,也隔着一层薄薄的、无法穿透的膜。这种疏离感营造了一种持续的悬念,让你永远无法完全确定角色的动机。这本书的语言风格是极具雕塑感的,每一个段落都像是精心打磨过的石头,棱角分明,光滑却不失重量。它不迎合流行的阅读口味,它更像是一面冷峻的镜子,映照出我们在追求确定性时所付出的代价。这是一本需要反复阅读才能真正品味出其中深意的文本,每一次重读,都会发现新的、先前被忽略的纹理。
评分我得说,这本书的节奏掌握得像一位经验老到的指挥家,时而急促如暴雨倾盆,时而悠长得仿佛能听到空气中灰尘落地的声音。叙事者采用了多重视角,但巧妙地没有让它们互相干扰,反而像多面棱镜,折射出同一个核心事件的不同侧面,各有各的逻辑和盲点。最让我称道的是它对“失语”的刻画,许多重要的转折点,都不是通过激烈的对话推动的,而是通过沉默、回避,甚至是错误的理解来实现的,这极其真实地反映了人际交往中的困境。那种“话到嘴边却咽了回去”的瞬间,被作者捕捉得入木三分。它没有提供任何简单的答案或道德评判,完全将裁决权交给了读者,这一点非常大胆。整本书读起来,像是在一个弥漫着薄雾的清晨,你努力想看清远方的景物,却只能捕捉到模糊的轮廓,带着一种清醒的迷惘感。
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