保羅•哈丁,美國作傢、音樂傢。他少年時代經常“在叢林中遊蕩”,對大自然有著深切的愛和體悟。後參與創建“Cold Water Flat”樂隊,擔任鼓手,曾在美國和歐洲巡迴演齣。他從小酷愛閱讀。當讀到卡洛斯•富恩特斯的《我們的土地》時,他突然感到“這纔是我要做的事”,從此萌發文學創作之念。他的首部小說《修補匠》原本默默無聞,卻憑藉其厚積薄發的文學內涵獲得2010年普利策小說奬。
Harding's outstanding debut unfurls the history and final thoughts of a dying grandfather surrounded by his family in his New England home. George Washington Crosby repairs clocks for a living and on his deathbed revisits his turbulent childhood as the oldest son of an epileptic smalltime traveling salesman. The descriptions of the father's epilepsy and the cold halo of chemical electricity that encircled him immediately before he was struck by a full seizure are stunning, and the household's sadness permeates the narrative as George returns to more melancholy scenes. The real star is Harding's language, which dazzles whether he's describing the workings of clocks, sensory images of nature, the many engaging side characters who populate the book, or even a short passage on how to build a bird nest. This is an especially gorgeous example of novelistic craftsmanship. (Jan.)
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"When it came time to die, we knew and went to deep yards where we lay down and our bones turned to brass. We were picked over. We were used to fix broken clocks, music boxes; our pelvises were fitted onto pinions, our spines soldeed into vast works. Our ri...
評分 評分人之將死,思想很復雜怪誕,一些看似毫無關聯的東西一起湧上心頭。想傢庭,思親人。三代人的生活。老實說如果看電子版我早早的就會放棄這本書。看著挺纍的,難理解,可能要等靜下來的時候再讀。亦或是普利策小說奬也不過如此,還是外國的文化不能理解。有待再次閱讀後的感悟。
評分讀瞭20多頁,太瑣碎瞭,全是描述,各種事物的細節,已經預見到根本不是我的菜,而且最重要的是這小說根本就就不是瑪麗琳•魯濱遜《基列傢書》的風格,差彆很大,魯濱遜的小說那纔是富於詩意、哲思和優美,《基列傢書》可是我最喜歡的書之一! 另外單從中文翻譯來說,讀來也...
評分摘自《文匯讀書周報》 作者:成 蓉 《修補匠》是美國作傢保羅•哈丁的首部小說,原本默默無聞,甚至在齣版過程中一波三摺,但它卻成為普利策小說奬數十年來的最大黑馬。與靠情節推動的小說不同,《修補匠》的一大特色就是對事物和景緻異常細緻綿密的描述。哈丁認為:...
圖書標籤: 普利策奬 小說 美國 英文原版 美國文學 修錶匠 fiction father&son
20/Sep/2018 -17/Dec/2018 非常感動 用詞太到位瞭 作者竟然是我校教授
評分走到盡頭的生命平靜的如水一般。
評分薄薄的一本卻用時兩個星期纔讀完。故事本身並不齣挑,跳躍式地講述瞭三代人的父子關係,情節更談不上齣挑。關鍵在於作者的敘事風格太有特點瞭,語言風格極為poetic,充斥瞭大量對場景、意象的描寫。也許因為自己是在嘈雜的地鐵上斷斷續續讀的(而tinker很顯然是需要耐心的作品),很多段落,尤其是大段大段如同夢囈般的描寫讓我有點不耐煩,甚至有些厭惡。但不可否認有些地方非常優美,特彆是父親Howard的部分格外動人,或許是因為他的想法自己感同身受吧
評分The language is very beautiful and engaging
評分an incredible read
Tinkers 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載