A noir novel rooted in a world of profound violence and regret, Caribou Island is an exploration of marriage and exile set against the interminable restlessness of Alaska's primal landscape.
On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Gary and Irene's marriage is unraveling. Alone now that the children are grown, Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, is determined to build from scratch the cabin he has always wanted, believing it will recapture what once drew him to Alaska. Irene knows better. She suspects that the cabin is Gary's first step to leaving her.
Soon they are hauling logs out to Caribou Island in good weather and in terrible storms, in sickness and in health. But setbacks begin to create chinks in Gary's half-baked design, while Irene is stricken with mysterious headaches and troubling flashes of her tragic past. With each trip to the island their desperation escalates, and when winter comes early, the punishing desolation of the prehistoric wilderness will threaten to push Irene and Gary to the edge and end a marriage sustained by pain and rage that has been simmering for years.
發表於2024-11-22
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圖書標籤: 大衛·範恩 阿拉斯加 美國 小說 Vann, David
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評分Vann的首部長篇展現瞭他卓越的敘事功力,故事節奏控製得爐火純青。這是一個關於marriage&relationship的故事,三對不同年齡層的男女。Vann說, my family is so broken that we cannot pretend everything is okay. 或許因為如此,他筆下的傢庭悲劇幾近殘酷,倫敦泰晤士報在去年的書評裏做瞭這麼一個驚人的對比,“相比Caribou Island,飽受贊譽的Jonathan Franzen的Freedom就像一齣肥皂劇”,這兩本小說風格截然不同,將其相提並論也許並不恰當,但Caribou Island的確經得起任何美譽。
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Caribou Island 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載