Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981.Was it murder or self-defense?For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares.John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction.Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case.
It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight.These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic.
一本书,名字叫《午夜善恶花园》,却无关善恶,亦无关午夜。书里写的是一个小城,一个名叫沙凡纳(Savannah)的小城,美国南部的一个普通小城,虽然在《金银岛》和《飘》里面都露过脸儿,却都是几乎没有台词的小角色。这本书,要让沙凡纳做主角,还需得找些不大平凡的故事。幸...
评分午夜善恶花园 12级5班陶罗琪 这是一本很神奇的书。 说它神奇,实在不为过。它是真实的,但不代表它完全真实;它含有虚构,可很难看出它在哪里开始虚构。所有的真实与虚假犹如光和影一般融合在一起,恰到好处,仿佛本身就不存在分离一样。它不是小说,也...
评分午夜善恶花园 12级5班陶罗琪 这是一本很神奇的书。 说它神奇,实在不为过。它是真实的,但不代表它完全真实;它含有虚构,可很难看出它在哪里开始虚构。所有的真实与虚假犹如光和影一般融合在一起,恰到好处,仿佛本身就不存在分离一样。它不是小说,也...
评分当第一眼看书的封面就觉得自己会喜欢这本书了,怪异的感觉。 不知怎么总觉得这本书很有趣。 可能就是因为这些“八卦”吧。 觉得当地的人们都挺可爱的。 作者真的运气不错。 哈哈。
评分在这样一个偏远小镇上,竟然有这么丰富多彩的人物,他们个个性格各异,并且个个都非常有特殊,每个人都在自己的领地里展示这自己的丰富生活,我很喜欢这些人,虽然他们都存在这很大的缺点,但是他们却过着多彩的,是我们这些过着平凡日子的人所羡慕的,他们真是由于他们...
没有想到西方国家也有这么多街坊邻里之间的八卦可以深挖的。去过Savannah以后再回来读,就很容易想象一个个人物走过一个个广场一条条街道的样子,原来那些美丽的建筑里还有这么多的故事。
评分去过萨瓦纳之后老板推荐给我 开头和结尾并没有很美妙 中间还是满引人入胜的 一口气在飞机上读了60%+ 貌似第一次看non fiction novel 现实总比小说狗血 这句话用在这再合适不过了
评分The ordinary became extraordinary. Eccentrics thrived. Every nuance and quirk of personality achieved greater brilliance in that lush enclosure than would have been possible anywhere else in the world.
评分没有想到西方国家也有这么多街坊邻里之间的八卦可以深挖的。去过Savannah以后再回来读,就很容易想象一个个人物走过一个个广场一条条街道的样子,原来那些美丽的建筑里还有这么多的故事。
评分十五年前看过改编电影完全没任何印象,前几天去旅行才意识到这书是写萨瓦纳的,因为完全被城市迷住所以回来立即找来读,惊为天人,感觉被作者带着又走了一遍全城所有的house tour, history tour, ghost tour,字里行间都能体会到小城的气息,这种奇怪独特又迷人的气质勾得我也想一次次再回去,或者默默住上半年。如何写一座城市,这书真是极致了。电影根本改不出来的。
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