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.
这本书我毫不费力的看完了,但是确实对于本书畅销程度不是很理解,个人认为严格的说,这本小说一定程度反应了作者的人生态度和语言环境。读起来其实没有感觉到更深的悬疑逻辑,其实是对沙凡纳这座城市所体现的生活氛围的一种诠释,在描述中自然得让读者领略到生活中的不羁与人...
评分如果不假思索,绝大多数人都可能认为天堂就是充分满足感官享受的地方,基本上就是一个想吃啥吃啥,想喝啥喝啥,想看啥看啥,听啥听啥,想怎么睡谁就怎么睡谁的地方。当然境界高点的人可能还会要求证实哥德巴赫猜想什么的,但是对一般人而言,能充分满足感官享受的地方就...
评分如果不假思索,绝大多数人都可能认为天堂就是充分满足感官享受的地方,基本上就是一个想吃啥吃啥,想喝啥喝啥,想看啥看啥,听啥听啥,想怎么睡谁就怎么睡谁的地方。当然境界高点的人可能还会要求证实哥德巴赫猜想什么的,但是对一般人而言,能充分满足感官享受的地方就...
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开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
评分exotic, funny and enchanting
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。
评分02/28/2017 P 倒不能说多有意思,可是对于萨凡纳小城的描写确实对旅行大有裨益。
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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