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.
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...
评分一本书,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【读品】罗豫/文 虽然在现代小说中,真理与谎言、现实与虚幻这些老对头披着彼此的衣服跑来跑去早已不是什么新鲜事,但这本《午夜善恶花园》还是让人吃了一大惊。如果不看前言和介绍,恐怕读到最后一页也弄不清楚,这究竟是一本小说,还是一部关于美国南部小城沙凡纳的纪实报道...
评分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...
逼格极高的pure gossip。有人可能认为这本书的成功源于Savannah这地方太特殊,又碰巧遇到一班超有料的cast,谋杀案就更是锦上添花。我倒觉得不管在哪个城市哪个小镇,只要挖的够深,都能掘出个jim williams、danny hansford、chablis。
评分Witty and wicked, elegant and enchanting. John Berendt's words have such a magic that makes you want to visit this wild, beautiful, dangerous, and parochial city.
评分Who is the protagonist? -Savannah, the whole town, which stays detached like always
评分Who is the protagonist? -Savannah, the whole town, which stays detached like always
评分Witty and wicked, elegant and enchanting. John Berendt's words have such a magic that makes you want to visit this wild, beautiful, dangerous, and parochial city.
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