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...
评分一个浓雾笼罩的凌晨,枪声回荡在美国南方古城萨凡纳一座豪华的大庄园内,是谋杀还是自卫?在之后将近十年的肘间,枪击事件引起的轩然大波一直萦绕在这座绿树环绕,广场密布的古城居民的心里。约翰・贝伦特以其犀利笔触以记述萨见纳枪击事件为主线,将自己在这座与世隔离...
评分不晓得有没有人考证过,炎热的气候会不会让人比较爱唠叨,而寒冷的气候是不是就让人和爱斯基摩人一样地惜字如金、沉默寡言?兴许,是因为闷热潮湿的天气在作怪,让美国南部的小城居民都用劲没处使,染上了爱八卦的毛病,无论好事坏事,一下子就能传遍全城,人人都知道别人在干...
评分If Winesburg Ohio married In Cold Blood , they would probably produce a child like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil , who bears some resemblance to both parents ,yet definitely has its own distinctive features and worth. If the weirdoes in Winesburg ...
评分尽管在《午夜善恶花园》一书前言的开头部分作者约翰·伯兰特就提醒读者“这本书的确是一部非虚构作品,所有的人物和他们的故事都是真实的”,读者难免还是会将这段表白视作狡猾作者的一种文字游戏,并不当真,仍然抱着读小说的心态读下去。但是,这本书越往后读越让人生出拿起...
开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
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.
评分开始读!据说读完会爱上Savannah!
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
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