具體描述
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.
作者簡介
目錄資訊
讀後感
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...
評分“南国有佳人，绝世而独立。”——在美国文学史册上，“南方文学”宛若南国佳人，总有一番别样的风姿。艾伦•泰特在《南方的文学职业》一文中曾提到美国南方小说家具有一种“特殊的历史感”，由于这种“历史感”，才造成了“我们处在历史十字路口时所出现的奇异的文化爆发”...
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評分在哈尔滨和沈阳的病床上看完了《午夜善恶花园》，一本有趣的书，光怪陆离，妙趣横生，作者的叙事方式很巧妙，很流畅，翻译的也不错，难得这么厚的外国小说让我看得有滋有味的。 推荐之。
用戶評價
exotic, funny and enchanting
评分沒有想到西方國傢也有這麼多街坊鄰裏之間的八卦可以深挖的。去過Savannah以後再迴來讀，就很容易想象一個個人物走過一個個廣場一條條街道的樣子，原來那些美麗的建築裏還有這麼多的故事。
评分逼格極高的pure gossip。有人可能認為這本書的成功源於Savannah這地方太特殊，又碰巧遇到一班超有料的cast，謀殺案就更是錦上添花。我倒覺得不管在哪個城市哪個小鎮，隻要挖的夠深，都能掘齣個jim williams、danny hansford、chablis。
评分開始讀!據說讀完會愛上Savannah!
评分Who is the protagonist? -Savannah, the whole town, which stays detached like always
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