Synopsis
This tale, one of Melville's shorter works of fiction, is a product of the strange and complex imagination that produced "Moby-dick". written "in prose nouveau riche in its verbal splendour, antiquarian in its delight, bible-echoed, allusive, elaborate".
they have the same compelling and mysterious power, defying ultimate interpretation. the selection includes "bartleby", "the enchanted", "benito cereno" (dramatized by robert lowell) and one of melville's supreme masterpieces, "billy budd, sailor". harold beaver's introduction and notes will aid the reader's understanding and enjoyment of one of the most allusive and book-haunted of all writers, 'now recognized as a giant among american men of letters', equal in his own sphere to the greatest of his european contemporaries.
Book Dimension
Height (mm) 180 Width (mm) 110
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这部小说,初读之下,便有一种被海风裹挟、直抵人心的力量感。它并非那种情节跌宕起伏、充满了惊险场面的航海故事,而更像是一幅用最精细的笔触描绘出的心理风景画。作者似乎对人性的幽微之处有着近乎病态的洞察力,他将我们置于一个封闭的、等级森严的船舱世界里,那里没有法外的天地,只有铁律和沉默。每一个角色的呼吸都带着硫磺和潮湿的味道,他们的忠诚与恐惧,被刻画得入木三分。你会忍不住去思考,在极端的压力和近乎原始的道德困境面前,一个人的本性究竟能坚守到何种地步?那种对“美”与“善”的脆弱的、近乎易碎的信仰,在冰冷的海水和更冰冷的人心面前,是如何一点点被消磨殆尽的。整个叙事节奏沉稳而缓慢,如同船只在浓雾中艰难前行,压抑感从纸页间渗透出来,让人喘不过气,却又无法自拔地想知道,那最终的航程将指向何方。这是一种对个体存在意义的深刻叩问,它不是在讲述一个英雄的故事,而是在探讨一个符号的坍塌。
评分这部作品最让我心神不宁的,是它对“沉默”的运用。很多时候,最关键的冲突和最深刻的痛苦,都是在绝对的静默中完成的。无论是被压抑的愤怒,还是无可奈何的顺从,都被作者描绘得极具视觉冲击力。这不是一部关于大声疾呼反抗的史诗,而是一部关于在体制的高压下,个体如何悄无声息地走向终结的挽歌。文字的韵律感非常强,即便是在描述最令人不快的情节时,也保持着一种近乎古典的优雅,这种反差制造了一种令人不安的美感。它迫使读者停下来,去感受那种被环境彻底塑形,最终无可逃脱的宿命。对于那些对文学的深度和对人性复杂性有探究欲望的读者来说,这本书无疑是一座需要仔细攀登的高峰,它回报你的,是对人类境况更深沉、更清醒的认识。
评分这部作品的叙事视角如同一个旁观的幽灵,冷静地记录着一切,却又在关键时刻透露出作者本人深深的同情与哀悯。它不像那种大众化的冒险小说,它更接近于哲学寓言,探讨的核心议题是“无辜”与“秩序”之间的不可调和的矛盾。书中人物的对话往往简洁到近乎残酷,但正是这种极简主义的对话,反而释放出巨大的情感能量。你仿佛能听见海浪拍打船舷的声音,感受到船舱内空气的滞重。书中对于等级差异的描绘,细致入微,从说话的腔调到站立的位置,都严格遵循着一套不成文的规则,而打破规则的代价,往往是毁灭性的。这种对社会结构运作机制的深刻理解,使得整部小说具有了一种近乎社会学的研究价值。我反复咀嚼着那些看似平淡的段落,试图从中提取出更多的潜台词,每一次重读,都会发现新的层次——关于忠诚的边界,关于职责的重量,以及关于人性深处的软弱。
评分坦白说,阅读过程是一种持续的、缓慢的折磨,但却是值得的。作者构建的世界观是如此的完整和封闭,以至于你几乎可以相信,在那个特定的历史时刻和地理位置,人物的命运确实只能如此走向。它没有提供任何容易的答案或廉价的慰藉。那些关于“崇高”与“卑劣”的辩论,不是通过长篇的哲学论述来完成的,而是通过一个个被推向极限的瞬间来体现的。我特别留意到,作者是如何处理时间感的。在海上,时间似乎被拉长了,又似乎被压缩了,每一天都与前一天相似,直到那个决定性的时刻突然降临,所有的积累都在那一刻爆发。这种对时间流逝的微妙处理,极大地增强了故事的戏剧张力和心理密度。看完之后,我感觉自己仿佛也经历了漫长的、令人窒息的航行,心灵被清洗了一遍,留下了深刻的印记,让人开始重新审视自己对“正义”的定义。
评分读完之后,我深感震撼的不是故事的结局,而是那种近乎古典悲剧的宿命感。它成功地构建了一个微型的社会模型,在这个模型里,权力结构是僵硬的、不容置疑的。作者的笔力高超之处在于,他没有用过于直白的语言去批判,而是通过一系列不动声色的场景调度,让读者自己去体会那种无力感。譬如对船上日常生活的细致描摹,那些重复的、枯燥的劳动,那些在甲板下进行的私下交流,都为故事的张力做了极佳的铺垫。这种“日常的恐怖”比突发的灾难更令人心寒。我尤其欣赏作者在语言运用上的克制与精准,每一个形容词都像是精心挑选过的,带着一种维多利亚时代的庄重感,但其内核却又无比现代,探讨着现代性困境下的道德困境。它让你反思,我们所谓的“文明”和“法律”,在面对绝对的权威和野蛮的本能时,究竟有多么不堪一击。这绝对不是一部适合放松心情时阅读的书,它更像是一次灵魂的洗礼,或者说,一次严酷的审判。
评分It's a very bizzarre book, I don't think it's about fall from innocence, in my opinion, innocence remains intact till the very end. In many ways, the book reminds me of Hardy's Tess. The two books depict similar innocence prior to christinaity, something natural, pure ,wild, primordial and beautiful.There is condemation of war and the military rigidity in this book. The limited 3rd-person point of view and Budd's propensity to speak little renders him elusive and mysterious for me.
评分Sailors, sea shanties, and ballads这周读的(最后的歌谣确实动人),还要去看一下Sedgwick读出了homophobia的分析。Very vague strains of Othello-Iago, but Billy isn't Othello really, and the Iago of this piece is cut short — 重点不在“用你的手毁灭你所爱的”而是“不惜毁灭自己(albeit involuntarily???)以毁灭对方”。如果Claggart在自己的死亡上表现出更多的agency会不会更perplexing? 他的死显得太过无常。
评分It's a very bizzarre book, I don't think it's about fall from innocence, in my opinion, innocence remains intact till the very end. In many ways, the book reminds me of Hardy's Tess. The two books depict similar innocence prior to christinaity, something natural, pure ,wild, primordial and beautiful.There is condemation of war and the military rigidity in this book. The limited 3rd-person point of view and Budd's propensity to speak little renders him elusive and mysterious for me.
评分It's a very bizzarre book, I don't think it's about fall from innocence, in my opinion, innocence remains intact till the very end. In many ways, the book reminds me of Hardy's Tess. The two books depict similar innocence prior to christinaity, something natural, pure ,wild, primordial and beautiful.There is condemation of war and the military rigidity in this book. The limited 3rd-person point of view and Budd's propensity to speak little renders him elusive and mysterious for me.
评分It's a very bizzarre book, I don't think it's about fall from innocence, in my opinion, innocence remains intact till the very end. In many ways, the book reminds me of Hardy's Tess. The two books depict similar innocence prior to christinaity, something natural, pure ,wild, primordial and beautiful.There is condemation of war and the military rigidity in this book. The limited 3rd-person point of view and Budd's propensity to speak little renders him elusive and mysterious for me.
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