From Publishers Weekly Does God exist? Is she a blonde, blue-eyed woman named Sati, encountered hitchhiking in the Arizona desert where she is picked up by Michael, a long-haul trucker at odds with life? The questions crystallize back in Los Angeles at the trucker's ramshackle apartment, when Sati declares she is the deity and sets about proving it. No miracles, but changes come about for a motley cast: a dying AIDS victim, a drug dealer, a fundamentalist preacher, Michael's estranged wife and their little daughter. Each is attracted to Sati's beautiful simplicity, though they confront and challenge her. When her life is terminated violently, they realize she "had given us a taste of our inner silence, a taste of ourselves." The ancient hope for redemption is recast in this sprightly contemporary parable, the first adult novel from a bestselling author of young adult fiction ( Chain Letter ). Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal YA-- A story of the Second Coming. Sati, a blond, blue-eyed beauty, declares simply that she is God and has come to "play a while." Her story is told by a skeptical truck driver, Michael, who picks up the newly reborn goddess along a desert highway and takes her to his apartment and into his circle of friends. Although God appears as Mother rather than Father in this carefully and sparingly written fantasy, the language and viewpoint are uncomplicatedly masculine. Pike explicates all sophisticated allusions in context, making the book clearly suitable for YAs. Readers should be comfortable with the narrator's voice and psyche, as Michael struggles with his doubts and desire to believe. Sati could be a valuable addition to a growing library of multicultural literature for high school students. Although its characters are not from minorities, it will make a fine introduction to non-Christian religious beliefs, for Sati's philosophy and persona is based on a mixture of Buddhist, Hindu, and other spiritual thought. The essence of her thesis is that "We're all God."-- Marya Andreen, R. E. Lee High School, Springfield, VACopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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**书评五:情感的共振与持久的回味** 这本书最成功的地方,或许在于它成功地在读者心中激起了强烈的情感共鸣。我发现自己与书中的角色们建立了深厚的情感联系,他们的喜悦我真心为之鼓舞,他们的痛苦也让我感同身受,甚至会为了一些早已注定的悲剧而感到揪心。这种情感上的投入是如此真实,以至于阅读结束后,那种淡淡的忧伤或隐秘的慰藉感仍然萦绕心头,久久不散。它没有用廉价的煽情手法来强行催泪,而是通过对人性幽微之处的精准捕捉,自然而然地引发了读者内心的触动。这是一本需要用心去阅读,并且值得反复回味的佳作,它留下的情感印记非常深刻。
评分**书评二:结构精妙,哲思深远** 如果要用一个词来形容这本书的阅读体验,我会选择“震撼”。它的叙事结构如同一个复杂的迷宫,充满了巧妙的暗示和意想不到的转折。每一章似乎都在看似不相关的线索之间搭建桥梁,直到最后一刻才将所有的碎片拼凑完整,那种豁然开朗的瞬间,让人忍不住拍案叫绝。更难能可贵的是,作者在故事的表象之下,隐藏了对存在、时间、记忆这些宏大命题的深刻探讨。我读到了一些我从未在其他文学作品中见过的独特见解,这些思考的深度和广度,足以让我反复咀嚼和回味。这本书不是那种读完就束之高阁的消遣之作,它需要你投入心力去解读,去思考,它会真正地挑战你的认知边界。
评分**书评一:沉浸式的体验,心灵的触动** 这本书带给我的感觉,简直就像是掉进了一个精心编织的梦境,让我完全忘记了现实世界的纷扰。作者的笔触细腻到令人发指,每一个场景的描绘都栩栩如生,仿佛我能闻到空气中的味道,感受到微风拂过皮肤的触感。故事情节的推进不是那种一蹴而就的爆发力,而是像一条缓缓流淌的河流,时而平静,时而激荡,引人入胜地将你卷入其中。我尤其欣赏作者对人物内心世界的挖掘,那些复杂的情感纠葛、细微的挣扎,都被刻画得入木三分。读完之后,我久久不能平静,脑海中不断回放着书中的画面和对话,仿佛自己就是那个经历了一切的主人公。它不仅仅是一个故事,更像是一面镜子,映照出人性中最深层的渴望与恐惧。
评分**书评三:语言的盛宴,节奏的掌控** 这本书的文字本身就是一种享受,简直是一场华丽的语言盛宴。作者的词汇量和遣词造字的能力,达到了炉火纯青的地步。他能用最简洁的句子描绘出最宏大的场景,也能用最华丽的辞藻烘托出最内敛的情绪。我特别注意到作者在控制叙事节奏上的高超技巧。在需要紧张感的段落,句子变得短促有力,像急促的心跳;而在抒情和反思的部分,文字则变得悠长舒缓,如同老电影的慢镜头。这种韵律感,让阅读过程充满了音乐性,即使是那些相对平淡的过渡章节,也因为语言本身的魅力而变得引人入胜。我甚至会情不自禁地停下来,反反复复朗读那些精妙的段落,感受文字在舌尖上的跳跃。
评分**书评四:世界构建的宏大与细腻** 这本书所构建的世界观,其复杂性和层次感令人叹为观止。作者没有采用那种粗略的、一笔带过的背景设定,而是如同一个严谨的建筑师,为我们搭建了一个完整、自洽且充满历史厚重感的全新空间。无论是社会阶层的运行逻辑,还是那些独有的风俗习惯,都描绘得细致入微,让人深信这个世界是真实存在的。我常常在阅读时停下来,想象着这个世界里普通人的日常生活会是怎样一番光景。这种沉浸式的世界构建,极大地增强了故事的可信度。它成功地将我从日常琐事中抽离出来,投射到一个充满未知和奇观的维度,这种逃离感,是许多文学作品难以企及的。
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