This much is true for sure: Lamb's second novel (after the bestselling, Oprah-selected She's Come Undone) is a hefty read. Some may be daunted by its length, its seemingly obsessive inclusion of background details and its many digressions. The topics it unflinchingly exploresAmental illness, dysfunctional families, domestic abuseAare rendered with unsparing candor. But thanks to well-sustained dramatic tension, funky gallows humor and some shocking surprises, this sinuous story of one family's dark secrets and recurring patterns of behavior largely succeeds in its ambitious reach. The narrative explores the theme of sibling responsibility, depicting the moral and emotional conundrum of an identical twin whose love for his afflicted brother is mixed with resentment, bitterness and guilt. Narrator Dominick Birdsey, once a high-school history teacher and now, at 40, a housepainter in upstate Connecticut, relates the process that led to his twin Thomas's schizophrenic paranoia and the resulting chaos in both their lives. The book opens with a horrific scene in which Thomas slices off his right hand, declaring it a sacrifice demanded by God. Flashbacks illuminate the boys' difficult childhoods: illegitimate, they never knew their father; diffident, gentle Thomas was verbally and physically abused by their bullying stepfather, who also terrorized their ineffectual mother. Scenes from the pivotal summer of 1969, when Dominick betrayed Thomas and others in crucial ways, are juxtaposed with his current life: his frustrating relationship with his scatterbrained live-in, Joy; his enduring love for his ex-wife, Dessa; his memories of their baby's death and of his mother's sad and terrified existence. All of this unfolds against his urgent need to release Thomas from a mental institution and the psychiatric sessions that finally force Dominick to acknowledge his own self-destructive impulses. Lamb takes major risks in spreading his narrative over more than 900 pages. Long stretches are filled with the raunchy, foul-mouthed humor of teenaged Dominick and his friends. Yet the details of working-class life, particularly the prevalence of self-righteous male machismo and domestic brutality, ring absolutely true. Though the inclusion of a diary written by the twins' Sicilian immigrant grandfather may seem an unnecessary digression at first, its revelations add depth and texture to the narrative. Lastly, what seems a minor subplot turns out to hold the key to many secrets. In tracing Dominick's helplessness against the abuse of power on many levels, Lamb creates a nuanced picture of a flawed but decent man. And the questions that suspensefully permeate the novelAthe identity of the twins' father; the mystery of the inscription on their grandfather's tomb; the likelihood of Dominick's reconciliation with his ex-wifeAcontribute to a fully developed and triumphantly resolved exploration of one man's suffering and redemption. BOMC main selection; author tour; simultaneous audio.
Early 06 was very dark, gloomy even, I spent days locked up in the tiny room, reading. Even thinking about that time makes me shiver. I started with "I know this much is true", then moved on to "She's come undone", both powerful works of words. Wally Lamb w...
评分Early 06 was very dark, gloomy even, I spent days locked up in the tiny room, reading. Even thinking about that time makes me shiver. I started with "I know this much is true", then moved on to "She's come undone", both powerful works of words. Wally Lamb w...
评分Early 06 was very dark, gloomy even, I spent days locked up in the tiny room, reading. Even thinking about that time makes me shiver. I started with "I know this much is true", then moved on to "She's come undone", both powerful works of words. Wally Lamb w...
评分Early 06 was very dark, gloomy even, I spent days locked up in the tiny room, reading. Even thinking about that time makes me shiver. I started with "I know this much is true", then moved on to "She's come undone", both powerful works of words. Wally Lamb w...
评分Early 06 was very dark, gloomy even, I spent days locked up in the tiny room, reading. Even thinking about that time makes me shiver. I started with "I know this much is true", then moved on to "She's come undone", both powerful works of words. Wally Lamb w...
这本书真是让人欲罢不能,从翻开第一页起,就被作者那种娓娓道来的叙事方式深深吸引住了。它不是那种快节奏、充满戏剧性冲突的小说,而是更像一幅细腻入微的生活画卷,将人物的内心挣扎和成长刻画得淋漓尽致。我特别欣赏作者在描绘复杂人性方面的功力,那些灰色地带,那些难以启齿的秘密和挣扎,都被她用近乎残忍的坦诚展现出来。读到一些情节时,我甚至会停下来,揉揉眼睛,感叹现实生活中哪里会有如此贴合人心的刻画。这本书的节奏把握得非常好,有缓慢沉思的部分,也有情感爆发的高潮,让读者在情绪的起伏中体验到一种成长的痛楚与慰藉。每一次翻页都像是走进了一个更深层次的自我对话空间,让人不得不去反思自己过去的一些选择和对待他人的方式。它不仅仅是一个故事,更像是一面镜子,照出了我们每个人内心深处那些不愿触碰的角落。那种感觉,就像是跟一位极其真诚、毫无保留的朋友进行了一次深度交谈,结束后虽然有些疲惫,但内心却无比充实和清晰。
评分在我读过的所有文学作品中,这本书对“家庭关系”的探讨达到了一个近乎教科书式的深度。它没有美化亲情,也没有一味地谴责,而是极其诚实地展现了亲人之间那种既血脉相连又彼此疏离的矛盾状态。那种爱与伤害交织在一起的复杂性,让我感同身受,甚至让我开始重新审视我与自己家人的相处模式。作者笔下的角色,无论多么古怪或令人不解,他们的行为逻辑都有着深刻的根源,这些根源往往埋藏在世代相传的创伤和未被言说的期待之中。读到某个关键的家庭冲突场景时,我几乎能听到自己心跳的声音,因为那份沉重、那份无可奈何,实在是太真实了。它让我意识到,很多时候,我们以为的“为你好”,可能恰恰成为了隔阂的砖墙。这本书的价值,在于它提供了一个安全的环境,让我们得以直面那些关于爱、责任和界限的艰难议题,从而获得一种更成熟的理解。
评分如果要用一个词来概括这本书带给我的感受,那一定是“共鸣的震颤”。这不是那种看完后会让你大笑或大哭的故事,而是一种更深层、更持久的内在触动。它探讨的主题非常宏大——关于真相、记忆的不可靠性、以及自我救赎的漫长道路,但所有这些宏大叙事都是通过极其微小、真实的个体经历来承载的。我发现自己不自觉地将书中的人物投射到现实生活中的某些人身上,并开始以一种全新的视角去理解他们的行为。这本书的后劲非常足,即使在合上书本很久之后,那些角色的声音和他们的困境依然会时不时地在脑海中闪现。它成功地在“讲述故事”和“引发思考”之间找到了一个完美的平衡点,使得阅读过程本身变成了一种精神上的历练。如果你在寻找一本能够真正挑战你的思维定势、让你在合上书页后仍能长时间沉浸其中的深刻作品,那么这本书绝对是你的不二之选。
评分这本书的结构设计精妙得让人拍案叫绝。它采取了一种非线性的叙事方式,时间线在过去和现在之间自由穿梭,但作者高超的技巧确保了这种跳跃并不会让读者感到迷失或困惑。相反,每一次时间的闪回,都像是一块拼图,精确地填补了当前情境下留下的空白,使得人物动机和情感纠葛愈发清晰立体。这种叙事手法不仅增加了故事的悬念和探索性,更重要的是,它模拟了人类记忆的运作方式——我们常常在当下思考时,不自觉地被过去的经历所牵引。我尤其欣赏作者如何巧妙地利用重复出现的意象或场景来连接不同的时间段,形成一种回响效应,让读者在不经意间领悟到故事的主题是如何层层递进的。这种需要读者主动参与解读的阅读体验,极大地提升了作品的深度,也让我对作者的掌控力感到由衷的敬佩。这绝不是一本可以“分心”阅读的书,它要求你全神贯注,并回报你以丰厚的回报。
评分我得说,这本书的语言风格简直是一股清流。它没有华丽辞藻的堆砌,反而有一种朴实到近乎粗粝的力量感。作者似乎有一种魔力,能将最日常的对话写出韵味,将最平淡的场景渲染出深沉的意味。我尤其喜欢那些环境描写,它们不仅仅是背景的交代,更是人物心境的投射。比如描述某个小镇的天气,那种阴郁或突如其来的阳光,都仿佛在预示着即将发生或已经发生的情感波动。这种“此时无声胜有声”的叙事技巧,让我这个习惯了快餐式阅读的读者都慢了下来,开始细嚼慢咽。我常常需要停下来,回味一句话,因为它看似简单,实则蕴含了千言万语的潜台词。这本书的魅力就在于此,它不急于告诉你真相,而是让你跟随作者的笔触,一步步去感受、去猜测、去拼凑出那个完整而复杂的图景。读完后,那种回味悠长的感觉,比读完一部情节跌宕起伏的作品留下的印象更为深刻和持久,它真正触及到了灵魂深处最柔软的部分。
评分我是完全因为看了"She's Come Undone"才跑去看LAMB的这本书,虽然也很不错,可我还是更喜欢LAMB的第一本。
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评分twins who lost in the wood,one can be healed and the other one died
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