HThe natural world exerts a powerful, brooding presence in this first collection; it's almost as much a main character as any of the individuals the 26-year-old Doerr records. Nature, in these eight stories, is mysterious and deadly, a wonder of design and of nearly overwhelming power. This delicate balance is evidenced by the title story, about a blind man who spends his days collecting rare and beautiful shell specimens. Self-exiled to the coast of Kenya, he discovers that a certain poisonous snail has the power both to kill and to effect a rapid recovery from malaria. This discovery brings him much attention but little joy, disturbing the carefully ordered universe that he has constructed to manage both his blindness and his temperament. A naturalist's perspective also informs the other stories. In "The Hunter's Wife," Doerr catalogues winter in Montana as "a thousand ladybugs hibernating in an orange ball in a riverbank hollow; a pair of dormant frogs buried in frozen mud." But Doerr can play it funny, too: in "July Fourth," a group of American fishermen endure a hilarious litany of woes in a fishing contest across Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Their troubles include much drinking, few fish and losing their shirts (and all their tackle) to a Belorussian basketball team. The title story could well appear in the next Best American or O. Henry anthologies, and the others make a fine supporting cast. Agent, Wendy Weil. (Jan. 14)Forecast: With blurbs from the likes of Rick Bass, this debut collection should do better than most, especially if reviewers take note.
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《拾贝人》是美国著名的作家安东尼·多尔的一本小说文集，看到书的封面那充满褶皱的贝壳，一轮轮褶皱是那样清晰，由里向外渐渐扩散开来，是那么的美丽自然，怪不得很多人都会到海边来拾寻那些美丽的贝壳，贝壳是多种多样的，就算是同一种，同样的尺寸，看起来似乎差不多，可是...
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关于这本书，真的很伤心，唉......
评分八个短篇故事,大多概括起来四个字: "人与自然"
评分Absolutely unique, powerful and beautiful stories, about people's relationship with nature, and with each other.
评分Absolutely unique, powerful and beautiful stories, about people's relationship with nature, and with each other.
评分Absolutely unique, powerful and beautiful stories, about people's relationship with nature, and with each other.
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