In 1973, when all the arguments were presented to the American Psychiatric Association both for and against the idea of homosexuality as pathology, it was the personal disclosures of gay men that had the most influence. Listening to their stories of frustration in treatment-and their newfound happiness through acceptance of a gay identity-the American Psychiatric Association voted to omit homosexuality as a diagnostic category. Now, twenty years later, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi presents the opposite kind of personal testimony. This testimony is from homosexual men who have tried to accept a gay identity but were dissatisfied, and then benefitted from psychotherapy to help free them of homosexuality. While each client has his unique story, Nicolosi has chosen eight men as representative of the personalities he has encountered in the twelve years during which he has treated over 200 homosexual clients. These men are engaged in a "two-front war"-an internal assault against their own unwanted desires, and an external battle against a popular culture that does not understand or value their struggle. In their own words, we hear these men's struggles to develop healthy, non-erotic male friendships. We hear of their fear and anger toward the men in their lives, and their strained relationships with the fathers they never understood. Nicolosi contends that every man possesses aspects of these clients: The frailty of Albert, the integrity of Charlie, the rage of Dan, the narcissism of Steve, and the ambivalence of Roger, to list some of them. Some readers of this book may be surprised by the directive style of Dr. Nicolosi's therapeutic intervention. In part, this is due to the editorial synthesis of the transcript. More importantly, however, reparative therapy does require a more involved therapist-a benevolent provocateur who departs from the tradition of uninvolved, opaque analyst to become a salient male presence. The therapist must balance active challenge with warm encouragement to follow the father-son model. T
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我必须要说,这本书的结构安排堪称一绝,它采用了多线叙事的手法,却能将几条看似毫不相干的线索,在故事的后半部分巧妙地编织在一起,形成一个宏大而又严密的整体。这种叙事技巧的要求极高,稍有不慎就会显得杂乱无章,但作者却游刃有余地掌控着节奏和信息释放的度量。我尤其欣赏作者在描写城市景观和自然风光时的那种诗意和象征意义,每一个场景的切换似乎都在映射着角色心境的转变或命运的转折点。例如,书中对一场突如其来的暴风雨的描写,不仅是天气现象,更像是对主角内心混乱状态的一种外化投射。读起来,你不仅是在跟随故事,更像是在解谜,不断地从碎片化的信息中拼凑出完整的图景。这种智力上的参与感,使得阅读过程充满了发现的乐趣,让人忍不住想要一口气读完,看看作者究竟打算如何收束这精心编排的局。
评分对于喜欢深度社会观察和文化批判的读者来说,这本书无疑是一份宝藏。它没有采取直接说教的方式来阐述观点,而是通过构建一个极其真实可信的故事世界,让读者自己去体会其中的社会肌理和潜规则。书中对特定社群内部的权力结构、微妙的层级划分以及群体认同的建立与崩塌,有着入木三分的洞察力。作者似乎对人与人之间互动中的权力动态有着异乎寻常的敏感。我特别关注了书中关于“边缘化”个体的生存状态的描绘,那种小心翼翼、如履薄冰的感觉被刻画得入木三分,让人在为角色感到难受的同时,也开始反思我们自身所处的环境是否也存在着类似的隐形边界。这本书的价值在于,它迫使你走出舒适区,去审视那些日常生活中被我们习惯性忽略的、却又深刻影响着我们人生的社会结构性问题。
评分这本书的文字有一种冰冷的、近乎纪录片式的客观性,但在这种冷静的叙述之下,却涌动着一股强大的情感暗流。作者似乎刻意保持了一种距离感,避免了过度煽情,反而让那些偶尔迸发出的真挚情感显得更加珍贵和有力。我特别喜欢它对“时间感”的处理。故事的时间跨度很大,但作者通过一些标志性的物品或重复出现的场景,成功地营造了一种时间的重量感,让人能清晰地感受到角色的成长和环境的变迁。对于那些追求文学美感多于情节刺激的读者,这本书的语言密度和意象的丰富性绝对值得反复品味。我甚至会时不时地倒回去重读某些段落,只为欣赏那些句式结构的变化和词语的精妙选择,感觉每一次重读都能发现新的韵味和更深一层的含义,像是在品鉴一首结构严谨的古典乐章。
评分这本书的叙事笔触极其细腻,作者对于人物内心世界的描摹简直达到了令人窒息的真实感。我读到主人公在那个充满压抑和误解的环境中挣扎求生,那种深入骨髓的孤独感几乎要穿透纸面。尤其是对家庭关系的处理,那种复杂纠葛、爱恨交织的张力,展现得淋漓尽致。书中对特定历史时期社会氛围的捕捉也十分到位,细节之处见真章,让人仿佛能闻到空气中弥漫的尘土和不安的气息。情节推进虽然不疾不徐,却处处埋藏着精妙的伏笔,每一次情感的爆发都像是压抑已久的火山喷发,震撼人心。阅读过程中,我几次需要停下来,不是因为情节的跌宕起伏,而是因为那些深刻的哲思和对人性的拷问,实在令人深思。这本书的语言风格华丽又不失力量,精准地传达了角色内心深处最隐秘的波澜,是一次非常深刻的阅读体验,让人在合上书本后,依然久久不能平静。
评分这是一部需要耐心去消化的作品,它并非那种能让人在沙发上轻松阅读的消遣读物。故事的节奏掌握得非常稳健,甚至可以说有些缓慢,但这种慢并非拖沓,而是为了让读者有足够的时间去消化每一个场景所蕴含的厚重感和复杂性。书中角色的塑造极其立体,他们都有着明显的优点和难以饶恕的缺点,绝非脸谱化的好人或坏人。我欣赏作者敢于直面人性的灰色地带,不回避角色在道德困境中的摇摆与妥协。尤其是那段关于牺牲与自我救赎的描写,处理得极其高明,没有给出简单的答案,而是留下了一个开放性的、引人深思的结局。它让我思考了很久关于“选择的代价”这个主题,这本书的后劲很足,读完很久了,书中的人物形象和他们做出的艰难抉择依然清晰地盘桓在我的脑海里,是一部真正能触动灵魂的作品。
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