This cloth-bound special edition of Danielle Steel’s The Cottage is enhanced with gold leaf, comes with a special slip case, and is signed by the author.
In her fifty-fourth bestselling novel, DANIELLE STEEL weaves a compelling story of fame and friendship, charmed lives and private struggles...and of three very different men whose lives converge and collide at The Cottage .
On a sunny day in Hollywood, a gleaming Rolls-Royce convertible pulls through the gates of the magnificent estate known as The Cottage . Modeled after the “cottages” of Newport, Rhode Island, the spacious, elegant property, sitting on fourteen acres of lush Bel Air, fits its owner to a T. For the man behind the wheel of the Rolls is Hollywood’s ageless wonder, Cooper Winslow. A star of the silver screen for decades, a man whose allure to women is the stuff of legend, Coop exudes grace, charm, and old-fashioned style. But today Coop Winslow is in for a major surprise. He’s broke. And with no major roles coming his way, Coop is faced with the heartbreaking prospect of selling his beloved home of forty years, or at least renting out the gatehouse and part of the main house. A huge blow to Coop, whose debonair attitude allows him to escape reality much of the time.
His new tenants, Mark Friedman and Jimmy O’Connor, are busy coping with problems of their own. Mark’s wife of sixteen years just walked out, and Jimmy recently lost his own wife to a devastating illness. But everything changes when Mark’s teenage son and daughter move in. Suddenly, The Cottage is transformed, with music blasting from every corner, teenagers on skateboards crashing into vintage cars, and a never-ending parade of young starlets streaming in and out to visit Coop.
But amid all the noise and the chaos, something unexpected is happening. Three men who never would have met are becoming friends...and each man finds himself changing in surprising ways, Coop most of all. Because beneath the dazzle and flash, the impeccably tailored suits and the sheer bravado, is a man trying to keep control of his carefully ordered world–a world that is becoming more and more unpredictable with each passing day.
First, a tabloid scandal erupts, threatening Coop’s budding romance with a wealthy debutante....A stranger approaches Coop with stunning news....A devastating accident almost claims the life of one of the housemates....And in the midst of it all, The Cottage welcomes a new houseguest with a secret of her own, who will change Coop’s life in unexpected ways. Because among the people who share his cottage and his life, Coop Winslow–loner, bachelor, movie star–may find the rarest of all opportunities: a chance to build a happiness he could never have dreamed of on his own, and to become the kind of human being he has never been.
Against a glittering backdrop of celebrity and glamour, DANIELLE STEEL digs deeper to tell a story of friendship and love, tragedy and second chances...of the choices and unexpected turns of fate that can shape characters and lives.
From the Hardcover edition.
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这本书的“声音”非常独特,它有一种强烈的地域性和历史感,仿佛是从一个被时间遗忘的角落里传来的低语。作者对于那个特定地域的自然环境的描摹,已经超越了单纯的背景烘托,达到了近乎神话的层面。那些关于季节更迭、风暴来袭、或是河流改道的描述,总是伴随着某种古老的预言色彩。我尤其欣赏作者如何将地方传说与人物的命运巧妙地编织在一起。这里的每一棵树、每一块石头,似乎都携带着前人的故事和秘密。它给人的感觉是,即便主角们离开了,这个地方的历史记忆依然会通过环境本身持续发声。这种强烈的“地方精神”(Genius Loci)的书写,使得阅读过程变成了一种对失落文明的考古挖掘。它不是一个关于“谁做了什么”的故事,而是一个关于“这个地方是什么”的史诗。读完后,我甚至开始怀疑自己所处的现实,觉得也许每一个角落都隐藏着我们尚未破译的、更深层次的含义。
评分从结构上看,这本书简直是一场大胆的实验,它完全打破了传统小说的线性时间观。故事的碎片被随意地散落在不同的章节里,读者必须像拼图一样,将这些时间点错位的片段重新排列组合,才能勾勒出一个大致的事件脉络。这种非线性的叙事手法,初看起来可能会让人感到困惑和沮丧,仿佛作者故意设置障碍。但随着阅读的深入,我逐渐理解了这种设计的意图:它模仿了人类记忆本身的工作方式——记忆是跳跃的、片段的、充满情感色彩而非逻辑顺序的。比如,一个发生在童年时期的场景,可能突然插叙在一场成年后的争吵之中,而这两件事在情感上却有着惊人的共振。这种交织错位的叙事,使得情感的爆发力被极大增强,因为你看到的不是原因和结果,而是原因和结果在时间长河中的相互映照。这要求读者必须保持高度的专注力,才能在这些看似混乱的时间碎片中,找到那条若隐若现的情感主线。
评分我必须承认,这本书的语言风格带着一种令人眩晕的诗意,初读时会让人有些吃力,因为它拒绝使用任何直白的叙述。作者似乎热衷于构建一系列晦涩难懂的隐喻和象征,每一个段落都像是精心编排的谜语。比如,书中反复出现的“生锈的钥匙”和“褪色的地图”,它们到底指向何处,是物质的遗失还是记忆的断裂,作者始终保持着一种高傲的缄默。这种文学上的“先锋性”无疑会劝退一部分追求清晰情节的读者,但对于我这种渴望在文字迷宫中探索的人来说,却是一种独特的享受。我喜欢那种需要反复咀嚼和对照上下文才能捕捉到的潜台词,就好像在解读一封来自过去的加密信件。它不提供答案,只提供线索,让你成为解读世界的一份子。这种结构上的复杂性,让这本书的阅读体验从被动接受信息,转变为一种主动的意义建构过程。读完后,我感觉自己不是读完了一个故事,而是经历了一场关于解读和重构的智力冒险。
评分这本书最让我感到震撼的是它对“孤独感”的刻画,那是一种深植于骨髓的、无法被任何外在事物填补的空虚。角色们似乎都被某种无形的力量束缚在自己的精神牢笼里,即使他们身处一个看似温馨或至少是熟悉的物理环境中,那种内在的疏离感却始终存在。我特别关注其中一位角色的内心独白,他描述自己站在人群中,却感觉自己像是在一个真空罩里呼吸,周围的声音和动作都变得遥远而失真。作者没有用夸张的手法去渲染悲惨,而是通过对日常习惯的细微观察,将这种“局外人”的心态展现得淋漓尽致。例如,他总是习惯性地多给自己倒一杯茶,却从不碰触那多出来的茶水;他会在深夜凝视窗外静止的街灯,仿佛它们才是唯一忠实的陪伴者。这种对精神状态的精准捕捉,让我这个阅读者都感到了一种感同身受的寒意。这本书有效地提醒了我,真正的隔阂往往不在于距离的远近,而在于心灵的封闭程度。
评分这本书的叙事节奏简直像夏日午后被拉长的慵懒时光,缓慢而细腻地铺陈开来,每一个场景的描绘都充满了油画般的质感。我记得有一次读到主角在那个老旧的木屋里整理旧物的情景,作者对光影的捕捉简直是大师级的,阳光透过布满灰尘的玻璃窗洒进来,把空气中漂浮的微尘都描绘得清晰可见,仿佛我能闻到那股陈年的木头和尘土混合在一起的味道。那种对细节的执着,让整个故事的背景——那个与世隔绝的乡间小居,仿佛拥有了独立的生命。它不仅仅是一个背景板,更是故事中一个沉默的参与者,承载着人物的情感重量。情节的发展并不追求那种惊心动魄的转折,而是聚焦于日常生活中那些微妙的情感波动,夫妻间一句未尽的话,一个眼神的交汇,一次清晨推开窗户时对远处雾气的凝视。这种内敛的处理方式,需要读者有极大的耐心去投入,但一旦沉浸其中,那种缓慢渗透的韵味会让你感到前所未有的宁静与满足。它不是那种读完后会让你立刻合上书本大声惊呼的书,而是那种会让你在读完后,依然让书页散发着余温,需要时间慢慢消化其散发出的那种关于“存在”与“时间流逝”的哲学思考。
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