From Publishers Weekly Concerned as she is with all manner of conflicts between public and private issues represented in this collection of essays from her syndicated New York Times op-ed column, Quindlen ( Living Out Loud ) admits to viewing even non-feminist topics through "the special lens of her gender." Sensitive to social and political trends and the "shifting sands of geopolitics" that propel events, she points out their cost in human terms, especially as they affect the excluded and abused. Violence, notes the author--sexual, racial or political, performed by individuals or in groups as members of sports teams, gangs, police or the military--is routinely glorified, whether in children's cartoons or adult soap operas. Equally effective are Quindlen's always superbly controled commentaries on lying, bigotry and moral hypocrisy among political, judiciary and religious leaders, and the cynical use of ideals to justify military incursions. Author tour. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Quindlen introduces this collection of her recent Op-Ed pieces with Dorothy Thompson's comment that her strength as a writer was from being "altogether female." The same is definitely true of Quindlen, who says her husband once asked her, "Could you get up and get me a beer without writing about it?" No, she can't; even though Quindlen no longer writes the intensely personal "Life in the 30s" columns (collected in Living Out Loud , Random, 1988), her new "Public and Private" columns are just that: discussions of world events as seen through her prism as wife, mother, and woman. This dual perspective has both pleased and infuriated readers, who may question whether a discussion of Jo March as heroine deserves to be part of "all the news that's fit to print." Still, Quindlen has offered a welcome human voice to the Times pages, and some of her best columns--her courageous condemnation of her own paper's decision to print the name of the woman in the William Kennedy rape trial, for instance--prove that. Essential for any journalism collection, this will be enjoyed by general readers also. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/92.- Judy Quinn, "Incentive," New YorkCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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这是一本让我耳目一新的作品,作者的叙事方式如同清晨薄雾中漫步,既有迷离的诗意,又不失对现实的敏锐洞察。它没有那种咄咄逼人的说教感,反而是以一种近乎耳语的亲密方式,引导读者深入到那些我们通常不愿触碰的内心角落。我特别欣赏作者在描摹人物心境时的那种细腻程度,仿佛每一个微妙的情绪波动都被精准地捕捉并放大,让我们得以窥见自己灵魂深处那些未曾言说的低语。书中的场景转换流畅自然,仿佛一场精心编排的意识流戏剧,时而穿梭于繁华都市的霓虹灯下,时而隐匿于寂静山野的古老树林间。整体而言,它提供了一种非常个人化且极具感染力的阅读体验,读完后,感觉自己对周围的世界和自身的认知都经历了一次温柔却彻底的重塑。那些关于时间、记忆与选择的探讨,以一种极其优雅的方式被编织进故事的肌理之中,让人在合上书页后仍久久回味。
评分这本书带给我的感受,更接近于一次深度潜水而非轻松阅读。它要求读者拿出百分之百的注意力去解码那些看似随意的对话和不经意的细节,因为真正的力量往往就潜藏在那些被故意弱化的部分。我特别欣赏那种散漫中蕴含的强大内在逻辑,就好像你在看一个天才的草稿本,每一个看似随意的涂鸦,最终都会指向一个极其精确的结论。这种写作风格无疑会劝退那些追求直白叙事的读者,但对于渴望深入文本肌理、享受智力挑战的同好来说,它无疑是一份厚礼。它成功地在保持文学纯粹性的同时,构建了一个极具张力的叙事空间,迫使我们去重新审视那些被日常琐事遮蔽住的、关于“成为谁”的根本性问题。读完后,我感到的是一种充实的疲惫,一种被充分滋养的心灵状态。
评分这本书的独特之处在于其对“空白”的运用。它没有试图用过多的信息或解释来填满每一个角落,反而留下了大量的空间供读者自行填充和解读。这种留白,在我看来,是作者对读者智识的一种信任和尊重。我读到某些关键转折时,内心产生的共鸣和自我对话,比书中的任何一段文字都来得更为深刻。它不是那种直接告诉你答案的指南书,而更像是一面能清晰映照出你自身疑惑和挣扎的镜子。阅读过程中,我时常需要停下来,望向窗外,整理一下脑海中翻腾的思绪。这种强迫性的内省,对于一个长期沉浸在快节奏信息流中的现代人来说,是一种难得的心灵SPA。它没有提供廉价的慰藉,而是提供了一种直面复杂性的勇气,这才是真正有价值的文学体验。
评分从技术层面来看,作者对语言的掌控达到了炉火纯青的地步,但更令人称道的是其对人类情感复杂性的深刻洞察。这本书探讨的主题宏大——存在、疏离、寻找意义——但处理起来却异常克制和精准。我发现自己被卷入了一场关于“真实性”的探讨中。书中的角色似乎都在不断地试探着自我身份的边界,他们既是叙事的载体,也是某种哲学命题的活生生体现。尤其赞赏作者处理不同视角的切换,即便是在同一段情境下,不同角色的内心独白也呈现出截然不同的逻辑和情感色彩,显示出作者在心理描摹上的功力。阅读体验是层次丰富的,初读时被情节吸引,再读时则会被其精妙的结构和潜藏的文化隐喻所折服,它有着超越时空的力量。
评分说实话,一开始我有点担心这本书的节奏会过于缓慢,毕竟那种着重于内心独白的文学作品,常常容易让人在前半部分就失去耐心。然而,这本书却展现出一种令人惊讶的平衡感。作者非常懂得何时应该让情节推动叙事,何时又需要停下来,让角色和读者一起沉思。文字的质感非常高级,不是那种故作高深的晦涩,而是恰到好处地运用了丰富的意象和精妙的比喻,让抽象的概念变得触手可及。例如,作者描述“失落感”时,并没有用那些老套的词汇,而是描绘了一幅画面——“如同在盛大的庆典中,突然发现自己遗忘了回家的地图”。这种独特的表达方式,极大地增强了文本的生命力。我必须承认,这本书成功地挑战了我对传统小说结构的期待,它更像是一系列精心打磨的哲学碎片,被巧妙地串联成一条引人入胜的探索之路。
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