From Publishers Weekly A wounded lion, a battered Jeremiah, limping Leonidas Matsoukas is not quite the lustful, Zorba-like hero last encountered in Petrakis's 1966 novel, A Dream of Kings . At the start of this heartbreaking new saga, Matsoukas, after burying his son in Greece and enduring five years of torture in a Greek prison, returns to Chicago to find his old neighborhood gone. His wife, Caliopeok , who assumed him dead, has remarried a Greek-American real estate magnate. Still deeply in love with her, Matsoukas takes solace in a fatherly relationship with a young single mother. But when the old swashbuckler discovers that the jailer who tortured him is now living in Chicago, exacting vengeance becomes his consuming passion. Despite some excesses, including grandiloquent dialogue and overt comparisons between the protagonist and Anthony Quinn, this moving, darkly lyrical, even noble story rises in moments of dramatic intensity to a neat double-surprise ending. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal In this sequel to A Dream of Kings (LJ 7/66) Matsoukas has returned to Chicago from Greece, where his young son had died, and he had been jailed by the Junta for five years. Tortured in prison by the evil Farmakis, Matsoukas dreamed only of revenge and his wife and daughters. Now he learns that his wife has remarried. Because his feet and legs have been wrecked by torture, he finds himself in the hospital. (There's a wonderful scene where Matsoukas seeks clarity from three pompous neurosurgeons.) He meets with his ex-wife and her husband, and also rescues a young girl with an infant and cares for them. When he finally confronts Farmakis, his past and present determine his actions. The vitality, humor, and Greek passion that infused the earlier book are very much evident here. The thread of pride runs through the marvelous adventures and observations of the hero; and the result is a most satisfying novel that can be read independently of its predecessor. Recommended.- Robert H. Donahugh, formerly with Youngstown & Mahoning Cty. P.L., OhioCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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这本书的叙事视角转换得非常流畅自然,这一点我必须点赞。它没有固守单一主角的限制,而是像一个全知全能的摄像机,时而聚焦于一个在困境中挣扎的底层人物,时而拉远景致,展现权力高层的冷酷博弈。这种多维度的观察角度,极大地丰富了故事的层次感,使得整个社会结构和冲突的根源变得更加立体和可信。特别是其中几段对回忆场景的处理,手法非常高明。作者没有采用传统的倒叙手法,而是将过去的片段巧妙地嵌入到当前的情境之中,往往只是一句话、一个气味、一个眼神的触碰,就能瞬间将人物的情绪拉回至某个关键的创伤点,那种瞬间的情感冲击力非常强大。这种非线性的叙事结构,要求读者保持高度的专注,但一旦跟上了作者的节奏,那种沉浸式的阅读体验是无与伦比的。我感觉自己不是在读一个故事,而是在亲身参与一场跨越时空的心理探险,去理解不同个体在共同命运下的独特视角。
评分从文学性的角度来看,这本书的语言风格绝对称得上是一流水准。它不像某些当代小说那样追求极简主义,而是带着一种古典的、近乎史诗般的庄重感。句式结构变化丰富,长句的铺陈与短句的顿挫交替使用,创造出一种抑扬顿挫的阅读音乐感。我留意到作者对特定词汇和意象的重复使用,比如对“影子”、“回声”、“静默”的反复提及,这些词语在不同的语境下被赋予了新的含义,像是一条条贯穿全书的暗线,将零散的事件和人物紧密地联系在一起。这种精心的文字编织,让阅读过程充满了发现的乐趣——你总会在不经意间,察觉到前文某个不起眼的比喻,在后文得到了惊人的呼应和升华。读完一个章节,我常常需要停下来,不是因为内容太沉重,而是因为被那种纯粹的文字美感所震撼,需要时间去细细品味那些被精心挑选和排列的词语组合。
评分作为一名资深的书迷,我通常对那些过度依赖动作场面来推动情节的作品持保留态度,而这本书恰恰相反,它将“内在冲突”置于核心地位。虽然背景设定宏大,但真正引人入胜的是角色内心的挣扎与成长。角色的塑造极其深刻,他们并非脸谱化的英雄或恶棍,而是充满了灰色地带。他们的选择往往不是基于绝对的正义或邪恶,而是出于生存的需要、旧有信仰的崩塌或是对未知的恐惧。我特别喜欢作者处理“信念”的方式。在这个充斥着谎言和旧秩序瓦解的世界里,每个人都在试图锚定某种新的真理,无论是科学、宗教还是个人情感。阅读过程中,我不断地被挑战去审视自己的认知边界。作者并没有提供简单的答案,而是把这些复杂的哲学思辨融入到角色最朴素的对话和最艰难的抉择之中,让这些思考变得鲜活且充满张力。这种对人性复杂性的深度挖掘,是这本书最耐人寻味的部分。
评分这本书的节奏掌控堪称大师级别。它知道何时该收紧,何时该放缓。在故事的前半部分,叙事显得沉稳,专注于细节的打磨和世界观的铺陈,给人一种厚重、缓慢却扎实的感觉,如同缓慢启动的一台精密仪器。然而,一旦核心的危机被真正引爆,那种速度感和紧迫感便会骤然提升。作者非常擅长运用“信息差”来制造悬念,他不会一次性将所有牌面亮出,而是通过关键人物的不完整信息、被刻意隐藏的档案或是模糊的预言,将读者的好奇心推向极致。在最后的高潮部分,所有的线索如同被一只无形的手猛地拉扯到了一起,那些先前埋下的伏笔,那些看似无关紧要的人物,都在那一刻汇集成一股不可阻挡的力量。这种层层递进、先抑后扬的结构安排,使得最终的结局,无论其本质如何,都带有一种宿命般的必然性与爆发力,让人读完后久久不能平静,甚至会立刻产生重读一遍,以求捕捉那些首次阅读时错过的蛛丝马迹的冲动。
评分这本书的封面设计着实抓人眼球,那种深沉的色调与中间那抹微弱的光晕形成鲜明对比,立刻就让人联想到某种宏大叙事下的微小挣扎。初读之下,我便被作者构建的世界观深深吸引。它不是那种一眼就能看透的奇幻设定,而是那种需要你沉下心来,如同解开层层谜团般去拼凑的复杂体系。文字的密度很高,每一个段落都像是精心雕琢的宝石,信息量十足,却又保持着一种独特的韵律感。我尤其欣赏作者在环境描写上的功力,那些异星的景象、那些古老遗迹的细节,都被描绘得栩栩如生,仿佛我真的能闻到空气中弥漫的硫磺味,感受到脚下岩石的冰冷。故事的主线铺陈得很有耐心,它不急于抛出爆炸性的事件,而是通过日常的、看似微不足道的交流和行动,逐步深化人物的动机和背景。这种缓慢而坚定的推进方式,反而让最终的转折点来临时,更具震撼力和说服力。阅读过程像是一场漫长的朝圣之旅,每走一步,都会有新的感悟和理解,让你忍不住停下来反复咀嚼那些精妙的隐喻。
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