From Publishers Weekly "You always gotta be different," Vinnie the plumber tells his girlfriend, Tina Scacciapensieri, the half-Italian, half-Jewish, wholly working-class narrator of this appealing first novel. Vinnie's not so wrong. Tina isn't like the other secretaries at the office where she types and gossips with her friend Angie. When she discovers she's pregnant, Tina reluctantly agrees to marry her Brooklyn boyfriend, then proceeds to fall in love with a sophisticated Manhattan lawyer. Tina's story runs the course of her unplanned pregnancy, during which time she makes some important choices about what she wants from life. Speaking through this humorous and insightful woman, Wing illuminates the family dynamic as well as the emotions that bind people to their friends, lovers and co-workers. It's regrettable that class distinctions--firmly drawn in the opening chapters--fall by the wayside as the plot builds, but the unexpected, powerful conclusion and Tina's unusual brio more than compensate. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternate. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Tina Scacciapensieri, the plucky, street-smart heroine of Angie, I Says, is pregnant. Alone and unwilling to marry her baby's father, Vinnie, Tina decides to keep the baby and take a shot at life on her own. Vinnie "wants to get married, and I don't," Tina says, "I mean maybe it's crazy, but I have the baby myself, I still have a life. I marry Vinnie...I don't have my life no more. I have his life. His kid." Tina's best friend is Angie, a fellow secretary at the deadend trade publication where they both work, and it is to Angie whom she turns for advice. Angie, however, is not the person to "ask" as Angie's husband has the nasty habit of hitting her. And sister Jeanette thinks Tina is crazy not to marry Vinnie. This gutsy little novel is a refreshing addition to the field of audiobooks. Narrator Theresa Saldana captures the authentic nuances of the characters and the colorful, sassy language of our heroine. The recent movie starring Geena Davis should stir demand. Highly recommended.Gretchen Browne, Rockville Centre P.L., N.Y.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. See all Editorial Reviews
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坦率地说,这本书的开篇有些慢热,我一度以为自己会很难坚持下去。前几章的场景铺陈似乎过于冗长,大量的环境描写和人物内心独白占据了主导,但请不要因此放弃!一旦你跨过了那个初始的门槛,故事如同被点燃的火药桶,那种爆发力是惊人的。我必须称赞作者构建世界的功力,他营造出的那个特定时代的氛围感,是如此真实可感,连空气中弥漫的气味似乎都能被文字捕捉到。它不是那种情节驱动型的快餐文学,而更像是一部精雕细琢的艺术品,需要读者投入时间去细细品味每一个章节的肌理。尤其欣赏它对于社会阶层之间微妙张力的刻画,那种无形的壁垒和暗流涌动的冲突,比直接的冲突场面更令人感到压抑和震撼。它让我重新审视了“成功”与“幸福”在不同人生阶段的定义,让人在合上书本后,仍然久久不能平复。
评分这部作品的结构设计堪称精妙绝伦,它采用了多重视角交织推进的方式,这种手法如果处理不当,很容易导致叙事混乱,然而在此书中,却达到了浑然天成的效果。每一个视角都不是简单的重复,而是像棱镜折射光线一般,从不同侧面揭示了同一个事件的不同真相。读到后面,你会发现作者埋藏的那些细小的“谎言”与“误解”,是如何一步步导向最终的真相,那种恍然大悟的震撼感,简直是无与伦比的阅读体验。我特别喜欢作者在语言运用上的大胆与克制并存。在描绘高潮部分时,他的语言如同疾风骤雨,充满了力量感和冲击力;而在处理静默的告别场景时,他又变得异常温柔,每一个词语都像是精心挑选的宝石,散发着冰冷而璀璨的光芒。这种强烈的反差,使得全书的文学张力维持在一个极高的水平线上。
评分这本书最吸引我的地方,在于它对“记忆”主题的探讨,近乎于哲学思辨的深度。它探讨了记忆的不可靠性,以及我们如何依赖这些支离破碎的过往来构建自我认同。故事中的主角似乎总是在与自己的过去纠缠不清,而那些看似坚不可摧的回忆,在新的证据面前,却变得摇摇欲坠。我感觉作者在用一种近乎冷酷的理性,解构着情感的迷雾,却又在解构的过程中,流露出对人类脆弱性的深深同情。我欣赏它拒绝提供简单答案的态度,它更倾向于提出深刻的问题,引导读者自己去寻找那个可能并不存在的“标准答案”。这种开放性使得每个读者都能在书中找到自己独特的心灵共鸣点。全书的基调略显忧郁,但其中蕴含着一种穿透阴霾的力量,提醒着我们,即便是最黑暗的经历,也终将成为塑造我们的一部分。
评分这部作品的笔触极其细腻,仿佛能让人触摸到文字背后人物的呼吸。作者对人性复杂幽微之处的洞察力令人赞叹,他没有简单地将角色塑造成非黑即白,而是将他们置于一个充满灰色地带的道德困境中。我尤其欣赏叙事节奏的张弛有度,时而如涓涓细流般温和,娓娓道来那些看似微不足道的日常细节,但正是这些细节,如同精心铺设的伏笔,在故事的后半段猛烈爆发,将读者彻底卷入主人公的情感漩涡。它探讨了选择与代价这个永恒的主题,那种“走哪条路都意味着失去”的宿命感,贯穿始终,令人深思。阅读过程中,我常常需要停下来,凝视着书页,整理脑海中翻腾的思绪,思考如果是我,在那种情境下会如何抉择。这种深度的代入感,是许多小说难以企及的。它不仅仅是一个关于某人经历的故事,更像是一面镜子,映照出我们自身在面对生活重大转折时的犹豫与挣扎。文字的韵律感也很强,读起来朗朗上口,即便情节沉重,阅读体验依然是一种享受。
评分这本书的叙事节奏,更像是一部优秀的电影配乐,它懂得何时该用宏大的管弦乐渲染气氛,何时又该只留下一两件乐器的独奏来凸显细节的重量。从文学技巧上讲,它对环境的运用达到了“情景交融”的最高境界。大到风暴雨雪,小到室内一盏摇曳的烛光,无一不是人物心境的外化。我读到主人公经历人生低谷时,书中的天气描写也变得晦暗不明,那种“天人合一”的沉浸感,让我感觉自己真的置身于那个故事发生的时空之中。更值得称道的是,即便是配角,也拥有饱满的生命力,他们不只是推进主角情节的工具人,每个人都有自己的动机和挣扎,这使得整个故事的世界观异常立体和真实。通读全书,我感受到一种久违的满足感,这不仅仅是读完了一个精彩故事的满足,更像是完成了一次深入的自我对话。
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