Review
“Marty’s latest, The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek, is a work of poetic genius. The book combines the best of hard investigative reporting with the narrative power of the finest literary journalism. It moves along at the clip of a detective story. It’s also a daring work of the imagination — much of the action unfolds from the perspective of a bear... It’s as good as nature writing gets.”
— Terry Glavin, author of Waiting for the Macaws and Other Stories from the Age of Extinction
Praise for Switchbacks
“Some chapters will have your adrenalin coursing and your heart pounding; one or two others may make you weep. All of them will thrill you with the concrete vitality of landscape and language.” — Globe and Mail
Praise for Men for the Mountains
“This is a tour-de-force . . . with something vital to tell the myopic city dweller about what is happening to him in the Age of the Machine.” — Farley Mowat
From the Hardcover edition.
Product Description
In describing the true events surrounding a series of frightening bear attacks in l980, a bestselling nature/adventure author explores our relationship with the great grizzly.
Many citizens of Banff, Alberta, valued living in a place where wildlife grazed on the front lawn; others saw wild bears as a mere roadside attraction. None were expecting the bear attacks that summer, which led to one man’s death. During the massive hunt that followed, Banff was portrayed in the international media as a town under siege by a killer bear, and the tourists stayed away. The pressure was on to find and destroy the Whiskey Creek mauler, but he evaded park wardens and struck again — and again. When the fight was over, the hard lessons learned led to changes that would save the lives of both bears and people in the coming years.
Sid Marty’s The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek is an evocative and gripping story that speaks to our complex and increasingly combative relationship with the wilderness and its inhabitants.
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这本书的结构处理得像一个精密的钟表,每一个齿轮——无论是回忆闪回、当前事件还是对未来的预示——都咬合得天衣无缝。我特别欣赏作者在叙事节奏上的掌控力。情节推进时,有时会突然插入一段看似无关紧要的自然观察,比如某种鸟类的迁徙规律,或者某一特定植物的生命周期。起初我有些困惑,但很快意识到,这些细节并非跑题,而是构建了整个世界观的基石。它们提供了一种超越人类生命尺度的视角,将故事中的个体冲突置于一个更广阔、更冷酷的自然规律之下进行审视。这使得即便是最激烈的战斗或最痛苦的抉择,也染上了一种宿命般的色彩。它挑战了我们习惯的线性叙事,通过这种交织和回响,让主题得到了更深层次的共鸣。读完后,我忍不住去查阅了书中提到的那些地理名词和生物学知识,这证明了作者在细节考据上的严谨性,也说明了这本书激发了我强烈的求知欲,超越了纯粹的娱乐范畴。
评分我必须强调一下这本书的“声音”。这不是指谁说话,而是指叙事的整体语调。它拥有一种近乎寓言式的、古老而缓慢的语调,仿佛是一个部落的长者在火堆旁,向着在场的后辈讲述一件早已发生,却从未被遗忘的往事。这种语调带着一种历经沧桑后的平静和洞察力。它没有刻意去制造悬念,因为所有人都知道最终的结局,重点在于“如何到达那里”的过程和沿途的风景。书中关于“选择”与“代价”的讨论非常深刻,作者没有简单地把人物塑造成非黑即白的好人或坏人,每个人都带着自己无法摆脱的局限性和沉重的历史包袱。这种复杂的道德灰色地带,让我联想到了那些经典的神话和民间传说,它们之所以能够流传千古,正是因为它们触及了人性中最根本的、永恒的困境。阅读体验是一种沉静的、近乎冥想的状态,让人在喧嚣的现代生活中,找到了一片可以安放沉重思考的净土。对于那些厌倦了快餐式阅读的读者来说,这本书无疑是一剂良药。
评分我通常不是那种会追捧“史诗感”的读者,但这本书成功地让我体会到了一种不同维度的宏大叙事。它不是建立在王朝更迭或战争场面上的宏大,而是体现在对“时间”和“地域”的深刻理解上。书中的人物行动,无论多么微小或偶然,似乎都承载着某种必然性,像是被那片土地的古老法则所驱动。作者的叙事视角非常巧妙,时而像一个全知全能的上帝俯瞰全局,时而又突然聚焦于一个细小的昆虫或一片叶子的命运,这种强烈的尺度反差,极大地增强了故事的哲学厚度。我发现自己经常停下来,不是因为情节紧张,而是因为某个句子、某种比喻,让人不得不驻足思考。比如他对“沉默”的定义,不是缺乏声音,而是一种充盈着潜台词的、充满力量的空白。这种对语言边界的探索,让整本书的质感变得非常高级。它要求读者付出耐心,去解读那些没有被直白说出的部分,但当你理解了那些潜藏的含义后,获得的回报是巨大的。读完之后,我感觉自己对“等待”这个概念有了全新的认知,不再是消极的蹉跎,而是一种积极的、与环境同频的呼吸。
评分这本书的氛围感简直绝了,那种从字里行间都能渗透出来的荒野气息,让人仿佛真的置身于北美深处的针叶林中,耳边能听到松涛阵阵,甚至能嗅到湿润泥土和野兽的气味。作者对于环境的描摹细腻到了令人发指的地步,每一个场景都不是简单的背景板,而是充满了生命力的、会呼吸的实体。比如对溪流边苔藓的描述,那种湿滑的质感和微光下的颜色变化,都刻画得入木三分。而故事的主线虽然简单,却紧紧扣住了人与自然那种既敬畏又抗争的复杂关系。读起来,你会感觉到一种原始的张力,不是那种好莱坞式的夸张冲突,而是更深层次的、关于生存本能的拉锯战。角色们的对话也很有意思,那种未经雕琢的、带着浓重地方口音的表达方式,一下子就把地域性给烘托出来了。我尤其喜欢作者处理时间流逝的方式,有时候快进,有时候又慢得像凝固的琥珀,完美地契合了荒野中那种不可预测的节奏感。总之,这本书不仅仅是关于一个故事,它更像是一次沉浸式的感官体验,让你在阅读的同时,也进行了一场精神上的徒步旅行。我一口气读完,合上书的时候,感觉自己的心跳都慢了半拍,仿佛刚刚从那片寂静的森林里抽离出来。
评分说实话,我一开始是被封面吸引的,那种略带粗砺和陈旧感的印刷风格,让人觉得这不是一本新书,而是一个被尘封已久的手稿。然而,内容上的惊喜远超封面。这本书最让我惊艳的是它的情感表达方式——极其克制,却又力量惊人。人物之间的关系,特别是那些经历过共同磨难的伙伴之间,几乎没有冗余的情感宣泄。所有的“爱”、“恐惧”或“忠诚”,都是通过行动的细节来体现的。比如一个在极寒天气下,无声地将外套分给另一个人的动作;或者在危险关头,一个眼神的交汇所传递出的信任。这种“少说多做”的叙事哲学,在当今充斥着内心独白的文学作品中,显得尤为珍贵和真实。它迫使读者调动自己的同理心,去“感受”而非“被告知”角色的内心世界。我对其中几个配角的塑造尤其印象深刻,他们虽然戏份不多,但性格的侧面轮廓极其鲜明,仿佛只需要寥寥数笔,就能勾勒出一个完整的人生轨迹。这本书的魅力,就在于它给予了读者足够的空间,让他们自己去填补情感的空白。
评分Got this book at Jasper for a relaxed afternoon as an ending to the week long trip. Human and nature relationship is a fascinating topic. And also to remind me of the scared feeling hiking alone early morning in mountain Louise.
评分Got this book at Jasper for a relaxed afternoon as an ending to the week long trip. Human and nature relationship is a fascinating topic. And also to remind me of the scared feeling hiking alone early morning in mountain Louise.
评分Got this book at Jasper for a relaxed afternoon as an ending to the week long trip. Human and nature relationship is a fascinating topic. And also to remind me of the scared feeling hiking alone early morning in mountain Louise.
评分Got this book at Jasper for a relaxed afternoon as an ending to the week long trip. Human and nature relationship is a fascinating topic. And also to remind me of the scared feeling hiking alone early morning in mountain Louise.
评分Got this book at Jasper for a relaxed afternoon as an ending to the week long trip. Human and nature relationship is a fascinating topic. And also to remind me of the scared feeling hiking alone early morning in mountain Louise.
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