雷蒙德•卡佛(1938—1988),海明威之后美国最伟大的短篇小说家,被尊为简约派文学典范。人生的前一半充满了苦难与失望。失业,酗酒,破产,妻离子散,友人背弃,坠入人生之谷底。晚年文学声名渐高,却罹患肺癌,五十岁便英年早逝。卡佛致力于描绘美国的蓝领生活,是写失败者的失败者,写酒鬼的酒鬼,生活的变质和走投无路后的无望,是他小说中的常态。卡佛的作品风格和他自身经历密切相关,包括极其精简的遣词和冷硬的语言风格。
When he died in August 1988, Raymond Carver had just published what were thought to be his last stories in the collection entitled Elephant and his own collection of stories, Where I'm Calling from. Five previously unpublished stories have recently been discovered, and this new volume brings together all of his uncollected fiction, including a fragment of an unfinished novel, five early stories, and all of his non-fiction prose. Three of these late-found stories are fine examples of Carver's late, open style, while two date from his middle period. The non-fiction prose includes all of his essays, together with occasional commentary on his own fiction and poetry, writings on the American short story, and reviews of work by his contemporaries, among them Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, Jim Harrison, Thomas McGuane and Richard Ford. Also included is Carver's latest essay "Friendship", about a London reunion with Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff. Call If You Need Me takes us into Carver's workshop, and alongside All of Us: The Collected Poems and Where I'm Calling from: The Selected Stories completes the picture of one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation.
假若读过《当我们谈论爱情时我们在谈论什么》,你就会觉得这本《需要时,就给我电话》有边角余料之嫌,风格上是很不“卡佛”的。这本杂文合集中的许多作品,语言都十分拖沓,而且情节设置上也缺少我们熟悉的卡佛式的扣人心弦。这本集子是卡佛早期的或者是还未改好、从未发表的...
评分突然想到,钱德勒漫长的告别里面描绘的那个经常爱始终的酒鬼畅销书作家该不会就是卡佛吧!!! 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈,居然说我的评论太短了你妹啊。 "一般人疲惫又惊惶,疲惫又惊惶的人是讲究不起理想的。他必须养家糊口。我们的时代公德和私德都在惊人地衰退。你...
评分看了十多天才看完,因为总是要在无扰的环境下,才能读进卡佛的话。每晚熄灯之后点盏台灯看上一会儿,有时实在困得很就直接睡了。卡佛的极简主义在我这里,变成了一种“一定要沉下心去看”的执着。 尽管很努力地想看懂,但是看完一篇小说,我时常会产生一种“淡淡的忧伤”——...
评分看了十多天才看完,因为总是要在无扰的环境下,才能读进卡佛的话。每晚熄灯之后点盏台灯看上一会儿,有时实在困得很就直接睡了。卡佛的极简主义在我这里,变成了一种“一定要沉下心去看”的执着。 尽管很努力地想看懂,但是看完一篇小说,我时常会产生一种“淡淡的忧伤”——...
评分我是第一次读卡佛。 拿到书后一段时间,兴趣都只停留在这本书美丽的装帧上。我是个对阅读极其挑剔的人,不管是什么大家,但凡我不喜欢的文字,始终都会读不下去,当然随着年龄的增长,或许这件事情有转机。 卡佛的转机就在某个晚自习。我抄完作业后,读了《柴禾》,读完后我...
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