本•方登 (Ben Foutain)
美國著名作傢,1958年生於美國北卡羅來納州,現居得剋薩斯州達拉斯。
作品獲得過諸多文學奬項,其中短篇集《與切•格瓦拉的不期而遇》獲海明威奬,長篇小說《漫長的中場休息》獲美國國傢書評人奬,入選入選BBC本世紀必讀12本小說。
Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2012
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a devastating portrait of our time, a searing and powerful novel that cements Ben Fountain's reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation.
A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents at "the battle of Al-Ansakar Canal"—three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare caught on tape by an embedded Fox News crew—has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. For the past two weeks, the Bush administration has sent them on a media-intensive nationwide Victory Tour to reinvigorate public support for the war. Now, on this chilly and rainy Thanksgiving, the Bravos are guests of America's Team, the Dallas Cowboys, slated to be part of the halftime show alongside the superstar pop group Destiny's Child.
Among the Bravos is the Silver Star–winning hero of Al-Ansakar Canal, Specialist William Lynn, a nineteen-year-old Texas native. Amid clamoring patriots sporting flag pins on their lapels and Support Our Troops bumper stickers on their cars, the Bravos are thrust into the company of the Cowboys' hard-nosed businessman/owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a luscious born-again Cowboys cheerleader; a veteran Hollywood producer; and supersized pro players eager for a vicarious taste of war. Among these faces Billy sees those of his family—his worried sisters and broken father—and Shroom, the philosophical sergeant who opened Billy's mind and died in his arms at Al-Ansakar.
Over the course of this day, Billy will begin to understand difficult truths about himself, his country, his struggling family, and his brothers-in-arms—soldiers both dead and alive. In the final few hours before returning to Iraq, Billy will drink and brawl, yearn for home and mourn those missing, face a heart-wrenching decision, and discover pure love and a bitter wisdom far beyond his years.
“世上没有完美的事物,唯有这样一些透明得让你忘记自己的时刻,能拥有这样的一瞬,便是天赐的幸福。”这么一句看似不起眼的话,夹杂在比利千头万绪的心潮起伏里,却拥有狠狠击中我的力道,甚至可以视之为这部《漫长的中场休息》之微型总结。这样的一瞬就是比利最孤独的魂游天...
評分与李安的电影剧本相比,原著更局限于现实,更多关于反战和对社会不公与虚幻的控诉,主要是个人努力和社会反思。而李安的剧本,则在信仰追寻与命运的抗争方面有更一步的提升。 人生的意义在于寻找到一个超越自我的浩大的信仰。 而对于命运的安排,我们要知命、惜命、勇于选择、...
評分有个颇为得意的主张,我常拿来在人前炫耀。炫耀多了,就把它当作真理一样信奉。我说,人是可以超越时代的。时代洪流再怎么强大,人总会有他的超越性。依照在上的标准,人活得虽然不至于好,但至少有活下去的力气。这个力气是说,你还敢于承认,有要把美好呈现出来的那份担当。 ...
評分 評分因为主人公身份以及故事背景的关系,本.方登的这本《漫长的中场休息》常常会被认为是一本反战题材的小说,这种观点不能说不正确,因为在和平年代里,任何关于战争的书写都可以被归类为反战,即便有人写一部大力鼓吹战争的小说,也会被当做是反讽式的反战。但在方登的这本小说里...
影像的力量是巨大的。
评分“long” halftime walk?很失敗,不要意外電影失敗
评分影像的力量是巨大的。
评分影像的力量是巨大的。
评分“long” halftime walk?很失敗,不要意外電影失敗
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