Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-win...
Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp.
Generally aquamarine. “The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake, I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion.” ...Generally aquamarine. “The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake, I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion.” ——The Epic of Gilgamesh.(展开)
这不是书评，只是一段感受。看完此书之后觉得好累，引用一段gradesaver网站的评价来表达我累觉不爱的心…“It is a messy novel, with shifting perspectives and interweaving stories. Characters are introduced and discarded immediately, while others make oblique appe...
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2 有用 kubrick215 2019-05-19 15:53:02
timeless, ageless, faceless, placeless, pageless。重述（重铸）历史的同时将历史延展，将其厚重轻薄化；却使人物的轻薄厚重。他们没有个人历史 只有个人历史的感象，由习惯交织，像错落的骨架，肉体由读者丰满。他们的集体历史是书的本质，书的骨骼。众所周知的历史与置若罔闻的轶事交融于一体，现实与想象的错位。
1 有用 Brevi 2018-05-06 16:44:14
Generally aquamarine. “The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake, I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion.” ... Generally aquamarine. “The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake, I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion.” ——The Epic of Gilgamesh. (展开)
0 有用 而桦 2023-12-18 00:30:12 北京
仿佛炸裂的碎片
1 有用 OO-san 2008-06-13 12:39:38
原來 Hana在這裡最先出現,和英國病人是姊妹篇?
1 有用 拉维克 2019-02-14 06:51:57
二刷完毕 完全不比《英国病人》逊色 其诗意笔触和对人与人之间亲密关系的刻画已经是炉火纯青 故事组织(结构)上甚至更加出色 《英》里头用打吗啡 让Almasy思绪跳跃完成时空穿越 这本书里头每一个小章节都可以自成一体，而即使在这一小方故事里头，时间线也是来回穿梭 但是并不凌乱 反而有摇曳生姿的美妙 Patrick失去Clara之后的失恋状态和与Katharine分手之后的Almasy极其相似 感... 二刷完毕 完全不比《英国病人》逊色 其诗意笔触和对人与人之间亲密关系的刻画已经是炉火纯青 故事组织(结构)上甚至更加出色 《英》里头用打吗啡 让Almasy思绪跳跃完成时空穿越 这本书里头每一个小章节都可以自成一体，而即使在这一小方故事里头，时间线也是来回穿梭 但是并不凌乱 反而有摇曳生姿的美妙 Patrick失去Clara之后的失恋状态和与Katharine分手之后的Almasy极其相似 感觉翁达杰现实中应该也经历过类似的刻骨铭心 因为那种炽热灼烧感实在太浓烈 (展开)
0 有用 银色灵魂时 2023-12-21 17:10:59 北京
很美的文字。
0 有用 而桦 2023-12-18 00:30:12 北京
仿佛炸裂的碎片
0 有用 Faithful 2023-12-10 15:04:33 广东
还是一贯的碎片式描述，但可能由于我对加拿大早期历史不太熟悉，看得有些云里雾里的，依旧还是翁达杰对身份，创伤，和情感关系的讨论，觉得并没有把英国病人中的主人公们的前传故事写的动人。
0 有用 最美夕阳红 2023-07-12 09:10:34 加拿大
一如既往地梦幻，明白是好东西，就是读起来有些累。
0 有用 momo 2023-01-14 01:30:52 上海
看了两遍，每次都昏昏欲睡。甲之蜜糖乙之砒霜，别人喜欢得不得了，我却完全无感。每当书里的语言从剧本台词式的对话转向绵延的诗性表达，我的脑袋就嗡嗡响。