The City is inhabited by the recently departed, who reside there only as long as they remain in the memories of the living. Among the current residents of this afterlife are Luka Sims, who prints the only newspaper in the City, with news from the other side; Coleman Kinzler, a vagrant who speaks the cautionary words...
The City is inhabited by the recently departed, who reside there only as long as they remain in the memories of the living. Among the current residents of this afterlife are Luka Sims, who prints the only newspaper in the City, with news from the other side; Coleman Kinzler, a vagrant who speaks the cautionary words of God; and Marion and Phillip Byrd, who find themselves falling in love again after decades of marriage.
On Earth, Laura Byrd is trapped by extreme weather in an Antarctic research station. She’s alone and unable to contact the outside world: her radio is down and the power is failing. She’s running out of supplies as quickly as she’s running out of time.
Kevin Brockmeier interweaves these two stories in a spellbinding tale of human connections across boundaries of all kinds. The Brief History of the Dead is the work of a remarkably gifted writer.
0 有用 Conficlown 2015-12-14 20:48:27
After all, who do you remember? Who remembers you?
1 有用 清雅戒奢 2021-12-03 01:45:28
设定特别有趣，已逝却还被人记得的人，称作萨沙，活在属于他们的城市里，而当没有人再记得某萨沙后，他/她就会彻底地消失，成为真正的死者——扎曼尼。当全世的人都因为病毒侵袭而死亡仅剩下唯一的幸存者时，她的记忆，将使一部分萨沙仍得以存活，她将撑起一座城。 双线平行叙述，一面在讲萨沙城人大部分于一夜间全部消失，萨沙们开始怀疑活人界发生了什么；一面交代着女主因机缘巧合去南极参加某科考任务，得以在全世界病毒全面... 设定特别有趣，已逝却还被人记得的人，称作萨沙，活在属于他们的城市里，而当没有人再记得某萨沙后，他/她就会彻底地消失，成为真正的死者——扎曼尼。当全世的人都因为病毒侵袭而死亡仅剩下唯一的幸存者时，她的记忆，将使一部分萨沙仍得以存活，她将撑起一座城。 双线平行叙述，一面在讲萨沙城人大部分于一夜间全部消失，萨沙们开始怀疑活人界发生了什么；一面交代着女主因机缘巧合去南极参加某科考任务，得以在全世界病毒全面侵袭下存活，成为人类的唯一幸存者，她坚强地在南极生存着，可她，又撑得了多久呢？ 结尾略感不知所云，感觉作者似是给了个开放式结尾，但我个人的理解是:女主在南极也快撑不住了，她是人类唯一的幸存者，因为她的生命意志在减弱，所以萨沙城也在极剧变小，待女主逝去之日，萨沙城亦将不复存在。 详可见吾之书评。 (展开)