The act itself was fervent. Like a brisk tennis game or a summer track meet, something performed in daylight between competitors. The cheap mattress bounced. She liked to do it more than once, and he was usually able to comply. Bourbon was his gasoline. Between sessions, he poured it at the counter while she lay panting on the sheets. Sweat burnished her body. The lean neck. The surprisingly full breasts. He would down another glass and return. The competition would continue in the relentless searching of her eyes, which never rested. Sometimes there was even a third time, in which those eyes, even as they sharpened with arousal, then fogged with it, continued their accusation: he was a cad; he was really just using her; he cared little for anybody. (查看原文)
“Well, some difficult problems, for one. I’ve solved a problem that was thought to be unsolvable.” “I know, Dad.” “And I learned that only a small part of it is talent. The rest is determination. Stick to your ramparts, my boy, no matter who else is trying to shout you off of them.” He shifted around to look into my eyes. With his head turned, the arm on the far side began to quiver. “The will is everything,” he said. (查看原文)
0 有用 suyanz 2016-03-28 07:02:17
很吸引人而且不是普通人能轻易掌握的主题:一个数学天才,有着极其的事业野心和可观的女人缘,自私的影响了他周围家人朋友们的一生。同意评论说的第二段有些散漫,而且儿子显富和沉迷药物的情节有些多余,但还是一部很感人很完整的作品。
0 有用 奕 2016-03-14 11:00:46
一个虚构的数学猜想引发的故事,一串木链开始的探索,荣耀背后的缺陷和木链的断裂同时浮现在亲人的面前,得到的是亲人的谅解