A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon...
A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocket ship constructed in the backyard. A teenage surfer stumbling into his father’s secret life.
These are just some of the people and situations that Tom Hanks explores in his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that dissects, with great affection, humour, and insight, the human condition and all its foibles. The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central. To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In his stories, Mr Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level.
作者简介
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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker.
No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to...No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to name a few, like a guy's crazy three month's dating with a charming woman, a usual Christmas eve for a veteran who survived the war, etc.(展开)
I’ve long learnt Tom Hanks has a deep fondness of old-fashioned typewriters and yes, he owns a lot of them, but still awed to find he has cunningly planted at least one old typewriter into EVERY story throughout the book! The stories are very typical Ameri...
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No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to name a few, like a guy's crazy three month's dating with a charming woman, a usual Christmas eve for a veteran who survived the usual festival in the war, a man or a refugee's successful escape...
No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to name a few, like a guy's crazy three month's dating with a charming woman, a usual Christmas eve for a veteran who survived the usual festival in the war, a man or a refugee's successful escape...
No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to name a few, like a guy's crazy three month's dating with a charming woman, a usual Christmas eve for a veteran who survived the usual festival in the war, a man or a refugee's successful escape...
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No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to name a few, like a guy's crazy three month's dating with a charming woman, a usual Christmas eve for a veteran who survived the usual festival in the war, a man or a refugee's successful escape...
6 有用 第二个乌托邦人 2018-11-06 23:07:33
当其他演员都在写传记捞钱的时候，还有哪个演员像tom这样开开心心搞小说创作，所以看到那些吐槽tom还是回去演戏的评论还是有点不爽，至少我觉得这本小书给我带来了好多乐趣
0 有用 听子湖 2022-12-03 12:40:04 美国
Love it!
0 有用 薄荷味桔子水儿 2018-06-03 12:24:53
汤姆的第一本短篇小说集，尽显他的人生经历。若非一个成功的演员，编剧和导演，编不出这些个有点感同身受的小故事和小体会。用不着从文学造诣的角度打分。写成此书，已经足够优秀。
1 有用 跳余烬者 2021-07-26 18:59:16
是汉克斯言谈那个味道，字里行间的幽默却有一丝油腻感，这么肥事…
0 有用 Alisa 2020-02-08 18:12:54
No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to... No twists and turns. It's more like a dairy recording different American daily life. U can see come uncommon types, as the name mentioned, of American life around 1950s after world war two. to name a few, like a guy's crazy three month's dating with a charming woman, a usual Christmas eve for a veteran who survived the war, etc. (展开)