Twenty years in the making, Clyde Fans peels back the optimism of mid-twentieth century capitalism. The legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth lovingly shows the rituals, hopes, and delusions of a middle class that has long ceased to exist in North America―garrulous men in wool suits extolling the virtues of their wares to taciturn shopkeepers with an eye on the door. Much like the myth of an ever-growing economy, the Clyde Fans family unit is a fraud―the patriarch has abandoned the business to mismatched sons, one who strives to keep the business afloat and the other who retreats into the arms of the remaining parent.
Abe and Simon Matchcard are brothers, the second generation struggling to save their archaic family business of selling oscillating fans in a world switching to air-conditioning. At the center of Clyde Fans’s center is Simon, who flirts with becoming a salesman as a last-ditch effort to leave the protective walls of the family home but is ultimately unable to escape Abe’s critical voice in his head. As the business crumbles, so does any remaining relationship between the brothers, both of whom choose very different life paths but still end up utterly unhappy.
2 有用 王仔小馒头🖤 2020-04-21 18:41:23
竟然觉得不动声色间很戳点,那种时光晃晃碾压而过,没有过多的压迫感,却觉得有点刺痛。。。诶,刺痛这个词给到seth太对了。
1 有用 xixi 2020-01-10 21:06:45
1957年Simon的回忆好真实 看到最后觉得自己要飞起来了 (好伤心的单身之夜
2 有用 Hannah 2020-05-26 14:16:05
感到自己也成为一只慢慢黏滞在琥珀中的虫子。
0 有用 yvtp 2022-08-07 02:06:12
比较无感,花了好长时间也没有读完。
0 有用 时空相对论 2024-02-04 08:38:59 上海
一个月前,我在温哥华公共图书馆终于寻觅到此书的硬装首版,我找了个座位,翻到Simon送别母亲,前往养老院的桥段。Simon陪母亲最后一次在养老院一起读报,安慰母亲一切都会好起来,度过了最后一个下午,随着太阳落下,母亲在护工的搀扶下渐行渐远,Simon看着母亲远去,消失,面对空无一人的白色,后接上全黑的年轻母亲回忆杀,实在忍不住了....
0 有用 时空相对论 2024-02-04 08:38:59 上海
一个月前,我在温哥华公共图书馆终于寻觅到此书的硬装首版,我找了个座位,翻到Simon送别母亲,前往养老院的桥段。Simon陪母亲最后一次在养老院一起读报,安慰母亲一切都会好起来,度过了最后一个下午,随着太阳落下,母亲在护工的搀扶下渐行渐远,Simon看着母亲远去,消失,面对空无一人的白色,后接上全黑的年轻母亲回忆杀,实在忍不住了....
0 有用 yvtp 2022-08-07 02:06:12
比较无感,花了好长时间也没有读完。
0 有用 Evilly ☣ 2021-02-20 18:29:44
It's all winding down. 相较处女作这本更讨我喜,但是还是欣赏不来开篇章节的设计,后面的絮叨也不抓我心以致觉得有种烂尾的弱。
0 有用 一位不知名豆友 2021-01-25 16:24:06
好喜欢作者的文字描写哦……脑内幻想好爽!
0 有用 Babyblue 2020-12-06 23:54:18
Undoubtedly, a masterpiece.