From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling—and foretelling—three decades of American life
Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhyth...
From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling—and foretelling—three decades of American life
Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories.
In “Creation,” a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can’t get off the island—flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In “Human Moments in World War III,” two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood’s miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda.
Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. DeLillo’s sentences are instantly recognizable, as original as the splatter of Jackson Pollock or the luminous rectangles of Mark Rothko. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.
Delillo对短篇小说形式的拿捏真是炉火纯青，又字字直中要害。感觉又回到了当年总读短篇集的日子，从短篇中抓取一些妙到毫巅的瞬间，像是小小水晶里折射八方光芒的一个点。好喜欢Midnight和Starveling，像是姊妹篇，spectators of spectators，层层嵌套，绝大篇幅里无事发生，until it explodes, and still goes nowhere in its...Delillo对短篇小说形式的拿捏真是炉火纯青，又字字直中要害。感觉又回到了当年总读短篇集的日子，从短篇中抓取一些妙到毫巅的瞬间，像是小小水晶里折射八方光芒的一个点。好喜欢Midnight和Starveling，像是姊妹篇，spectators of spectators，层层嵌套，绝大篇幅里无事发生，until it explodes, and still goes nowhere in its ruins. 好喜欢同名故事，很不一样的一篇，a quintessential American story, 想到Ethan Canin的一些久远的温暖。也好喜欢creation和Ivory Acrobat, 某种被抛在陌生遥远的环境里浮游的复杂情感，处理得太精准了。(展开)
唐·德里罗 作者
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译林出版社2015版
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Scribner2011版
庄蝶庵
译林出版社2015版
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译林出版社2015版
2 有用 劈头士》睁木 2017-09-25 08:01:19
已购。轻情节而重情绪，德里罗常将人物放置在一场变故之中来描述他的感觉。几乎每篇都有我喜欢的点，其中更偏爱他早期的作品。比起长篇，他的短篇更容易进入~
1 有用 卧槽十点了 2016-03-17 00:22:58
太喜欢了 somehow he manages to speak the unspeakable
0 有用 Loro 2024-01-14 21:52:55 北京
片叶不沾身。"Human Moments in WWⅢ": 快爱上Vollmer了，想象他是一个神。"The Ivory Acrobat": 无处可依的人与一切的联结都欠缺实在的感觉，一切好像都绕Kyle而过，就连地震也是（她以听觉和警觉捕捉地震时，地震不在那儿；地震来时，她像不在那儿，只是被掏空了），就连雅典也是。她离不开雅典是因为她精神上从没在过那里。所以最后她握紧那小塑像时，那唯一的（所以如... 片叶不沾身。"Human Moments in WWⅢ": 快爱上Vollmer了，想象他是一个神。"The Ivory Acrobat": 无处可依的人与一切的联结都欠缺实在的感觉，一切好像都绕Kyle而过，就连地震也是（她以听觉和警觉捕捉地震时，地震不在那儿；地震来时，她像不在那儿，只是被掏空了），就连雅典也是。她离不开雅典是因为她精神上从没在过那里。所以最后她握紧那小塑像时，那唯一的（所以如金子宝贵的）实在感出现时，我也像触摸到它。"The Angel Esmeralda": 幻象无义，人赋予之；人本无福，以为受福。仁慈很短暂，世界是不善的，我邪恶地笑了。读完特别想死。 (展开)
0 有用 申不变 2024-12-19 05:42:37 奥地利
Delillo对短篇小说形式的拿捏真是炉火纯青，又字字直中要害。感觉又回到了当年总读短篇集的日子，从短篇中抓取一些妙到毫巅的瞬间，像是小小水晶里折射八方光芒的一个点。好喜欢Midnight和Starveling，像是姊妹篇，spectators of spectators，层层嵌套，绝大篇幅里无事发生，until it explodes, and still goes nowhere in its... Delillo对短篇小说形式的拿捏真是炉火纯青，又字字直中要害。感觉又回到了当年总读短篇集的日子，从短篇中抓取一些妙到毫巅的瞬间，像是小小水晶里折射八方光芒的一个点。好喜欢Midnight和Starveling，像是姊妹篇，spectators of spectators，层层嵌套，绝大篇幅里无事发生，until it explodes, and still goes nowhere in its ruins. 好喜欢同名故事，很不一样的一篇，a quintessential American story, 想到Ethan Canin的一些久远的温暖。也好喜欢creation和Ivory Acrobat, 某种被抛在陌生遥远的环境里浮游的复杂情感，处理得太精准了。 (展开)