The Moviegoer

这并非一部关于新奥尔良风情的南方小说，而是一面照向现代人的镜子。主角宾克斯是个快三十岁的股票经纪人，靠看电影捕捉生活中稀缺的"珍贵瞬间"，用冷眼旁观的姿态把自己与真实世界隔开——这种"在场却抽离"的状态，恰恰戳中了无数读者的软肋：我们何尝不是在庸常里麻木、又说不清自己究竟想要什么？书中最富争议的，正是这场近乎荒诞的"存在朝圣"：主角仓皇追逐的，是一种他连信念都无法确立的精神救赎。它不提供励志答案，也不刻意煽情，却逼着读者直面那个问题：快三十岁的你，知道自己想过怎样的生活吗？适合那些在重复日常里感到隐隐怅惘、又愿意被一本书轻轻叩问的人。

Walker Percy (1916–1990) was one of the most prominent American writers of the twentieth century. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he was the oldest of three brothers in an established Southern family that contained both a Civil War hero and a US senator. Acclaimed for his poetic style and moving depictions of the alienation of modern American culture, Percy was the bestselling author of six fiction titles—including the classic novel The Moviegoer (1961), winner of the National Book Award—and fifteen works of nonfiction. In 2005, Time magazine named The Moviegoer one of the best English-language books published since 1923