The Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller

The Bridges of Madison County

Robert James Waller

出版社

Warner Books

出版时间

1992-04-13

ISBN

9780446516525

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍
When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience of uncommon truth and stunning beauty that will haunt them forever. The romantic classic of the 1990's.
用户评论
当年在图书馆哭得一把鼻涕一把泪的,好在四外无人
日常琐碎将夫妻间的情趣消磨殆尽,外乡来的摄影师Robert浪漫不羁的生活状态和硬朗健硕的体魄唤醒了埋藏在Francesca心底最原始的情欲,干柴烈火下爱意萌芽,蔓延,生根……最终F还是没跟R私奔,一是家庭责任的羁绊,也是她不愿R被爱情禁锢,不敢自私地占有,因让她心醉的正是他无拘无束的狂野。婚姻是爱情的坟墓,爱情是自由的枷锁。爱情、梦想,是否拥有过就已经足够,如R所写'The old dreams were good dreams; they didn't work out, but I'm glad I had them'。虽然爱情是主线,让我感触最深的却是子欲养而亲不待的遗憾,频繁缺席母亲生日,F的孩子们只能通过母亲的遗物中去还原整个故事。
This is why I'm here on this planet, at this time, Francesca. Not to travel or make pictures, but to love you. I know that now. I have been falling from the rim of a great, high place, somewhere back in time, for many more years than I have lived in this world.
8.12-8.14,还是看完了廊桥遗梦,果然看到最后哭得一塌糊涂。明白了为什么这样的爱情是经典,无法复制。相爱并非稀奇,婚外恋在当今更非新事。但Francesca并没有因深爱放弃责任,而Robert也尊重她的选择,不曾再去扰乱她的生活——而这一别就是生死之隔,至死相思未尽,深情不竭。哭痛快可以去睡了。
beautiful~~
文字很优美,虽然设计婚外情,但并不显得恶心下流
语言简洁但莫名有诗意,心境安静又似乎思绪漂浮在无可琢磨的空间,只可惜故事不是喜欢的故事。/很多人读到的是婚外恋,为什么我读到的是一种孤独/一定是我瓦尔登湖看多了,这本书的部分语言可真美,但有些就有点过了头,甜得发腻牙疼。感情的事是最无解,还是别总是折磨内心了吧。
I just stand here, about twilight, makin' that ol' horn weep, and I play that tune for a man named Robert Kincaid and a woman he called Francesca.
很美的故事。
故事其实一般,胜在氛围感的营造。作者的用词非常精准凝练,结尾孩子们读Francesca笔记的设计让整个故事连成一个完整的环,可以无限循环着不断回到两人相遇的开头(结尾乐手的伪采访反而稍嫌多余,好在反过来从Robert的视角表现了分隔两地的痛苦)。没看过电影,但个人感觉影像很难表现出文本的力量,因为这是独属于文字的力量。p.s. 为了准备雅思阅读而翻开这本薄薄的小册子,居然成为了我读完的第一本英文原版书。纪念一下。
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