Summerwater - Sarah Moss

Summerwater

Sarah Moss

出版社

Picador

出版时间

2020-08-20

ISBN

9781529035438

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

On the longest day of the summer, twelve people sit cooped up with their families in a faded Scottish cabin park. The endless rain leaves them with little to do but watch the other residents.

A woman goes running up the Ben as if fleeing; a retired couple reminisce about neighbours long since moved on; a teenage boy braves the dark waters of the loch in his red kayak. Each person is wrapped in their own cares but increasingly alert to the makeshift community around them. One particular family, a mother and daughter without the right clothes or the right manners, starts to draw the attention of the others. Tensions rise and all watch on, unaware of the tragedy that lies ahead as night finally falls.

用户评论
补记。2022回国隔离的时候2天内读完的,很喜欢的意识流文字
苏格兰,湖边,木屋,夏日的一天。连续不断的大雨让本来度假却不得不被天气限制的人们烦躁起来。因为环境而几乎被困在原地的人们,紧张感却一直在堆积:书的第一页读者就得知灾难临近。会是谁?又发生了什么?带着疑问,感觉自己深处苏格兰夏日的风雨里,读者在每个章节贴近一个家庭里某个人物的内心(男女老少,作者毫不违和地展现每个人的心理),且Moss 用她卓越的写作特点——半意识流地将人物的内心活动(好的坏的分心跑题的)将人刻画得细腻饱满。再加上全篇基本无人物对话,大都是间接转述的方式让人又有一种看纪录片的感受。Moss总能把一个暗流涌动的故事与人性的平凡和复杂相对应(就好像如今活在疫情下的人们,同样在为生活中的点点琐事奔波忙碌烦扰)。作者特有的观察人与人之联系的角度,不得不赞叹Moss对人性描画的精准。
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