Beginners
内容简介
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is Raymond Carver's most famous collection of short stories and remains one of the most influential pieces of modern literature to date. But the original, unedited manuscript, "Beginners" - published here for the first time, was almost fifty per cent longer than the published collection. This restored version of Carver's stories reveal what was previously unsaid, filling in the narrative silences that have both inspired and mystified readers for so long. "Beginners" is a fascinating insight into the aesthetic of a literary great and, in the questions it raises, may just spark off one of the great cultural debates of our times.
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作者简介
雷蒙德•卡佛（1938—1988）
海明威之后美国最伟大的短篇小说家，被尊为简约派文学典范。人生的前一半充满了苦难与失望。失业，酗酒，破产，妻离子散，友人背弃，坠入人生之谷底。晚年文学声名渐高，却罹患肺癌，五十岁便英年早逝。卡佛致力于描绘美国的蓝领生活，是写失败者的失败者，写酒鬼的酒鬼，生活的变质和走投无路后的无望，是他小说中的常态。卡佛的作品风格和他自身经历密切相关，包括极其精简的遣词和冷硬的语言风格。
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目录
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读书文摘
我不知道为什么，但是突然觉得我跟十几岁时认识和爱过的人距离遥远。我想念人们。我在哪里站了一阵子，希望能回到那段时期。接着我又想到一件事，清楚地明白自己做不到。不可能。可是我又想到我的生活跟我年轻时、对将来有着期望的以为将要拥有的生活截然不同。我现在不记得那些年我想怎样过日子，但是跟所有人一样，我有过计划。
他知道情节会怎样发展，但是他一直在看那部电影，越来越心怀忧虑。已经进行中的事，什么都无法阻止。
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