Readers have not had long to wait for The Unnamed, his second novel. Anyone keen onanother comedy of manners will be disappointed. So too will those who hoped to write offMr Ferris as a victim of literary hype.
他的第二本书《莫名》并没有让读者们等太久。但那些期待着又一部风尚喜剧的人将会大失所望,同样会失望的还有那些希望费里斯先生被扼杀在文学炒作中的人。
From the opening page, he makes it plain that this is a very different book. It was thecruellest winter. The winds were rabid off the rivers. Ice came down like poisoneddartsThey were waiting for him. They didn t know they were waiting for him. The novelseizes readers by the lapels with a story that feels serious and mysterious. Tim Farnsworth,a successful Manhattan lawyer in his 40s, returns home one night and declares to his wife,Jane, It s back. What s back? A strange, unknown diseaseone that compels the hero towalk helplessly, incessantly, until he drops from exhaustion. After a reprieve, Tim is onceagain a victim of his wayward body, the frightened soul inside the runaway train ofmindless matter, peering out from the conductor s car in horror.
在第一页作者就向我们展示了这本书的与众不同。这是一个严酷的冬天。狂风卷过河面,冰屑像浸了毒的飞镖落下他们正等着他。然而他们却并不知道。 小说开篇就用一种紧张神秘的气息抓住了读者。40多岁的缇姆法恩斯沃思是曼哈顿有名的律师,一天晚上他回到家郑重地告诉妻子简说:它又来了。什么又来了?那是一种奇怪的不为人知的疾病它让我们的主人公无助、不停地行走,直到精疲力竭。短暂的间歇之后,缇姆又会成为他失控身体的受害者,他的躯体就像无缘由失控的列车,他的灵魂惊恐的向这车外望着。
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