The small details speak loudly. As the story opens, Zoe stands terrified as 5,000 peoplechant her nameyet she is equally frightened that one day they may stop. On anotheroccasion she lingers and stares at Kate s bike before a race and implants the idea thatsomething could be wrong; she wins the mental advantage, and the quicker start. By suchtiny glances and irrecoverable moments lives are changed, a lesson that reaches beyondsport. The moment of winning a gold medal, by contrast, can almost seem disappointing.
小细节里有大蕴义。譬如小说开场,5000名观众反复喊着若伊的名字,这让站在台上的她紧张极了;然而若有一天人们不再这么做,她同样会害怕。另外一个场景,在一场比赛开始前,若伊故意徘徊着,盯住凯特的自行车,让对方觉得自己的车子出了毛病。于是她赢得了心理上的优势,在起点上抢占了先机。但是这种伎俩和自私的光景被某种高于体育的精神改变了。相形之下,夺取金牌的时刻,几乎让人沮丧。
Mr Cleave knows what makes a good story. Here, his concern is not with macho physicality orcrossing a line, but with the endless and enduring human endeavours: love, death and whatis left when hopes and dreams are crushed or fulfilled. A book to savour long after theOlympic games are over.
克里夫懂得如何把故事讲得精彩。在书中,他关心的不是体魄的强壮或某一次的胜利,而是无休止的人类的奋斗:爱情,死亡,以及在希望和梦想或破灭或兑现之后,我们的人生还剩下些什么。这样一本书,适合奥林匹克运动会结束后细细品味。
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