I had decided to allow no room in the universe for something which shamed and frightened me. I succeeded very well - by not looking at the universe, by not looking at myself, by remaining, in effect, in constant motion.
Though he [Jaques] wanted to trust everybody, he was incapable of trusting a living soul; to make up for this, he threw his money away on people; inevitably, then, he was abused. Then he buttoned his wallet, locked his door, and retired into that strong self-pity which was, perhaps, the only thing he had which really belonged to him.
Nobody can stay in the garden of Eden...Perhaps everybody has a garden of Eden, I don't know; but they have scarcely seen their garden before they see the flaming sword. Then, perhaps, life only offers the choice of remembering the garden or forgetting it. Either, or: it takes a hero to do both. People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually reurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another kind of madness, the madness of the denial of pain and the hatred of innocence; and the world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.
Tell me, what is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. What are they waiting for?
[to be continued]
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Au revoir, mon cher.
5有用 0无用 Khalilckay 2016-08-07
我看完了我人生第一本全英文的小说,准确来说它的名字叫做《Giovanni’s Room》。这是一部同志文学,所以它没有耽美那种虚幻美好而显得过于理想化的感情,它现实而残忍,并且充满了人生的痛苦和困惑。这个故事以第一人称叙述,主角的名字叫David,是一个美国人。在整个故事的一开篇,他孤单地站在窗边,...
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0有用 4无用 Oceanania 2007-03-28
I had decided to allow no room in the universe for something which shamed and frightened me. I succeeded very well - by not looking at the universe, b...
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“You want to be clean. You think you came here covered with soap and you think you will go out covered with soap—and you do not want to stink, not eve...
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细腻的人性表达
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虽然是本同志文学,但它绝不止于此……绝对是对人性的剖析…惊喜的喜欢又厌恶的主人公…这是一本特别少有的让我感觉和主人公心意相通的小说…但他的恐惧和逃避导致了悲剧…虽然我不会有他那样的恐惧…(我没有非主流性向……)但恐怕也不是毫无别的恐惧…可是我看到他们在酒吧初见的那一章…Giovanni如果真有其人…...
书名: Giovanni's Room
作者: [美] James Baldwin
出版社: Penguin Books
原作名: Giovanni's Room
出版年: 2007
页数: 149
定价: GBP 4.99
装帧: Paperback
丛书: Penguin Great Loves
ISBN: 9780141032948