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The Dogs of Babel 巴别塔之犬
[ 2007-09-17 17:21 ]

 

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Author: Carolyn Parkhurst

List Price:$13.95

Pages: 288

Publisher: Back Bay Books

ISBN: 0316778508  
  

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When his wife dies in a fall from a tree in their backyard, linguist Paul Iverson is wild with despair. In the days that follow, Paul becomes certain that Lexy's death was no accident. Strange clues have been left behind: unique, personal messages that only she could have left and that he is determined to decipher. So begins Paul's fantastic and even perilous search for the truth, as he abandons his everyday life to embark on a series of experiments designed to teach his dog Lorelei to communicate. Is this the project of a madman? Or does Lorelei really have something to tell him about the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew? At the same time, Paul obsessively recalls the early days of his love for Lexy and the ups and downs of life with the brilliant, sometimes unsettling woman who became his wife.

晚秋的黄昏,一个女人从苹果树上坠落而亡,到底是意外还是自杀?无人知晓。女人最后以仰躺的姿势与世界告别,心里到底是怀着绝望,还只是单纯想以死来报复别人?也没有人知道。唯一的目击者,却是女人的爱犬罗莉。女人的丈夫保罗是个语言学家,因为思念妻子却无从得知她真正的死因,竟然异想天开打算教狗说话,让它说出当天出事的原因。在这期间,保罗逐渐开启了和妻子之间的记忆之盒:从他们第一次约会、妻子制作亡者面具、她对灵亡世界的着迷、接连不断诡异而残破的梦境……至此,保罗才渐渐拼贴出妻子的样貌。

保罗是否能教会罗莉说话?将用何种方式找到他们共通的语言?他们之间那座语言的“巴别塔”能否真的建立起来?这将是作者想借小说给予读者思考的地方:“人人都以为和自己最亲近的人共有一座巴别塔,以为自己最了解那个亲近的人——然而,这座巴别塔真的存在吗?”似乎只有在真相浮现之时才能知道答案。

 

About Author:

Carolyn Parkhurst holds an MFA in creative writing from American University. She has published fiction in the North American Review, the Minnesota Review, Hawai'i Review, and the Crescent Review. She lives in Washington, D. C., with her husband and their son.

卡罗琳·帕克丝特,美学硕士,美国著名畅销书作家。作品曾多次在《北美评论》、《明尼苏达评论》、《夏威夷评论》上发表。目前她和家人居住在华盛顿。 

 

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