读过《Tropic of Capricorn》 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
似乎人们对北回归线的赞誉要更多一些,尤其Erica Jong,但是我跟附录里面那个James Frey一样,更喜欢这本,虽说两个Tropic都很精彩,不过这本小说更炸裂,而且相比巴黎的日子,纽约的生活其实更加混乱和疯狂,也就导致了更多更深层次的思考,里面很多混合了现实和梦境,颠倒了理智和疯狂的段落非常震撼。之前看过的Rosy Crucification根这本书其实说的是同一个时期的事,只是更详细琐碎,思考也很多,但那已经是时过境迁很久之后的作品了。这本书虽然写于巴黎之后,但是还带有那种滴血的快意。从生存的角度来看压力似乎没有巴黎那么大,但是巴黎的日子更像是悟出了什么之后的那种平静的隐逸生活。James Frey说他第一次读到这本书的时候一个月里看了四遍,我非常能理解这种感觉。
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Tropic of Capricorn
DoubanBanned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits, The Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature.