作品简介：
DonaldBarthelme'snewbookofstories,GreatDays,isperhapsmostnotableforthepresenceofsevenformallyrelateddialogues,TheCrisis,TheApology,TheNewMusic,Morning,OntheStepsoftheConservatory,TheLeap,andGreatDays,whichintroduceanewaspectofhiswork.Intheserestless,possibility-hauntedcolloquies,strippedofeverythingsavevoices,changingpairsofwomenandpairsofmenrangeanemotionalterrainwhosepolesarehopeandmemory.Extravagant,profane,andic,thedialoguesareaconsiderableachievement,testingthepossibilitiesofformandextendingourengagementwiththeworld.
InotherstoriesBarthelmeexploresthetragic,ambiguousrelationshipbetweenCortésandMontezuma,uncoversunitsoftheSwedisharmyonmaneuversinManhattan,offersacountry-musicversionofMozart'sAbductionfromtheSeraglio,describesaheroiccuttingcontestbetweenakingofjazzandayoungchallenger,andprovidesanaccountofagroupofzombiesoutonawife-buyingexpedition.
AsPhilipStevickwroteinTheNation,DonaldBarthelme'sstoriesstandastouchstonesfornarrativeartofthelasttwodecades.GreatDaysisanimportantadditiontoanalreadyimpressivebodyofwork.
作者:唐纳德·巴塞尔姆
标签:GreatDays唐纳德·巴塞尔姆