亚特兰蒂斯的主人
Masters of Atlantis
Charles Portis · 初版 1985 年
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Masters of Atlantis 是一场光怪陆离的旅程，深入充斥着边缘人与骗子、怪人和单纯之辈的美国。Lamar Jimmerson是Gnomon Society的领袖，这是一个致力于保留亚特兰蒂斯失落之城神秘智慧的国际兄弟会组织。1917年驻扎法国期间，Jimmerson偶然发现了一本塞满亚特兰蒂斯谜题、埃及迷题以及延展炼金术隐喻的小书。这就是Codex Pappus——Gnomon的神圣经典。不久，他便沉醉于失落亚特兰蒂斯的传说之中，深信自己在人间的使命就是管理并扩充该组织的
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“古怪的老美国”（The Old Weird America）——Greil Marcus 经常用这个词。我读了《Masters of Atlantis》，强烈推荐。
"The Old Weird America" -- Greil Marcus uses this phrase a lot. I read Masters of Atlantis which I highly recommend.
我由衷推荐《Masters of Atlantis》，既搞笑又很契合当今美国发生的事情。
I heartily recommend Masters of Atlantis, which is funny and relevant to what's happening in the US today.
我能想到好几部按任何标准来看都称得上经典的西部小说。我拉着我的读书会读了 Charles Portis 的《True Grit》（同作者的《Masters of Atlantis》是另一部被低估的作品，狠狠嘲讽了秘密结社）。读书会里有些人因为它的题材而有点抵触，毕竟大家之前没读过西部题材，但它里面有一个坚强的女性……
There are several westerns I can think of which are classic novels by any standard. I got my book group to read "True Grit" by Charles Portis. ("Masters of Atlantis" by the same author is another underrated work, and sends up secret societies.) There was some resistance to it based on its genre, since the group had not read a western before, but it has a strong female…
……在他去世后，《Dog of the South》成了我的最爱，讲的是一种非常典型美国式失败者的搞笑故事。很有《Confederacy of Dunces》的影子。播得太短的电视剧《Lodge 49》受到了 Portis 的影响，其中受《Masters of Atlantis》影响最明显，第二季里则带了点《Dog of the South》（或者可能是《Gringos》，那本我没读过）的影子
…after he passed, Dog of the South was my favorite, a very funny story about a particularly American kind of loser. Reminiscent of Confederacy of Dunces. The too-brief Lodge 49 was influenced by Portis, Masters of Atlantis most obviously, and the second season had some Dog of the South (or possibly Gringos, which I haven't read) in it