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Jayber Crow
Wendell Berry · 初版 2000 年
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“Jayber Crow 出生于肯塔基州 Goforth，十岁成为孤儿，在 Pigeonville College 以‘神职预备生’的身份开启了他的人生探寻。”“1937年特大洪水过后，Jayber 最终成为肯塔基州 Port William 小社区的一名理发师。从那把理发椅后，他践行着曾迫使他离开修道院的种种困惑，并开始接纳包容其解答的社区馈赠。理发椅为他提供了一个绝佳的观察位，在周遭岁月流逝中静静倾听、交谈与注视。在这部充满生动人物的小说中，他讲述了自己的故事，而这一故事也成为……
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听我一句劝，去读读《Jayber Crow》吧——这是我心目中一辈子的最爱之一，也正是它让告别虚构文学好久的我重新爱上看小说 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1582431604?lv=shuf&channelId=500&p... > “如果你能做到，我…
Do yourself a favor and read Jayber Crow -- One of my all time favorite books and really the book that got me back into fiction after a long time away https://www.amazon.com/dp/1582431604?lv=shuf&channelId=500&p... > “If you could do it, I…
先从《Jayber Crow》看起。接着读《Hannah Coulter》。之后，整个 Port Williams 世界就会像一片宁静福至的原野般在你面前徐徐展开。
Start with Jayber Crow. Then read Hannah Coulter. Then the whole Port Williams collective will open before you like a beatific field.
无根漂泊与寻根归属也是贯穿 Wendell Berry 绝大多数作品的核心主题。他的小说《Hannah Coulter》和《Jayber Crow》深刻剖析了日益加剧的无根状态会对一个社区带来什么：愈演愈烈的孤独与隔绝，乃至最终的环境毁灭。
Rootlessness and rootedness are themes that wind through most of Wendell Berry's works as well. His novels Hannah Coulter and Jayber Crow take a good look at what increasing rootlessness does to a community: increasing loneliness and isolation, but also eventual environmental destruction.
最近读的书：John Steinbeck 的《愤怒的葡萄》、John Steinbeck 的《伊甸之东》、Wendell Berry 的《Jayber Crow》、石黑一雄的《长日将尽》、Nassim Taleb 的《反脆弱》（基本每年都要重温一遍）。我看虚构小说时，会尽量远离现代科技或 sci-fi，就当是换换脑子、找个平衡。…
Recent reads: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck East of Eden by John Steinbeck Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro AntiFragile by Nassim Taleb (an almost annual re-read) When I read fiction, I go as far away from modern tech or sci-fi as possible, for balance.…