《乔凡尼的房间》封面

乔凡尼的房间

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin · 初版 1956 年

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《乔瓦尼的房间》被视为一部“大胆”的第二部小说,背景设在 1950 年代巴黎,那里有美国侨民、私情与暴力。这个如今已成经典的命中注定的三角恋故事,以毫不妥协的清晰,探索了欲望、传统道德与性身份之间的冲突。

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  • ……跨越几个世纪的故事,从近过去到近未来。文笔很美。今年早些时候我得了新冠,病中读的,它闯进了我的梦里(是好的那种)。篇幅短,好读。《乔凡尼的房间》(Giovanni's Room)——一个旅居巴黎的美国侨民,夹在对一个男人的爱和对女友的责任之间。这是我读的第一本 James Baldwin 的书,但之后肯定会再找他的其他作品来读……

    …stories spanning centuries from the near past to the near future. Beautifully written. Read when I was down with COVID earlier this year and it invaded my dreams (in a good way). Short and easy read. Giovanni's Room- story of an American expat in Paris caught between his love for a man and his duty to his girlfriend. This is the first James Baldwin book I have read but will definitely check out more of his work in…

  • | 这种动态也太疯狂了。你觉得 1956 年 James Baldwin 出版《乔凡尼的房间》时,Twitter 会是什么样子?问题到底出在“取消文化”(一个含糊其辞、没什么实际意义的词)上,还是仅仅因为给了地球上每个人一个抱怨的地方?

    | that's an insane dynamic to create in What do you think Twitter would have looked like in 1956 when James Baldwin published Giovanni's Room? Is the problem "cancel culture" (a nebulous term which means little) or simply the result of giving everyone on earth a place to complain?

  • “卑劣的方式有那么多,简直让人头晕目眩。但真正卑劣的方式,是对别人的痛苦嗤之以鼻。”——James Baldwin,《乔凡尼的房间》

    “There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.” —James Baldwin, "Giovanni's Room"

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