……激动人心；中段令人满足；但结局啊，哎呀呀。”——约翰·巴思（John Barth），《On With The Story》。真是哎呀呀！多么戏剧性地结束了令人沮丧的一天！很多年前（现在感觉遥远得像古苏美尔时代了），我偶然读到了他的《迷失在开心馆》（Lost in the Funhouse），当时就被震惊得目瞪口呆，不仅是因为他那变幻莫测的文风，我还对主人公产生了深深的共鸣。这至今仍是我最喜欢的短篇小说。（也多亏我当时是单独读的这篇，其他……
…exciting; middles are gratifying; but endings, boyoboy.” — John Barth, On With The Story Boyoboy, indeed! What a way to end to a dismal day! Many years ago (feels like ancient Sumer now) I came across his "Lost in the Funhouse" and was thunderstruck, and not only by the vagaries of his style: I felt a deep kinship to the proton its. It's still my favorite short story. (It was good luck, too, that I read it on its own, the other…
太难过了。他曾是我最喜欢的在世作家。高中高年级研讨课上接触到了他的《Lost in the Funhouse》，立马就迷上了。他的小说（尤其是写作风格）彻底改变了我对文学乃至整体写作的理解。RIP。
Damn. He was my favorite living author. Got introduced to his "Lost in the Funhouse" in senior seminar in high school, was hooked immediately. His stories (and especially his writing style) changed how I approach literature and writing at large. RIP.
我推荐《Lost in the Funhouse》。这是部短篇小说集，充分展现了他多样的写作风格。我建议买纸质版，原因读到第二页（甚至第一页）你就全明白了。
I'd suggest Lost in the Funhouse. It's a collection of short stories and showcases a wide range of his authorial style. I'd suggest a paper copy for reasons that will be clear by page two (maybe page one).
我永远忘不了在嗑了一大剂 LSD 的第二天早晨读《Lost in the Funhouse》的体验。绝对是那种我想再体验一次的事情
I’ll never forget the experience of reading Lost in the Funhouse the morning after a decent dose of LSD. Definitely something I wish I could do a second time
安息吧，Barth 先生。一本卷了角的《Lost in the Funhouse》陪伴了我整整 20 年，每当我需要换个视角或者想把自己从思维定式中震醒时，我就会拿出来翻翻。这简直是精神致幻写作的最高境界，同名短篇……
RIP Mr. Barth. I carried a dog eared copy of Lost in the Funhouse with me through 20 years of my life, picking it up and putting it down whenever I needed something to shift my perspective or jar me out of a rut. Psychoactive writing at its best, the titular story…
……激动人心；中段令人满足；但结局啊，哎呀呀。”——约翰·巴思（John Barth），《On With The Story》。真是哎呀呀！多么戏剧性地结束了令人沮丧的一天！很多年前（现在感觉遥远得像古苏美尔时代了），我偶然读到了他的《迷失在开心馆》（Lost in the Funhouse），当时就被震惊得目瞪口呆，不仅是因为他那变幻莫测的文风，我还对主人公产生了深深的共鸣。这至今仍是我最喜欢的短篇小说。（也多亏我当时是单独读的这篇，其他……
…exciting; middles are gratifying; but endings, boyoboy.” — John Barth, On With The Story Boyoboy, indeed! What a way to end to a dismal day! Many years ago (feels like ancient Sumer now) I came across his "Lost in the Funhouse" and was thunderstruck, and not only by the vagaries of his style: I felt a deep kinship to the proton its. It's still my favorite short story. (It was good luck, too, that I read it on its own, the other…
大约 20 年前我读了《Lost in the Funhouse》，至今依然念念不忘——https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1967/11/lost-in...
I read "Lost in the Funhouse" some 20 years ago and it has always stuck with me - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1967/11/lost-in...
太难过了。他曾是我最喜欢的在世作家。高中高年级研讨课上接触到了他的《Lost in the Funhouse》，立马就迷上了。他的小说（尤其是写作风格）彻底改变了我对文学乃至整体写作的理解。RIP。
Damn. He was my favorite living author. Got introduced to his "Lost in the Funhouse" in senior seminar in high school, was hooked immediately. His stories (and especially his writing style) changed how I approach literature and writing at large. RIP.
我推荐《Lost in the Funhouse》。这是部短篇小说集，充分展现了他多样的写作风格。我建议买纸质版，原因读到第二页（甚至第一页）你就全明白了。
I'd suggest Lost in the Funhouse. It's a collection of short stories and showcases a wide range of his authorial style. I'd suggest a paper copy for reasons that will be clear by page two (maybe page one).
我永远忘不了在嗑了一大剂 LSD 的第二天早晨读《Lost in the Funhouse》的体验。绝对是那种我想再体验一次的事情
I’ll never forget the experience of reading Lost in the Funhouse the morning after a decent dose of LSD. Definitely something I wish I could do a second time
安息吧，Barth 先生。一本卷了角的《Lost in the Funhouse》陪伴了我整整 20 年，每当我需要换个视角或者想把自己从思维定式中震醒时，我就会拿出来翻翻。这简直是精神致幻写作的最高境界，同名短篇……
RIP Mr. Barth. I carried a dog eared copy of Lost in the Funhouse with me through 20 years of my life, picking it up and putting it down whenever I needed something to shift my perspective or jar me out of a rut. Psychoactive writing at its best, the titular story…