……两位语言爱好者之间既深入又实用的探讨。我手头总放着一本随时翻看。《The Autobiography of Gucci Mane》：度假时读读挺有意思的小书。“Gucci 能做到，你也能做到”。Denis Johnson 的《Jesus' Son》：读起来很爽，虽然有点残酷。这是我第一次涉猎 DJ 的作品。我感受到了 Cormac McCarthy 的气质。Cormac McCarthy 的《Blood Meridian》：经典，法官（The Judge）。Stuart Shapiro 的《Thinking About Mathematics》：……
…and practical discussion between two lovers of language. I keep a copy with me at all times. The Autobiography of Gucci Mane: Just a fun read while on vacation. "If Gucci can do it, you can do it". Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson: A nice if brutal read. It was my first foray in DJ. I felt Cormac McCarthyish vibes. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy: A classic. The Judge. Thinking About Mathematics by Stuart Shapiro:…
说得有道理。我觉得很大程度上取决于主角有多“真实”。我读过几部主角做出的选择跟我截然不同的作品，读得也都很享受。Denis Johnson 的《Jesus' Son》就是一个例子。里面的角色几乎没一个称得上善良或可敬，但作者写得太棒了，把他们为什么会那样做以及那样做能得到什么回报展现得淋漓尽致。依我看，TFA（主楼文章）并没能做到……
Fair point. I think a lot depends on how "real" the protagonist is. I have read and enjoyed several works with protagonists who make choices that extremely different from my own. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson comes to mind. Hardly any character in it is good or admirable, but it is written well enough to illuminate why they behave that way, and the rewards that offers. IMO, TFA doesn't pull…
……就我的审美而言，几乎已经超越了艺术本身的境界。你读 Johnson 的书可不是为了看剧情。其魅力在于迷失在那些句子中，迷失在它们所揭示的那种怪诞而痛苦的美感里。《Jesus' Son》是他最出名的书，但他其他的作品也具备同样的特质：那些巧妙的措辞和令人震撼的观察视角，展现了世界的荒谬与脆弱。我把它视作那种“呵护……
…nearly transcending the art, as far as my taste is concerned. You don't exactly read Johnson for his plotting. The magic is in getting lost in the sentences, in the weird and painful beauty they open up. Jesus' Son is his most famous book, but his other works have that same characteristic: Turns of phrase and shocking ways-of-seeing that reveal the world's strangeness and fragility. I think of it as the "cradling…
……两位语言爱好者之间既深入又实用的探讨。我手头总放着一本随时翻看。《The Autobiography of Gucci Mane》：度假时读读挺有意思的小书。“Gucci 能做到，你也能做到”。Denis Johnson 的《Jesus' Son》：读起来很爽，虽然有点残酷。这是我第一次涉猎 DJ 的作品。我感受到了 Cormac McCarthy 的气质。Cormac McCarthy 的《Blood Meridian》：经典，法官（The Judge）。Stuart Shapiro 的《Thinking About Mathematics》：……
…and practical discussion between two lovers of language. I keep a copy with me at all times. The Autobiography of Gucci Mane: Just a fun read while on vacation. "If Gucci can do it, you can do it". Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson: A nice if brutal read. It was my first foray in DJ. I felt Cormac McCarthyish vibes. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy: A classic. The Judge. Thinking About Mathematics by Stuart Shapiro:…
说得有道理。我觉得很大程度上取决于主角有多“真实”。我读过几部主角做出的选择跟我截然不同的作品，读得也都很享受。Denis Johnson 的《Jesus' Son》就是一个例子。里面的角色几乎没一个称得上善良或可敬，但作者写得太棒了，把他们为什么会那样做以及那样做能得到什么回报展现得淋漓尽致。依我看，TFA（主楼文章）并没能做到……
Fair point. I think a lot depends on how "real" the protagonist is. I have read and enjoyed several works with protagonists who make choices that extremely different from my own. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson comes to mind. Hardly any character in it is good or admirable, but it is written well enough to illuminate why they behave that way, and the rewards that offers. IMO, TFA doesn't pull…
……就我的审美而言，几乎已经超越了艺术本身的境界。你读 Johnson 的书可不是为了看剧情。其魅力在于迷失在那些句子中，迷失在它们所揭示的那种怪诞而痛苦的美感里。《Jesus' Son》是他最出名的书，但他其他的作品也具备同样的特质：那些巧妙的措辞和令人震撼的观察视角，展现了世界的荒谬与脆弱。我把它视作那种“呵护……
…nearly transcending the art, as far as my taste is concerned. You don't exactly read Johnson for his plotting. The magic is in getting lost in the sentences, in the weird and painful beauty they open up. Jesus' Son is his most famous book, but his other works have that same characteristic: Turns of phrase and shocking ways-of-seeing that reveal the world's strangeness and fragility. I think of it as the "cradling…