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1、ANovelofMythicProportionsBYDanielWallaceAlgonquinBooksofChapelHill2012FormymotherInmemoryofmyfatherContentsPartITheDayHeWasBornInWhichHeSpeakstoAnimalsTheYearItSnowedinAlabamaHisGreatPromiseMyFather’sDeath:Take1TheGirlintheRiverHisQuietCharmHowHeTamed
2、theGiantInWhichHeGoesFishingTheDayHeLeftAshlandEnteringaNewWorldPartIITheOldLadyandtheEyeMyFather’sDeath:Take2HisFirstGreatLoveHisLegendaryLegsInWhichHeMakesHisMoveTheFightOnMeetingtheIn-LawsHisThreeLaborsHeGoestoWarMyFather’sDeath:Take3TheDayIWasBo
3、rnHowHeSawMeHowHeSavedMyLifeHisImmortalityHisGreatestPowerInWhichHeHasaDreamPartIiiInWhichHeBuysaTown,andMoreHowItEndsMyFather’sDeath:Take4BigFishOnoneofourlastcartrips,neartheendofmyfather’slifeasaman,westoppedbyariver,andwetookawalktoitsbanks,wher
4、ewesatintheshadeofanoldoaktree.Afteracoupleofminutesmyfathertookoffhisshoesandhissocksandplacedhisfeetintheclear-runningwater,andhelookedatthemthere.Thenheclosedhiseyesandsmiled.Ihadn’tseenhimsmilelikethatinawhile.Suddenlyhetookadeepbreathandsaid,“T
5、hisremindsme.â€Andthenhestopped,andthoughtsomemore.Thingscameslowforhimtheniftheyevercameatall,andIguessedhewasthinkingofsomejoketotell,becausehealwayshadsomejoketotell.Orhemighttellmeastorythatwouldcelebratehisadventurousandheroiclife.AndIwondered,What
6、doesthisremindhimof?Doesitremindhimoftheduckinthehardwarestore?Thehorseinthebar?Theboywhowasknee-hightoagrasshopper?Diditremindhimofthedinosauregghefoundoneday,thenlost,orthecountryheonceruledforthebetterpartofaweek?“Thisremindsme,â€hesaid,“ofwhenIw
7、asaboy.â€Ilookedatthisoldman,myoldmanwithhisoldwhitefeetinthisclear-runningstream,thesemomentsamongtheverylastinhislife,andIthoughtofhimsuddenly,andsimply,asaboy,achild,ayouth,withhiswholelifeaheadofhim,muchasminewasaheadofme.I’dneverdonethatbefore.An
8、dtheseimages—thenowandthenofmyfather—converged,andatthatmomentheturnedintoaweirdcreature,wild,concurrentlyyoungandold,dyingandnewborn.Myfatherbecameamyth.ITheDayHeWasBornHewasbornduringthedriestsummerinfortyyears.Thesunbakedt