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1、ParadisebyDonaldBarthelmetitle:Paradise(AmericanLiteratureSeries)author:DonaldBarthelmeformat:Paperbackisbn:1-56478-403-7/978-1-56478-403-2publisher:DalkeyArchivePresspublished:30Dec2005BackCover:SIMONISINHOGHEAVEN...ISN'THE?Afifty-three-year-oldarchi
2、tectwitha"tragicsenseofbrick,"Simontakesayear'ssabbaticalfromhisjobandhismarriageandmovestoNewYork.Theapartmenthesubletsisspaciousandempty,sowhenhemeetsthreegorgeouslingeriemodels--halfhisageandalittledownontheirluck--ataLexingtonAvenuebar,itseemsperf
3、ectlynaturaltoinvitethemtomovein.Thesituation,theypointout,"hasthestructureofamalefantasy."Simon'shouseguestsprovetobesurprisinglyperceptiveandintelligent,buttheyareeachalittlelost,strugglingtofindtheirwayinthatdifficultcity.Simon,byturnsdotingandinat
4、tentive,temptedandhorrified,offersthemhisskewedphilosophiesoflifeandlove.Privately,hemournshisage,hisstalledcareer,hisdiminishingsexualprowess,andtheinevitabledaywhenthewomenwillleavehim.Inthequirky,inimitablestylethathasalwayscharacterizedDonaldBarth
5、elme'swork,Paradiseisabawdy,optimistic,andprovocativetaleoflivesmeshinginaquixoticworld."Awrymeditation,comicandmelancholy...Acharmingbook"--Newsweek"ParadiseisBarthelme'ssunniest,mellowestandmostentertainingbook.Hehasfixedhiseyeontheaging,urbanmanand
6、liberatedwoman,notedtheirfrailties,thedreadfulchaosoftheirlives,andsmiled."--PeopleToELAINEDEKOONINGAFTERthewomenhadgoneSimonbegandreamingwithnewintensity.Hedreamedthathewasaslaveonaleperisland,requiredtocleanthelatrinesandpileupdirty-whiteshellforthe
7、roads,wheelbarrowafterwheelbarrowful,thenraketheshellsmoothandjumpupanddownonituntilitwaspackedsolid.Thelepersdidnotallowhimtowearshoes,onlywhiteathleticsocks,andhehadadifficulttimefindingapairthatmatched.Theheadleper,amanwhoseemedtobenamedAl,embraced
8、himrepeatedlyandtriedrepeatedlytospitinhismouth.Hedreamedthathiswife,Carol,haddrivenalargebus,aMetrobusfilledwithpeople,intothefrontofhisbuilding.Itwasnotherfault,shetoldhim,aJapanesemanwhohadnothadexactchangewhenhegotonthebus,infacthadaskedhe
