In the Garden of North American Martyrs
内容简介
From the Back Cover
The debut title in Ecco's the art of the Story Series—a collection of twelve short works of fiction that showcase Tobias Wolff's extraordinary craft
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Tobias Wolff's first collection of short fiction, hailed the arrival of a major talent and the beginning of an acclaimed, bestselling career. In each of these sharply crafted stories, his characters, drawn from everyday life, stumble over each other in their baffled yet resolute search for the "right path."
Among the characters in these twelve stories are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life; a timid professor who, in the first genuine outburst of her life, pours out her opinions in spite of a protesting audience; a prudish loner who gives an obnoxious hitchhiker a ride; and an elderly couple on a golden anniversary cruise who endures the offensive conviviality of the ship's social director.
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作者简介
Tobias Wolff was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in Washington State. He attended Oxford University and Stanford University, where he now teaches English and creative writing. He has received the Story Prize, both the Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the PEN/Faulkner Award.
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目录
Next door
Hunters in the snow
An episode in the life of Professor Brooke
Smokers
Face to face
Passengers
Maiden voyage
Worldly goods
Wingfield
In the garden of the North American martyrs
Poaching
The liar.
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读书文摘
我还在想着他们所过的生活，那种生活怎样不断地持续，直到那似乎就是他们想过的生活。 太阳出来了，他们站起来，举起手臂，像白色树木生长在从无人迹的土地上。
你只用一天一天过去，然后不知不觉呢，就有五十年了。
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