This is the story of Nedra and Viri, whose charmed life is centered around dinners, ingenious games with their children, enviable friends, and near-perfect days passed skating on a frozen river or sunning on the beach. But even as he lingers over the surface of their marriage, James Salter lets us see the fine cracks that are spreading through it. This exquisite, resonant novel is a portrait of an entire generation that discovered the limits of its own happiness--and then felt compelled to destroy it.
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James Salter (born June 10, 1925, New York City) is an American short story writer and novelist.
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实际上有两种生活。一种,是人们相信你在过的生活,还有另一种。惹麻烦的,正是这另一种:我们渴望去过的生活。
晨光中蓝色的阿尔图纳,到处是树。廉价的咖啡馆里挤满了人,车来车往。低劣的食物,普通的平民。所有这些贫瘠的人生就像一层覆盖物;它们培育了这座小镇的树木,它的根基,它那无边的孤独与镇定。
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