
[美] 欧内斯特·海明威
两名杀手闯入小镇餐馆等候刺杀拳手,小伙计前去报信,却见受害者坦然静待死亡,故事借冷冽场景书写虚无与命运。
满篇对话且不标明说话人,读得确实有点累。结局也戛然而止,快得让人愣神。但或许这正是海明威的厉害——用极简的对白和突然的收尾。
After reading Hemingway’s second short story, I have a light sense of his style. He often ends abruptly, leaving space for reader’s imagination.
“You better not have anything to do with it at all,” Sam, the cook, said. “You better stay way out of it.” - “Mixing up in this ain’t going to get you anywhere,” the cook said. “You stay out of it.” - “I’m through with all that running around.” - Double-crossed somebody
昆汀《低俗小说》等一系列黑帮电影致敬了这本小说两个杀手的幽默对话
因为是海明威,所以我们不会判定这个故事是个烂尾。生活就是这么戏剧化,又没那么戏剧化。
He created a vivid and tense scene with such simple words. However, I never appreciate a story that has no endings.
第一次读入神,再读就是消遣时间。
大概是文学造诣不行,读不懂海明威所谓的冰山理论下写出来的文章。 完全不懂想表达啥
看起来很累,人物完全搞不清,我是对照着翻译版本看的,但是翻译版本没有开头。我看这本书完全是为了看英语,从学习英语的角度,很适合作为英文原版书阅读的起点。
还行,能感觉出语句简单轻松不花哨累赘,故事给人留白空间大。通过对话,一些行为和少量克制的外貌描写来刻画和区分人物。但同样作为短篇,感觉cat in the rain好看一点