看完了丹布朗的新书：“The Lost Symbol." 向各位丹饭推荐一下。
丹布朗的小说文学性不强，大概永远登不了纯文学的奠堂。他本人估计也如此定位。虽然他也写生死、爱恨、情仇、是非、善恶这些所谓永恒的主题，但是他并不着意在刻划人物性格、挖掘人物灵魂等方面下功夫(估计这也不是他的所长)。相反，丹布朗是讲故事的高手。他善于把宗教、科技、政治、秘社等敏感材料熔为一炉，又善于让故事发生在著名的场合，所以他的小说有相当的可读性，特别是对我这样没有多少文化、对纯文学敬而远之、只读得懂通俗小说的人而言。Page-turners, sometimes for good reasons., sometimes for the lack thereof.
通观丹布朗的5本小说，"Digital Fortress"和"Deception Point"基本上是讲悬念故事；到了A&D和DVC，除了讲故事以外，他似乎还想传达某种故事以外的信息。是否成功则另当别论，但至少让某些圆脚趾人士不安了一回，掀起了一场不大不小的波澜。现在这本The Lost Symbol，老丹想传达某种信息的意图就更加明显了。同样，是否成功则另当别论，老丹显然是把整部书当成一个大寓言来写。至于谋杀、CIA这些东东，并非牛肉，而仅仅是salt & pepper而已。本人跟他的很多观点不谋而合，外加也喜欢solving puzzles，所以这本书颇对本人的胃口。此书对宗教、圣经的诠释很有意思，使我这个非宗教人士也能接受。
另外一个原因是，这本书的故事发生在华盛顿，不少街道、建筑都是本人相当熟悉的，所以难免有local感觉。但是藏在熟悉的建筑内部、深处的秘密，特别是那些lost的秘密，就不为一般人所知了。。。。。。
Both read the Book day and night,
But you read black and I read white.
Time and time agian,
What it takes is only a fresh perspective
to see it in a new light....
Originally posted by [i]悟空[/i] at 2009-11-10 10:22:
看完了丹布朗的新书：“The Lost Symbol." 向各位推荐一下。丹布朗的小说文学性不强，大概永远登不上纯文学的奠堂。他本人估计也如此定位。虽然他也写生死、爱恨、情仇、是非、善恶这些永恒的主题，但是..
悟空，
你要是看完了，就细细道来。Brown 的书前几本俺都有，可是好象都是一个“奇”字，除了 Da vince 让俺很是研究了一番，后面的几本竟再打不起精神看。不过了解一下故事是很娱乐的。
先谢了。:smile:
细细道来的不可。先看看上面本人改写的那首歪诗再说。
The secret will be revealed to the most enlightened and the most worthy....:)
Originally posted by [i]忍忍[/i] at 2009-11-10 06:45 PM:悟空，
你要是看完了，就细细道来。Brown 的书前几本俺都有，可是好象都是一个“奇”字，除了 Da vince 让俺很是研究了一番，后面的几本竟再打不起精神看。不过了解一下故事是很娱乐的。
先谢了。:smile:
Originally posted by [i]悟空[/i] at 2009-11-10 10:58:
细细道来的不可。先看看上面本人改写的那首歪诗再说。The secret will be revealed to the most enlightened and the most worthy....:)
I'm most curious though not most enlightened or most worthy.
How do we know that you got it? 😆
"...But you read black and I read white..."
How do you know "you read black." You only know "I read white"...:laugh:
Originally posted by [i]忍忍[/i] at 2009-11-11 04:32 PM:I'm most curious though not most enlightened and most worthy.
How do we know that you got it? 😆
"...But you read black and I read white..."
How do you know "you re..
Curiosity is the gateway to enlightenment. I see in you the great potential of being enlightened. Once you are enlightened, everything will fly from there. Becoming worthy will simply be a given. 😛
"How do you know "you read black"? Because this is a poem. I've got the license to talk nonsense.:)
All kidding aside, I am speaking "code language" here. You've got to be able to "read dark" before you understand what I meant. 🙂
Originally posted by [i]悟空[/i] at 2009-11-12 07:28:Curiosity is the gateway to enlightenment. I see in you the great potential of being enlightened. Once you are enlightened, everything will fly from there. Becoming worthy will simply be a given.
"How do you know "you read black"? Because this is a poem. I've got the license to talk nonsense.
All kidding aside, I am speaking "code language" here. You've got to be able to "read dark" before you understand what I meant.
Sum up the book in a few sentences. It's a way to train yourself to catch the main ideas. :laugh:
Pick up a point or two to start. You may intrigue me into reading the book, though highly impossible. 😆
Sharing your joy of reading is the most enlightened, most worthy thing to do.:wink:
As for "read dark", the first code I deciphered is that you live in 花生屯。The second one is that you are a project leader.:wink:
Originally posted by [i]忍忍[/i] at 2009-11-13 05:16 AM:Sum up the book in a few sentences. It's a way to train yourself to catch the main ideas. :laugh:
Pick up a point or two to start. You may intrigue me into reading the book, though highly im..
Looks like you wanted to trick me into writing a synopsis. No, with great resperct, I do not need that kind of training. 😛
But I can offer you a teaser. Here you go:
Originally posted by [i]悟空[/i] at 2009-11-13 14:53:Looks like you wanted to trick me into writing a synopsis. No, with great resperct, I do not need that kind of training. 😛
But I can offer you a teaser. Here you go:
Then why you open this thread? A teaser...that is not politically correct.:laugh:
Ok, enjoy [i]yourself[/i]... :lol::laugh::socool:
转到“小说界”去了。
因为我和黑夜结下了不解之缘 所以我爱太阳
个人感觉小说已经成为传递信息的一种手段，现代谍报员的作用。：))
因为无能为力，所以尽力而为。