Offill’s slender and cannily paced novel, her second, assembles fragments, observations, meditations and different points of view to chart the course of a troubled marriage. Wry and devastating in equal measure, the novel is a cracked mirror that throws light in every direction — on music and literature; science and philosophy; marriage and motherhood and infidelity; and especially love and the grueling rigors of domestic life. Part elegy and part primal scream, it’s a profound and unexpectedly buoyant performance.
|奥菲尔的第二部小说纤弱而结构精巧，由碎片、观察、沉思与不同观点组成，描绘出一段混乱的婚姻。这部小说既扭曲又可怕，像一面龟裂的镜子，向四面八方折射光线——它涉及音乐与文学，科学与哲学，婚姻、母性与不忠；特别是家庭生活中的爱与严酷。它半是哀歌，半是原始的惊叫，既深沉，而又有着出人意料的轻快一面。 来源:可可英语 //m.moreplr.com/read/201412/348761.shtml