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那个Alice Munro 的帖找不到了. 答应楼主的功课上交一下

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Curling up at some corner of Muskoka, I read Dance of the Happy Shades, a collection of fifteen short stories. There is little something in each story touches my deep heart. It is all about individuals’ strength, endurance, and resilience. The two stories I liked most are Walker Brothers Cowboy and Dance of the Happy Shades.
In the first story (Walker), “my father” lost his fox farm due to economic downturn, and had to take a job of country sales, basically a pedlar knocking at backwoods kitchen. What strikes me is how the family keeps each other up. The mother feels the strain of the poverty, but holds up her dignity. The father, in a playful fashion, battles with his life hardship without giving up his love and dedication to family.

Dance of the Happy Shades is the title story. Miss Marsalles, is hosting a piano recital. Come on, most parents here have been to a piano recital. Where do you like the recital to be? A house in Rosedale, bungalow on Bank Street, or a townhouse with a sloping wooden partition along the railway embankment? Miss Marsalles had hosted her parties in all three places. Things change, but dance of the happy shades won’t!更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 枫下拾英 / 乐韵书香 / 那个Alice Munro 的帖找不到了. 答应楼主的功课上交一下
    本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Curling up at some corner of Muskoka, I read Dance of the Happy Shades, a collection of fifteen short stories. There is little something in each story touches my deep heart. It is all about individuals’ strength, endurance, and resilience. The two stories I liked most are Walker Brothers Cowboy and Dance of the Happy Shades.
    In the first story (Walker), “my father” lost his fox farm due to economic downturn, and had to take a job of country sales, basically a pedlar knocking at backwoods kitchen. What strikes me is how the family keeps each other up. The mother feels the strain of the poverty, but holds up her dignity. The father, in a playful fashion, battles with his life hardship without giving up his love and dedication to family.

    Dance of the Happy Shades is the title story. Miss Marsalles, is hosting a piano recital. Come on, most parents here have been to a piano recital. Where do you like the recital to be? A house in Rosedale, bungalow on Bank Street, or a townhouse with a sloping wooden partition along the railway embankment? Miss Marsalles had hosted her parties in all three places. Things change, but dance of the happy shades won’t!更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
    • 她的书看了抑郁。其基调和本质就是加拿大的北方抑郁。
      • 确实,要有耐心. 有时那开头就象是嚼蜡;-)
        • 她的书,我看了比较多。是比较好的短篇。可惜就是那种抑郁致死的调子,就是白人自由主义者的调子。没有婚姻,没有爱情,没有责任,没有孩子,没有归宿的孤独致死。那种60-70年代的西方嬉皮迷惘在加拿大乡村的余波的感觉。
    • It's here. English Version
      • Thanks!. Very nice of you to dig it out. ;-)