原版就晦涩冗长,翻译版更狗屁不通,但咬牙读完后还是有所收获。For Booth, writing is a way of communication (underlined: not self-indulgence) and rhetoric applies to all kinds of narratives. 覆盖18-20世纪中的dominant literary theories及变化趋势,佐以大量名著逐一分析利弊。不过对没有objectivity/realism盲目崇拜or showing is always better than telling先入之见的人来说,读起来会有点无聊;Booth对这些现代严肃文学流行的潜规则深恶痛绝,抨击它们奠定了本书的tone.06-08
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在曼大时读过,一直显示在读?anyway,对理解小说和虚构写作很有帮助10-23
~Joe~
To sum up, the rhetorics of fiction are nothing but shameless lies. 09-21
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