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Great Days_On the Steps of the Conservatory

唐纳德·巴塞尔姆
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On the Steps of the Conservatory

-- Cmon Hilda dont fret.

-- Well Maggie its a blow.

-- Dont let it bother you, dont let it get you down.

-- Once I thought they were going to admit me to the Conservatory but now I know they will never admit me to the Conservatory.

-- Yes they are very particular about who they admit to the Conservatory. They will never admit you to the Conservatory.

-- They will never admit me to the Conservatory, I know that now.

-- You are not Conservatory material Im afraid. Thats the plain truth of it.

-- Youre not important, they told me, just remember that, youre not important, whats so important about you? What?

-- Cmon Hilda dont fret.

-- Well Maggie its a blow.

-- When are you going to change yourself, change yourself into a loaf or a fish?

-- Christian imagery is taught at the Conservatory, also Islamic imagery and the imagery of Public Safety.

-- Red, yellow, and green circles.

-- When they told me I got between the poles of my rickshaw and trotted heavily away.

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作品简介：

Donald Barthelme's new book of stories, Great Days, is perhaps most notable for the presence of seven formally related dialogues, The Crisis, The Apology, The New Music, Morning, On the Steps of the Conservatory, The Leap, and Great Days, which introduce a new aspect of his work. In these restless, possibility-haunted colloquies, stripped of everything save voices, changing pairs of women and pairs of men range an emotional terrain whose poles are hope and memory. Extravagant, profane, and comic, the dialogues are a considerable achievement, testing the possibilities of form and extending our engagement with the world.

In other stories Barthelme explores the tragic, ambiguous relationship between Cortés and Montezuma, uncovers units of the Swedish army on maneuvers in Manhattan, offers a country-music version of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, describes a heroic cutting contest between a king of jazz and a young challenger, and provides an account of a group of zombies out on a wife-buying expedition.

As Philip Stevick wrote in The Nation, Donald Barthelme's stories stand as touchstones for narrative art of the last two decades. Great Days is an important addition to an already impressive body of work.

作者:唐纳德·巴塞尔姆

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1、Great Days2、The Leap3、On the Steps of the Conservatory4、Morning5、The Zombies6、Concerning the Bodyguard7、The Death of Edward Lear8、The Abduction from the Seraglio9、Tales of the Swedish Army10、Belief
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