THE LOOKING-GLASS (LIBRARY ALABAMA CLASSICS)
Book ID/图书代码： 06000015B79340
English Summary/英文概要： Originally published in 1943, The Looking-Glass is William March’s story of a small Alabama town in the early days of the twentieth century. In it, he returns to a nonlinear style that interweaves the stories and voices of numerous characters.
Manny Nelloha, the junkman’s son, tries to elude his mixed-race heritage by changing his name and personality. Wesley Boutwell is a good-natured but idle war veteran who spends his Saturdays with “the girls” at Mattress May’s. A haughty and irascible young genius, Rance Palmiller, is driven to a self-destructive rage when a hobo takes pity on him. Young Honey Boutwell belts out a ribald ballad at a children’s party, presaging an illustrious and notorious career. Minnie McInnis McMinn is the warmhearted newspaperwoman who writes novels in a dialect no one’s ever heard.
Connected by relationships that bind, support, and strangle, the citizens of March’s Reedyville are drawn ineluctably toward a single climactic night. March’s skillful blend of humor and pathos evince his deep insights and empathy into the problems of the mind and heart that are both peculiar to Reedyville yet found in every town and family.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《镜子》于1943年首次发表，小说讲述了20世纪初阿拉巴马小镇的故事，本书中，作者再次回到了非线性的叙事手法，利用穿插的手法将大量人物的故事和心声交织在一起。
Manny Nelloha试图通过改变其姓名及个性逃避其混血的遗传；Wesley Boutwell是一名退伍军人，秉性纯良，但却整日无所事事，每逢周六都与“小姐们”鬼混, Rance Palmiller是一名目中无人、脾气暴躁但却天赋异禀的年轻人，在遭到流浪者的同情后不禁大发雷霆……
通过错综复杂的人物关系，March笔下的人物相互交缠，最终推向了高潮。作痛娴熟的笔法将幽默与同情融合在一起，引起了读者的共鸣。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： William Edward Campbell，在文学界被称为William March，1893年出生于美国莫比尔。幼时在阿拉巴马的小镇上度过了传统平凡的童年。在阿拉巴马大学攻读几年法律后，March加入了美国海军陆战队，目睹了一战中在法国的几场艰苦的战役。战后，March撰写了《K公司》，大获成功，之后，开始创作一系列短篇小说。William Edward Campbell, known to the literary world as William March, was born in 1893 in Mobile. He experienced a conventional southern childhood in the small towns of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. After some years of studying law at the University of Alabama and later at Valparaiso University, March enlisted in the US Marine Corps and saw action in some of its hardest campaigning in World War I in France. As a result of his actions specifically during an assault on Blanc Mont, March received the French Croix de Guerre and both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Navy Cross for valor. After the war, he authored Company K, whose success allowed him to devote himself to writing a large body of short stories, and a series of remarkable novels.
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