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A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole · 初版 1980 年
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简介
A Confederacy of Dunces 是一部美国喜剧杰作。John Kennedy Toole 笔下的主人公是 Ignatius J. Reilly，他“身材庞大、肥胖、暴躁且挑剔，宛如现代的 Gargantua，又似 French Quarter 的 Don Quixote。他的故事中洋溢着全新独创的人物角色、New Orleans 底层社会的居民、逼真绝妙的对话，以及一系列令人捧腹、雅俗交织的滑稽冒险历程。”
为什么值得读
以怪诞幽默展现令人啼笑皆非的社会荒诞悲喜剧
- 荒诞爆笑程度令人难忘且多次捧腹
- 风格另类独特并曾斩获普利策奖
- 巧妙融入了罕见的波爱修斯古典哲学元素
适合：偏爱美式另类幽默与荒诞小说的读者
值得读指数：63 / 100
Hacker News 读者推荐
I can never decide if Cat's Cradle is the funniest book I've ever read, or Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. Some days, Dunces wins, but the majority of the time all it takes is remembering ice-nine and it's back to camp Kurt I go.
jihadjihad 在 HN 的推荐
Try somewhat off-beat American novels: 1. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurty 2. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers 3. A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole They are great novels, and sadly, are less known than they should be. If you are into movies, there are great ones like "Paris, Texas" by the German director Wim Wenders, or "A…
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It's the only place I've ever read about Boethius, and the first thing that came to mind. I wouldn't be surprised if more people have read A Confederacy of Dunces than anything written by Boethius, translated or not. Not to the detriment of Boethius; Toole's work is just that good.
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