Curtis Sittenfeld Show Don't Tell

柯蒂斯·西滕费尔德，这位以《适婚》和《浪漫喜剧》等畅销书闻名于世的作家，在她的第二部故事集中，再次以她独特的笔触，为我们呈现了一个既幽默风趣又深刻动人的故事世界。这部作品不仅探讨了婚姻、友谊、名声和艺术追求等多重主题，还巧妙地融入了作者对人性深刻的洞察与理解。

西滕费尔德以其非凡的叙事技巧，塑造了一个个鲜活的人物形象，他们仿佛就站在读者面前，与我们分享着那些颠覆他们长久以来信念的瞬间。这些故事不仅仅是情节的堆砌，更是对人性复杂面的深刻剖析。

在《中年的守护圣徒》中，一位离婚女性重访两位多年未见的老友，三人之间的对话与回忆，勾勒出一幅关于友情、爱情与成长的画卷。而在《孤独之A》里，一位已婚艺术家发起了一项旨在反驳所谓“迈克·彭斯规则”的创意项目，这一规则认为男女之间无法在没有欲望的情况下独处。西滕费尔德通过这个故事，巧妙地探讨了性别、权力与欲望之间的微妙关系。

特别值得一提的是，《迷失但未遗忘》一篇，为西滕费尔德的小说《预备生》的读者们打开了一扇窗，让我们得以窥见她所钟爱的角色李·菲奥拉数十年后的生活。在母校校友聚会上，李的故事再次被讲述，她的成长与变化，让人不禁感慨时光的流逝与人生的无常。

西滕费尔德的故事充满了幽默与智慧，同时也饱含对人物的深情关怀。她以独特的笔触，一层一层地剥开我们内心生活的外壳，让读者在捧读之际，无法自拔地被她的故事所吸引。她的声音独特而富有魅力，每一个字句都仿佛在诉说着人性的真谛。 

书名：Show Don't Tell

作者：Curtis Sittenfeld

简介：A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition—including a story that revisits the main character from Curtis Sittenfeld’s iconic novel Prep—from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy

In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she’s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned.

In “The Patron Saints of Middle Age,” a woman visits two friends she hasn’t seen since her divorce. In “A for Alone,” a married artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can’t spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in “Lost but Not Forgotten,” Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school.

Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld’s stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.