Butcher's Cross

Butcher's Crossing

Another masterpiece from John Williams, the author of "Stoner." This novel follows a young man, driven by a desire to find beauty and escape the mundane world of everyday life, as he journeys into the wilderness to explore the origins of the world. It's a story of search and dreams, of faith, belief, and ritual, of survival and change.
"Butcher's Crossing" seeks to understand the world's truth more than "Stoner." Both are stories about perseverance in the face of meaninglessness, about the failures of naiveté. Unlike Stoner, who held fast to his convictions, this is a young man driven by passion and curiosity about the unknown, yearning to seek the real world. He believes not in the beliefs of Emerson and Thoreau, but in the underlying vision—aside from wilderness and experience, nothing is more sincere and captivating than the impulse within. At the same time, he shares a sense of self-actualization with Stoner. Perhaps, each of us possesses this impulse and passion, shaping who we are today.
A profound exploration of the young mind. Author John Williams asks what happens when a young man who dropped out of Harvard comes to the West and sees nature and the true face of the wilderness? This is where the novel begins.
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"Butcher's Crossing" tells the story of Andrews, a young man who dropped out of Harvard in 1873. Inspired by the natural perspectives of Emerson, Thoreau, and others, driven by a desire to find beauty, hope, and vitality, he journeys to Butcher's Crossing. He follows the hunter Miller and two others (the skinner Schneider and the camp handyman Charlie Hogg) into the Colorado mountains to hunt bison. Each with their own unique goals and aspirations, they embark on this uncertain journey. After overcoming numerous hardships and even losing one man's life, they return to Butcher's Crossing, only to find it profoundly transformed...
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John Williams's novels are always sharp, calm, and merciless, but they also convey an optimism that is quite firm and resilient: he believes that we have the ability to salvage certain values ​​from the desperate situations in life. - The Times Literary Supplement
Tough, piercing through all illusions, yet embracing a tenderness that is sensitive to beauty and life. - The Spectator
An antidote to the legends of courage and heroic hymns in the wilderness. —Daily Express, UK

2016-07-01

上海人民出版社

Century Wenjing

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