就看完了,500多页的大长篇。过程很漫长,结局很不爽。当然,这确实不是歌颂真善美的小说,这是以金融危机为背景的一家人的悲喜剧……或直接点吧,就一悲剧。男主人算是个聪明人吧,读书时成绩好,读上了大学,也算是有钱人家公子了,却一手好牌打个稀烂,把人生过成了个鸟样。女主人空有美貌,却脑袋长草,也没啥...
是开端也是终结。 Dickie的部分写得太好了。多年以后当他再次站在旧日酒吧的门口,自由的意义才迟迟降临。自由,青春,永不完结的夏日。那段曾经有着自己的气息,味道,温度与声音的岁月。没有东西是完美的,但当时的他拥有过完美的快乐。像是一小间伫立于时间之外的玻璃屋,让被时间和选择褪去颜色的自己只能远远窥伺,贪...
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Economist, New York Public Library, BBC, and more. From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be...
As the name suggests, the stingless bees do not sting; thus, it is easier to extract the honey, pollen, and propolis frequently. Furthermore, stingless bees are easier to handle compared to honey bees that are often lost, always abandon their hive, and are vulnerable to disease [5]. ...
View chapterExplore book Allergy and Immunology J. Lane Wilson MD, Bridgid Wilson MD, PhD, in Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2023 Bees Honeybees (Fig. 1) and bumblebees (Fig. 2), family Apidae, are docile by nature and only sting when provoked (see Table 1). When honeybe...
View chapterExplore book Respiratory System In Equine Emergencies (Fourth Edition), 2014 Bee Sting Bee stings or vaccine reactions can produce acute severe nasal edema. What to Do Bee Sting or Fire Ant Bite on Nose • Apply cold compresses • Administer antihistamines: • Diphenhydramine ...
Near the beginning of the book, Elaine tells Cass the funny story of the bee sting that derailed Imelda and Dickie’s wedding, and which seems to explain the lack of wedding photos in the Barnes’s home. When you read this passage for the first time, did you suspect that the story...
The Schmidt Sting Pain Index rates the painfulness of 78 Hymenoptera species, using the honey bee as a reference point. However, the question of how sting painfulness varies depending on body location remains unanswered. This study rated the painfulness
A beekeeping smoker is also needed to calm the bees. Smoke creates a feeding effect to the bees, which then overfeed themselves making it hard for them to sting. Smoke also masks the smell of alarming venoms produced by the guard bees, avoiding the bees to go wild. ...
Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting is named the Nero Gold Prize Book of the Year. The shortlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, the longlist for Jhalak Prize for British writers of color, and the longlist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction are announc