小雪崩

《小雪崩》改编自获奖作家乔伊斯·卡罗尔·奥茨的短篇小说，讲述了一名少女与一名中年男子的危险遭遇。故事发生在20世纪70年代中期的安大略省农村，讲述了13岁的南希在炎热的夏日试图找点事做的故事。在缠着母亲要些零钱后，南希走向她叔叔工作的破旧车库。她漫无目的地在汽车残骸和加油泵周围走来走去，并嫉妒地抱怨她的表姐在做保姆。南希没有得到叔叔的同情，在闷热的天气中，她沿着一条无人的道路回家。当她被一个陌生而富有攻击性的迷人男子从车库尾随而来时，这个少年立刻被这个男子的关注吓得不知所措，并感到受宠若惊。随着他的意图变得清晰，他的态度变得咄咄逼人，南希通过强迫他在森林中追逐她，逃脱了这位潜在的猥亵者。在追逐中筋疲力尽，这个男人崩溃了，南希离开了，困惑而胜利。回到家中，南希对自己的经历只字不提，因为她本能地知道，自己的警惕和狡猾是她抵御世界随机危险的唯一保护。Adapted from a short story by award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates, Small Avalanches is the gripping tale of a teenage girl's dangerous encounter with a middle-age man. Set in rural Ontario in the mid-1970s, Small Avalanches follows Nancy, a surly 13 year old as she tries to find something to do on a hot summer day. After pestering her mother for some change, Nancy heads to the rundown garage where her uncle works. She walks aimlessly around the car wrecks and gas pumps, and grumbles jealously about her cousin with a babysitting job. Finding no sympathy from her uncle, Nancy returns home in the suffocating heat along a deserted road. When she is accosted by a strange and aggressively charming man who follows her from the garage, the teenager becomes confused-at once intimidated and flattered by the man's attention. As his intentions become clear and his manner menacing, Nancy escapes the would-be molester by forcing him to chase her through the forest. Overcome by exhaustion from the chase, the man collapses and Nancy leaves, confused yet triumphant. Returning home to her shrill, hectoring mother, Nancy says nothing of her experience, knowing instinctively that her own vigilance and cunning are her only protection against the world's random dangers.