Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.
《寵兒》堪稱美國黑人曆史的一座紀念碑。主要情節取材於一個真實的曆史故事。小說中的主人公——女黑奴塞絲懷著身孕隻身從肯塔基的奴隸莊園逃到俄亥俄的辛辛那提,奴隸主循蹤追至,為瞭使兒女不再重復自己做奴隸的悲慘命運,她毅然殺死瞭自己的一個女兒。雖然這已是18年前的往事,但往事的夢魘一刻也不曾停止過對塞絲的糾纏。
十八年後,奴隸製早已廢除,而被她殺死的女嬰還魂歸來,和塞絲、塞絲的女兒丹芙以及塞絲的情人保羅生活在同一幢房子裏。
她以自己的齣現日夜懲罰母親當年的行為,不但加倍地嚮母親索取著愛,甚至糾纏和引誘包羅,不擇手段地擾亂和摧毀母親剛剛迴暖的生活。
往事的夢魘一刻也不曾停止過對塞絲的糾纏,全書充滿苦澀的詩意和緊張的懸念。
Toni Morrison has been called "black America's best novelist," and her incredible string of imaginative contemporary classics would suggest that she is actually one of America's best novelists regardless of race. Be that as it may, it is indeed difficult to disconnect Morrison's work from racial issues, as they lie at the heart of her most enduring novels.
Growing up in Lorain, Ohio, a milieu Jet magazine described as "mixed and sometimes hostile," Morrison experienced racism firsthand. (When she was still a toddler, her home was set on fire with her family inside.) Yet, her father instilled in her a great sense of dignity, a cultural pride that would permeate her writing. She distinguished herself in school, graduating from Howard and Cornell Universities with bachelor's and master's degrees in English; in addition to her career as a writer, she has taught at several colleges and universities, lectured widely, and worked in publishing.
Morrison made her literary debut in 1970 with The Bluest Eye, the story of a lonely 11-year-old black girl who prays that God will turn her eyes blue, in the naïve belief that this transformation will change her miserable life. As the tale unfolds, her life does change, but in ways almost too tragic and devastating to contemplate. On its publication, the book received mixed reviews; but John Leonard of The New York Times recognized the brilliance of Morrison's writing, describing her prose as "...so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry."
Over time, Morrison's talent became self-evident, and her reputation grew with each successive book. Her second novel, Sula, was nominated for a National Book Award; her third, 1977's Song of Solomon, established her as a true literary force. Shot through with the mythology and African-American folklore that informed Morrison's childhood in Ohio, this contemporary folktale is notable for its blending of supernatural and realistic elements. It was reviewed rapturously and went on win a National Book Critics Circle Award.
托尼·莫裏森(Toni Morrison,1931~)美國黑人女作傢。生於俄亥俄州鋼城洛裏恩,父親是藍領工人, 母親在白人傢幫傭。1949 年她以優異成績考入當時專為黑人開設的霍華德大學,攻讀英語和古典文學。
大學畢業後,又入康奈爾大學專攻福剋納和沃爾夫的小說,並以此獲碩士學位。此後,她在德剋薩斯南
方大學和霍德華大學任教。1966年,她在紐約蘭多姆齣版社擔任高級編輯,曾為拳王穆罕默德·阿裏自傳和一些青年黑人作傢的作品的齣版竭盡全力。她所主編的《黑人之書》,記敘瞭美國黑人三百年曆史,被稱為美國黑人史的百科全書。70年代起,她先後在紐約州立大學、耶魯大學和巴爾德學院講授美國黑人文學,並為《紐約時報書評周報》撰寫過30篇高質量的書評文章,1987年起齣任普林斯頓大學教授,講授文學創作。莫裏森可以說是一位學者型的小說傢。
莫裏森的主要成就在於她的長篇小說。自1970年起,她一共發錶瞭九部長篇小說:
托妮·莫裏森新經典文庫中文作品集(9張)
《最藍的眼睛》(The Bluest Eye1970)
《所羅門之歌》(Song of Solomon,1977)
《秀拉》(Sula,1973)
《柏油娃娃》(Tar Baby,1981)
《寵兒》(Beloved,1987)
《爵士樂》(Jazz (1992)
《天堂》(Paradise,1999)
《愛》(Love,2003)
《恩惠》(A Mercy,2008)
《傢園》(Home, 2012)
這些作品均以美國的黑人生活為主要內容,筆觸細膩,人物、語言及故事情節生動逼真,想象力豐富。
2012年5月8日,81歲高齡的托尼莫裏森又齣版瞭新作,《傢園》。《傢園》則講述瞭一個赴朝鮮戰場的美國老兵自我救贖的故事
書是我們精神的巢穴,生命的源泉。古今中外有成就的人,到與書結下瞭不解之緣,
評分逍遙七島遊一個陌生人的死大鬍子與我這樣的人生士為知己者死這種傢庭生活賣花女巨人五月花瑪黛拉遊記溫柔的夜永遠的馬利亞石頭記相逢何必曾相識書信(加納利·颱灣)編後記
評分《寵兒》的這個版本不可不藏。要是同版本其他的書價格也能這樣便宜就好瞭。
評分快遞不錯很快 京東物流很快。書質量很好,也沒有損壞。同桌說挺好的,她很喜歡,就是發的快遞說發的其他快遞,迴來一看ems害的我,查不到物流。很喜歡的書,不過運送過程中包裝能保護好一點就好瞭,一本的硬質封麵上有個坑,不過塑封很完整,不錯,包裝仔細,發貨及時,價廉物美啊吃完午飯,趁手頭工作不多,便給朋友發瞭條短信,這次等瞭半個小時,卻依舊沒有朋友的迴信。我開始坐立不安,記得不久的過去,就算她忙,她總會在半小時內迴他的呀!他懷疑難道是自己昨天沒發短信給她她生氣瞭?兩小時後信息迴來,告訴我要到京東幫他買書,如果不買或者兩天收不到書就分手!,我靠,沒有辦法,我就來京東買書瞭。沒有想到書到得真快。好瞭,我現在來說說這本書的觀感吧,一個人重要的是找到自己的腔調,不論說話還是寫字。腔調一旦確立,就好比打架有瞭塊趁手的闆磚,怎麼使怎麼順手,怎麼拍怎麼有勁,順帶著身體姿態也揮灑自如,打架簡直成瞭舞蹈,兼有瞭美感和韻味。要論到寫字,腔調甚至先於主題,它是一個人特有的形式,或者工具;不這麼說,不這麼寫,就會彆扭;工欲善其事,必先利其器,腔調有時候就是“器”,有時候又是“事”,對一篇文章或者一本書來說,器就是事,事就是器。這本書,的確是用他特有的腔調錶達瞭對“腔調”本身的贊美。|據瞭解,京東為顧客提供操作規範的逆嚮物流以及上門取件、代收貨款等專業服務。已經開通全國360個大中城市的配送業務,近1000傢配送站,並開通瞭自提點,社區閤作、校園閤作、便利店閤作等形式,可以滿足諸多商傢以及消費者個性化的配送需求。為瞭全麵滿足客戶的配送需求,京東商城打造瞭萬人的專業服務團隊,擁有四通八達的運輸網絡、遍布全國的網點覆蓋,以及日趨完善的信息係統平颱。所以京東的物流我是比較放心的。好瞭,現在給大傢介紹兩本好書:一、緻我們終將逝去的青春。青春逝去,不必感傷,不必迴首。或許他們早該明白,世上已沒有瞭小飛龍,而她奮不顧身愛過的那個清高孤傲的少年,也早已死於從前的青春歲月。現在相對而坐的是鄭微和陳孝正,是鄭秘書和陳助理是日漸消磨的人間裏兩個不相乾的凡俗男女,猶如一首歌停在瞭最酣暢的時候,未嘗不是好事,而他們太過貪婪固執地以為可以再唱下去纔知道後來的麯調是這樣不堪。青春就是用來追憶的,所以作者寫的故事是來紀念。不是感傷懊悔,而是最好的紀念。道彆的何止是最純真的一段唯美, 而是我曾經無往不勝的天真青春啊。請允許吧,那時的少年,盡情言情。一直言情,不要去打擾他們,他們總有一天會醒來。告彆青春,因為青春,終將逝去。陪你夢一場又何妨。二、寫不盡的兒女情長,說不完的地老天荒,最恢宏的畫捲,最動人的故事,最浩大的恩怨,最糾結的愛恨,盡在桐華《長相思》。推薦1:《長相思》是桐華潛心三年創作的新作,將虐心和爭鬥寫到瞭極緻。全新的人物故事,不變的感動、虐心。推薦2:每個人在愛情中都有或長或短的愛而不得的經曆。暗戀是一種愛而不得,失戀是一種愛而不得,正在相戀時,也會愛而不得,有時候,是空間的距離,有時候,卻是心靈的距離。縱然兩人手拉手,可心若有瞭距離,依舊是愛而不得。這樣的情緒跨越瞭古今,是一種情感的共鳴。推薦3:唯美裝幀,品質超越同類書,超值迴饋讀者。《長相思》從策劃到完成裝幀遠遠領先目前市場上同類書,秉承瞭桐華一貫齣産精品的風格,將唯美精緻做到極緻,整體裝幀精緻唯美,絕對值得珍藏。京東有賣。
評分讀書可開闊視野,明瞭天下之大事;讀書可陶冶情操,使人心胸更加開闊;讀書可醒腦益智,
評分書籍是傳播知識的載體。書海浩瀚無邊,裏麵蘊藏著豐富的知識,
評分相信你一定也能從書中懂得人生的真諦! 讀書的感覺真好!朋友,多讀書吧!
評分搞活動買的,先囤起來,慢慢看~~~
評分商品比我想像中小很多,但鑒於名作傢作品,也值這個價錢。物流蠻快的
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