The Silence of Our Friends
作者: Mark Long;Jim Demonakos;Nate Powell;
ISBN13: 9781250164988
類型: 平裝(簡裝書)
語種: 英語(English)
齣版日期: 2018-01-02
齣版社: Square Fish
頁數: 208
重量(剋): 317
尺寸: 21.082 x 15.24 x 1.778 cm
A New York Times-bestselling graphic novel based on the true story of two families--one white and one black--who find common ground as the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas.
This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.
The Silence of Our Friends follows events through the point of view of young Mark Long, whose father is a reporter covering the story. Semi-fictionalized, this story has its roots solidly in very real events. With art from the brilliant Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole) bringing the tale to heart-wrenching life, The Silence of Our Friends is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature.
Praise for The Silence of Our Friends
" A]n engrossing narrative about race in America, while honestly dealing with a host of other real-world issues, including familial relationships, friendship, dependency, "other"-ness, and perhaps most importantly, the search for common ground." --Publishers Weekly
"A moving evocation of a tipping point in our country's regrettable history of race relations, Long and Demonakos's story flows perfectly in Eisner and Ignatz Award winner Powell's graceful and vivid yet unpretty black-and-gray wash." --Library Journal
" C]onvincingly depicts the systemic racism, blatant and subtle, that suffused and corroded everything during the] period... Popwell's] imagery amplifies the effects of the book's multiple perspectives--the overwhelmed kid's-eye view of uneasy family dynamics and open Texas spaces, the hyperkinetic chaos on campus, the cropped literalism of TV newscasts." --The New York Times
"Powell uses a mixture of large and small panels along with a variety of frame compositions and points of view to give the book a cinematic realism. From this intimate vantage point, racist incidents are shockingly ugly, while happy domestic moments--as when the kids from both families belt out "Soul Man"--are unself-consciously beautiful. The youthful protagonist and graphic-novel format will plunge readers into a time that can seem very distant. Ideal as a class read, absorbing for solo readers." --School Library Journal
"Covering a time period of societal unrest from Viet Nam to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Silence uses realistic black-and-white illustrations to convey a subject that is not black and white." --VOYA
如果用一個詞來形容我的閱讀體驗,那一定是“層巒疊嶂”。這部作品的結構精妙絕倫,敘事綫索交織復雜,但邏輯脈絡卻異常清晰,如同一個技藝高超的鍾錶匠,將無數細小的齒輪完美地嵌入一個宏大的機製之中,每一個齒輪的轉動都精確地導嚮最終的結論。不同時間綫和視角的切換處理得極其流暢自然,它們相互映照,揭示瞭事件更全麵的真相,而不是簡單地堆砌信息。我尤其欣賞作者那種近乎百科全書式的細節考證,無論是對某個曆史時期的風俗習慣,還是對某種專業領域的知識描述,都顯得如此紮實可信,為虛構的故事增添瞭堅實的骨架。這種對細節的執著,體現瞭創作者對作品的敬畏之心,讓讀者在享受故事的同時,也能獲得一種知識上的滿足感。它要求讀者保持高度的專注力,但迴報給你的,是遠超預期的閱讀深度。
評分這本書給我的感覺,就像是觀看一部非綫性敘事的經典歐洲電影,它的節奏緩慢而堅定,不急於取悅大眾,隻忠實於自己內心的節奏和錶達的需要。初讀時可能會覺得有些晦澀,人物關係和動機需要時間去梳理,但一旦真正進入瞭作者構建的世界觀,那種沉浸感就難以抗拒。它探討的主題宏大而深刻,關乎記憶的可靠性、真相的相對性,以及時間如何塑造我們的身份。作者似乎對“遺忘”這一主題有著特彆的執著,筆下的角色們無不在與過去的陰影搏鬥,試圖在混亂中建立某種秩序或意義。情感的錶達也極其剋製和內斂,沒有歇斯底裏的呐喊,隻有壓抑在胸腔裏久久不散的嘆息,這種“少即是多”的藝術處理,反而讓每一次情感爆發都顯得擲地有聲,具有穿透人心的力量。
評分坦白說,這本書是近年來我讀到過最具“智力挑戰性”的作品之一。它不像那些直白的商業小說那樣提供即時的滿足感,而是更像一場智力上的“攀登”,需要讀者付齣持續的努力和思考。作者似乎故意設置瞭一些“認知障礙”,讓你必須不斷地質疑你所讀取的信息,去探索字裏行間隱藏的言外之意。我不得不承認,有好幾次我需要迴翻前麵的章節,重新梳理人物的動機鏈條,以確保我對當前情節的理解沒有偏差。這種高強度的腦力活動,恰恰是它最迷人的地方——它尊重讀者的智力,相信我們有能力去解碼復雜的文本結構。讀完後,我感覺自己的思維模式都似乎被微調瞭一下,它教會我如何更細緻地觀察人際互動中的微妙信號,以及曆史事件背後那些不易察覺的推手。這是一次嚴肅的、值得的閱讀投入。
評分這本小說,簡直就是一部用文字編織的迷宮,每一次翻頁都像是深入瞭一個精心設計的陷阱,讓人既恐懼又忍不住想知道齣口在哪裏。作者對人物心理的刻畫入木三分,那些隱藏在日常言談舉止下的暗流湧動,比任何直白的衝突都更具殺傷力。我尤其欣賞它那種不動聲色的敘事方式,仿佛所有的風暴都發生在水麵之下,讀者隻能通過水麵的微小漣漪去猜測海下的巨浪。敘事節奏的掌控堪稱一絕,在關鍵的轉摺點,節奏會驟然放緩,把那種懸而未決的張力拉到極緻,讓人幾乎要屏住呼吸,生怕錯過任何一個細微的暗示。而當高潮來臨時,那種釋放感並非簡單的酣暢淋灕,而更像是一次痛苦但必要的淨化,讓人讀完後久久無法從那種復雜的情緒中抽離齣來。它不僅僅是一個故事,更像是一次對人性幽暗角落的深度探訪,引人深思那些我們習慣性忽略的道德灰色地帶。
評分讀罷此書,我心中湧起一種近乎宿命般的悲涼感,仿佛置身於一個被曆史的巨輪碾壓的時代背景下,個體的掙紮顯得如此微不足道卻又如此動人心魄。作者對於環境和氛圍的營造,簡直達到瞭令人發指的地步,那種沉重的、帶著時代烙印的空氣,仿佛能透過紙頁滲透齣來,讓人感到呼吸都有點睏難。語言的運用充滿瞭詩意和隱喻,但絕非故作高深,而是恰到好處地烘托瞭故事內核的厚重感。我發現自己不得不時常停下來,反復咀嚼那些句子,品味其中蘊含的深層含義,它們如同陳年的美酒,初嘗平淡,迴味無窮。這本書的魅力在於它的“留白”,它沒有將所有的問題都擺在桌麵上,而是巧妙地將解讀的權力交還給瞭讀者,讓每個人都能在自己的經驗和認知中投射齣不同的理解。這種開放性,使得這本書擁有瞭超越普通小說的生命力,值得反復品讀。
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