发表于2024-11-21
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.
《宠儿》堪称美国黑人历史的一座纪念碑。主要情节取材于一个真实的历史故事。小说中的主人公——女黑奴塞丝怀着身孕只身从肯塔基的奴隶庄园逃到俄亥俄的辛辛那提,奴隶主循踪追至,为了使儿女不再重复自己做奴隶的悲惨命运,她毅然杀死了自己的一个女儿。虽然这已是18年前的往事,但往事的梦魇一刻也不曾停止过对塞丝的纠缠。
十八年后,奴隶制早已废除,而被她杀死的女婴还魂归来,和塞丝、塞丝的女儿丹芙以及塞丝的情人保罗生活在同一幢房子里。
她以自己的出现日夜惩罚母亲当年的行为,不但加倍地向母亲索取着爱,甚至纠缠和引诱包罗,不择手段地扰乱和摧毁母亲刚刚回暖的生活。
往事的梦魇一刻也不曾停止过对塞丝的纠缠,全书充满苦涩的诗意和紧张的悬念。
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·莫里森(Toni Morrison,1931~)美国黑人女作家。生于俄亥俄州钢城洛里恩,父亲是蓝领工人, 母亲在白人家帮佣。1949 年她以优异成绩考入当时专为黑人开设的霍华德大学,攻读英语和古典文学。
大学毕业后,又入康奈尔大学专攻福克纳和沃尔夫的小说,并以此获硕士学位。此后,她在德克萨斯南
方大学和霍德华大学任教。1966年,她在纽约兰多姆出版社担任高级编辑,曾为拳王穆罕默德·阿里自传和一些青年黑人作家的作品的出版竭尽全力。她所主编的《黑人之书》,记叙了美国黑人三百年历史,被称为美国黑人史的百科全书。70年代起,她先后在纽约州立大学、耶鲁大学和巴尔德学院讲授美国黑人文学,并为《纽约时报书评周报》撰写过30篇高质量的书评文章,1987年起出任普林斯顿大学教授,讲授文学创作。莫里森可以说是一位学者型的小说家。
莫里森的主要成就在于她的长篇小说。自1970年起,她一共发表了九部长篇小说:
托妮·莫里森新经典文库中文作品集(9张)
《最蓝的眼睛》(The Bluest Eye1970)
《所罗门之歌》(Song of Solomon,1977)
《秀拉》(Sula,1973)
《柏油娃娃》(Tar Baby,1981)
《宠儿》(Beloved,1987)
《爵士乐》(Jazz (1992)
《天堂》(Paradise,1999)
《爱》(Love,2003)
《恩惠》(A Mercy,2008)
《家园》(Home, 2012)
这些作品均以美国的黑人生活为主要内容,笔触细腻,人物、语言及故事情节生动逼真,想象力丰富。
2012年5月8日,81岁高龄的托尼莫里森又出版了新作,《家园》。《家园》则讲述了一个赴朝鲜战场的美国老兵自我救赎的故事
Beloved宠儿 英文原版 [平装] 下载 mobi pdf epub txt 电子书 格式 2024
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评分书总给我一种轻便自然的感觉。非常喜欢。
评分不知道为什么现在要发500字才可以获得积分奖励,难道我每一本书都要看完之后再来评论吗?对于我这种小说控,遇到活动就买一堆书的人来说,这个实在不太现实。怪不得现在京东图书的评价大家都稀里糊涂乱写一气,篇幅好长,结果啥内容没有,复制一遍又一遍,毫无技术可言。这个要求跟让我写篇读书笔记有啥区别啊?从小写到大,买书评论为了点积分还让我写读书笔记?本来这个要求的出发点倒是挺好的,可是结果如此不伦不类,有本事,你人工给积分啊?系统啥都不识别,有用没用的都乱涂一气。我写个读书笔记交给老师,好歹老师还给个评论吧,不是一句话,起码也是一个“优”字啊!现在倒好,我想买书都要翻不翻评论都是一个效果,写的少的没啥参考性,写得多的一样没啥参考性,结果害我翻评论,鼠标的滚轮真的要“滚”好久!!!没办法,我也要开始长篇累牍了,写了这么多我都不知道我的重点是啥,好吧,我就是来纯吐槽的!当然,现在用积分换券没多大用处了,因为我发现这几个月来jd一直在做图书活动,一波接着一波,300-100,400-150,150-50,现在又是300-100.看来以后买书,我也得先收藏囤着一起买了,单买不划算啊!最后再说几句,我也不知道我会说几句,简而言之就是说到字数够了为止!好吧,就剩一句了:书还没看,谢谢! 不知道为什么现在要发500字才可以获得积分奖励,难道我每一本书都要看完之后再来评论吗?对于我这种小说控,遇到活动就买一堆书的人来说,这个实在不太现实。怪不得现在京东图书的评价大家都稀里糊涂乱写一气,篇幅好长,结果啥内容没有,复制一遍又一遍,毫无技术可言。这个要求跟让我写篇读书笔记有啥区别啊?从小写到大,买书评论为了点积分还让我写读书笔记?本来这个要求的出发点倒是挺好的,可是结果如此不伦不类,有本事,你人工给积分啊?系统啥都不识别,有用没用的都乱涂一气。我写个读书笔记交给老师,好歹老师还给个评论吧,不是一句话,起码也是一个“优”字啊!现在倒好,我想买书都要翻不翻评论都是一个效果,写的少的没啥参考性,写得多的一样没啥参考性,结果害我翻评论,鼠标的滚轮真的要“滚”好久!!!没办法,我也要开始长篇累牍了,写了这么多我都不知道我的重点是啥,好吧,我就是来纯吐槽的!当然,现在用积分换券没多大用处了,因为我发现这几个月来jd一直在做图书活动,一波接着一波,300-100,400-150,150-50,现在又是300-100.看来以后买书,我也得先收藏囤着一起买了,单买不划算啊!最后再说几句,我也不知道我会说几句,简而言之就是说到字数够了为止!好吧,就剩一句了:书还没看,谢谢!
评分读书的感觉真好。读书是一种享受,无论躺在床上随意浏览,还是在办公室伏案书海畅游;
评分书是我们精神的巢穴,生命的源泉。古今中外有成就的人,到与书结下了不解之缘,
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