內容簡介
When Mario Puzo's blockbuster saga, The Godfather, was first published in 1969, critics hailed it as one of the greatest novels of our time, and "big, turbulent, highly entertaining." Since then, The Godfather has gone on to become a part of America's national culture, as well as a trilogy of landmark motion pictures. From the lavish opening scene where Don Corleone entertains guests and conducts business at his daughter's wedding...to his son, Michael, who takes his father's place to fight for his family...to the bloody climax where all family business is finished, The Godfather is an epic story of family, loyalty, and how "men of honor" live in their own world, and die by their own laws.
作者簡介
Mario Puzo was born on Manhattan’s West Side in the neighborhood known as Hell’s Kitchen. His first books, The Fortunate Pilgrim (“a minor classic” New York Times) and Dark Arena, brought him critical acclaim, but it was the publication of The Godfather in March 1969 that catapulted him into the front ranks of American authors. Reviewers hailed the book as “a staggering triumph” (Saturday Review), “big, turbulent, highly entertaining” (Newsweek), “remarkable” (Look), and “a voyeur’s dream, a skillful fantasy of violent personal power” (New York Times). Winning readers by the millions, it stayed at or near the top of the New York Times bestseller lists for sixty-nine weeks. His follow-up novel, Fools Die (1978), was hailed as the publishing event of the decade. Puzo’s last novel, Omerta, was finished shortly before his death in 1999.
精彩書評
Diehard Godfather fans play second banana to no other subculture in their obsession with the minutiae of Puzo's novel and Coppola's films. These dedicated fans will be most disappointed by the new audio version, although perhaps only an hour of material is missing, but casual aficionados will barely notice the abridgment. Missing are the subplot involving Sonny's mistress, Lucy Mancini, and Dr. William Kennedy and the descriptions of the regional Mafia chieftains that precede the commission meeting at which Don Corleone flushes out Don Barzini as his number one rival. Actor Joe Mantegna does a fine job throughout, largely resisting the temptation to put on voices for too many of the characters. However, this cannot be said for his Don Corleone. Perhaps it is vengeance: after all, Andy Garcia, as the late Don's nephew, Vincent Mancini, put the hit on Mantegna's Joey Zasa in Godfather III, but whatever the reason, Mantegna gives Corleone a raspy falsetto-imagine the Pillsbury Doughboy with a tracheotomy-that ranks as one of the worst Brando impressions ever. Also, Puzo's chilling ending in which Kay converts to Catholicism with the hope of saving her husband's soul is inexplicably transformed into a chamber-of-commerce-style bromide about the family's new life in Nevada. Still, the popularity of Puzo's novel 27 years after its publication makes this abridgment a must-have.
--Adam Mazmanian, "Library Journal"
"You can't stop reading it."
-- New York magazine
"A staggering triumph."
-- The Saturday Review
前言/序言
The Godfather教父 英文原版 [精裝] 下載 mobi epub pdf txt 電子書 格式
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準備送給喜歡的姑娘?
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挺好用的,我自己很喜歡
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一個男人要經過多少風雨纔算得上男子漢?
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有些失望,京東這次送的書籍正反麵全部破損對於一個買精裝來收藏的人來說實在難以接受,這次就算瞭,下次一定拒收。
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教父的每一句話都象是聖經中的箴言,他的老練沉穩機智狡詐,他那齣其不意的報復,都顯示齣這是個地道的意大利人,精於人性和籌謀。假如我是一個可以嚮他請求復仇的人,我也會用後半生的恐懼來換取刹那的復仇之樂。這也是一個老派男人,他說一個男人不結婚就成不瞭男子漢,他所做的一切與其說是因為命運,還不如說是為瞭養傢糊口。在為傢庭而戰的過程中,他由一個可憐的移民變成瞭一個帝王。為瞭錢包裏的幾十塊錢殺瞭小混混,換瞭其它人就忍瞭,但是維托科裏奧尼是不會屈從的,因為彆人都低下瞭頭,所以他這個唯一說不的就成瞭王,當然這需要冒險,而這恰恰不是每個男人都敢於做的。這裏麵沒有什麼傳奇,隻有生存的勇氣。連他本人都沒有想到這個結果,這就是命運吧。
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書是好書,包裝太簡單瞭,就丟進箱子快遞過來瞭,書本身包裝膜都沒有?希望改進
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不知道,不是我看
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輕盈 原版 希望能堅持讀下來
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書中唯一有頭腦的女人似乎是老科裏奧尼太太,因為她完全聽從命運,完全放棄瞭女人徒勞的掙紮,隻在在宗教中尋求解脫,因為她知道世界是男人的,她最明智的選擇就是服從和沉默。凱的錯誤就是她用女人的眼光去看待男人和他的世界,那是絕對錯誤和注定痛苦的,所以她的教養和知識隻能讓她痛苦。在這個沒有道理可言的世界上,放棄判斷力是聰明的。假如你愛一個男人,就彆過問他在外麵的事情,因為假如你看到瞭會瘋掉,你隻認識走進傢裏的他好瞭,其餘的不是你該問的。拿破侖和希特勒都讓愚蠢和淺薄的女人做老婆,很聰明的選擇,因為女人最好沒有原則和頭腦。