Betty Smith was born Elisabeth Wehner on December 15, 1896, the same date as, although five years earlier than, her fictional heroine Francie Nolan. The daughter of German immigrants, she grew up poor in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the very world she recreates with such meticulous detail in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Smith also wrote other novels and had a long career as a dramatist, writing one-act and full-length plays for which she received both the Rockefeller Fellowship and the Dramatists Guild Fellowship. She died in 1972.
The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
这是一本有关童年、成长、苦难和教育的书,更是一本有关信念,甚至是信仰的书。掩卷,一个问题在脑海中回荡:是什么让弗兰西有种超出年龄的智慧?这种智慧面对苦难能够豁达,面对贫困能够淡然,面对辍学能够坚持。我觉得,一个重要的原因是阅读。一字不识的外祖母让孩子...
評分 評分有个纽约女孩对我说,儿时曾将这本书放在床头,不忍释卷。长大后收藏翻拍的电影,百看不厌。她说,我们并不一定非得一贫如洗才能领会这个故事。 若用消极悲观的观点看,弗兰西没理由幸福快乐,家境贫寒,祖辈是典型的新大陆移民,连着几代人都得在白手起家的美国梦中浮沉挣扎...
評分“是的,等我长大了,有了自己房子,我不要豪华椅子,不要花边窗帘,也不要室内橡胶树。我只要这样的书桌,放在客厅里,还有白墙壁。每个星期六有一张干净的绿色吸墨纸,一排闪亮的黄色铅笔,削好放在那里随时派上用场。还要金褐色的碗,里头总放着一朵花,或是一些叶子,...
評分《布鲁克林有棵树》,1943年初版便大受欢迎,长驻畅销书排行榜榜首,改编电影后获奥斯卡奖,改编为音乐剧,上演267场。时隔60多年,到了2008年,又被美国公共广播电台推荐,还当选为亚马逊网站的最佳读物之一。一本“过时”的小说为什么会再度红了起来?原来是经济衰退,山...
一談到這本書,身邊的女人們(如果我稱她們為女孩,她們一定會告我是sexist)倒吸一口冷氣,雙目放光:“Oh, It's sooooo good! Haven't you read it?!” Jacqui談到這本書時說:It makes her want to do nothing but reading. Yes, I know, I know, this is a classic. I'm reading it.
评分Brooklyn,It's a magical city and it's not real。太愛這本書瞭。感動到多次流淚。二十世紀初的紐約移民成就瞭這座城市,他們是美國的靈魂和棟梁。書中很多內容今天讀起來也依然relevant。這本書是我在East Village的Strand書店淘到的二手版,如今讀完,更加珍惜它,也更加想念紐約瞭。
评分。。。
评分這是一本很美好的書,讓我想起很多自己的童年。想起陪伴自己的親人。
评分真誠的作者給真誠的讀者一部關於成長的真誠的書。chapter 5 好感人啊。
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