"They've gone now, and I'm alone at last. I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won't waste a single moment of it . . . I want tonight to be long, as long as my life . . ." For young Private Peaceful, looking back over his childhood while he is on night watch in the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside: his mother, Charlie, Big Joe, and Molly -- the love of his life. Too young to be enlisted, Thomas has followed his brother to war and now, every moment he spends thinking about his life, means another moment closer to danger.
Private Peaceful is a novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and a play by by Simon Reade, based on the book. It is about a soldier called Thomas, or Tommo, Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I. Structurally, each chapter of the book brings the reader closer to the present. The story especially underlines the senselessness of war and ineptitude of the commanding officers.
The play by Simon Reade was first performed at the Bristol Old Vic in April 2004, and starred Alexander Campbell. Later the production enjoyed sell-out transfers to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London’s West End, and then toured the United Kingdom.
生活在英国小镇的小托,跟妈妈、两个哥哥,还有心生好感的姑娘莫莉,一起过着宁静、明亮、芬芳的生活。生活中也有悲伤、愁苦、失落,和看似解决不了的困境,每每这时,他们就唱起一首名叫《柑橘与柠檬啊》的歌。在歌声中,敏感、柔弱的小托慢慢长大。战争的轰然来临,改变了所有人的生活。小托本能地逃避战争的行为,却被别人以及他自己认为是懦弱的。为了逃避这种羞耻,为了逃避爱情的挫败,小托谎报了年龄,和查理一起应征入伍。在战火中,小托对世界和自己有了更新的认识,他渐渐褪去了柔弱和怯懦,懂得坚强、担当和关怀,内心越来越强大。
我也希望自己能像大个儿乔一样,相信我们死去的亲人都去了天堂,而天堂就在教堂钟塔的最顶端,手往天空一指就能看见的地方。 这个温暖始终的故事读到最后,竟忍不住要以一滴眼泪作为收场,但它自始至终仍旧是温暖的,因为作者在结语里告诉我们,这是一个虚构的故事。 于是我...
评分合上书,眼泪还未停止。 查理最后被不公平掩埋,但他仍然唱着《柑橘与柠檬啊》,他和小托说 不要聊过去,不要聊他们的家,他会哭的,他不要哭泣,从小的那一片 土地,那架黄色飞机和鲜美薄荷糖教会他要坚强。 美丽善良的妈妈,凶险邪恶的狼婆婆,温婉如水的茉莉,前后摇晃...
评分我也希望自己能像大个儿乔一样,相信我们死去的亲人都去了天堂,而天堂就在教堂钟塔的最顶端,手往天空一指就能看见的地方。 这个温暖始终的故事读到最后,竟忍不住要以一滴眼泪作为收场,但它自始至终仍旧是温暖的,因为作者在结语里告诉我们,这是一个虚构的故事。 于是我...
评分这不是一本被我顺畅地读完的书。我从看见封面那一刻便走神:一本书,中英文名却不同。 我喜欢现在的名字,两个金黄色的名词,如夕照中的云遥遥飘浮在文字上空;不像英文名那样切实而无从逃避,仿佛深深插进泥土的刺刀。我喜爱名词,那些莫名其妙的名词。似乎是无关的、晦涩的...
评分起先,我以为这是一本关于一个小男孩成长的故事。看着看着,我又以为这是一本关于小男孩和哥哥之间的兄弟情谊的故事。接着读下去,我开始以为这是一本以战争为背景的人性温暖的故事。再读下去,我想这本书应该有一个更高的主题,也许是关于生和死。读到最后,我震惊地发现,这...
柑橘与柠檬啊 等着同名电影
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评分在描写战争背景下儿童心灵成长轨迹作品泛滥之际,只能算平平。以我这么挫的英文都能一口气看完原版,毫无来由的瞎自信爆棚,orz
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评分柑橘与柠檬啊 等着同名电影
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