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。
"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.
试着回想一下,到目前为止的人生里,有没有那么一个夜,你彻夜未眠?那是怎样的一个漫长的夜? “他们走了,终于剩下我一个人。眼前的整个夜晚都是我的,我绝不虚度一分一秒。”这是英国作家麦克•莫波格(Michael Morpurgo)小说《柑橘与柠檬啊》的开篇,一个17岁的男孩在...
评分这是一个关于亲情的故事,一家人艰难的生活,在浓浓的亲情中显得依然幸福,他们经历了种种人间之痛,长兄痴呆、父亲意外身亡、生活拮据度日维艰、战争的不期而遇、至亲的二哥被枪决......但生活要继续,母亲的坚韧和二哥查理的坚强,让这个家充满了爱和温暖,更让幼小、敏感甚...
评分试着回想一下,到目前为止的人生里,有没有那么一个夜,你彻夜未眠?那是怎样的一个漫长的夜? “他们走了,终于剩下我一个人。眼前的整个夜晚都是我的,我绝不虚度一分一秒。”这是英国作家麦克•莫波格(Michael Morpurgo)小说《柑橘与柠檬啊》的开篇,一个17岁的男孩在...
评分装帧很漂亮,简约干净,是我喜欢的风格。故事也很简单,小人物的幸福与伤悲。看完后有淡淡的伤感。这不是一个悲情的故事,死亡的处理都很温和。淡淡的伤感基调让我思考一个问题: 什么才是真正的悲剧? 这个故事看起来真的不是一个悲剧。可是分明有一种说不出...
评分安意如的前言可真够呛. 真难得见前言能把整个书的故事内容从头到尾给概括了一遍. 关键情节和结尾整个都给兜出来了. 人家这是故事书又不是随笔散文杂记什么的,你把故事都讲一遍了我还有必要看么? 我读书的过程整个就成了一个情节发生以后等待另一个已知情节的发生. 毫无悬念. 而...
柑橘与柠檬啊,
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评分看完了,很喜欢.
评分感谢翻译没有把书名翻译成“二等兵皮斯佛”而是“柑橘与柠檬啊”
评分看完了,很喜欢.
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