An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons .
When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.
Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.
莎拉·格鲁恩(Sara Gruen),对动物有着莫名的狂热,先前出版过两本与马有关的书,都广受欢迎。书中很多的角色都是根据真实人物为蓝本,故事背景则是根据1930年代的巡回马戏团。她现与丈夫、三名子女、四只猫、两头羊、两条狗、一匹马同住在芝加哥北部的环保小区。
好吧,我承认我用这样的标题是有那么一点点过,但是谁让它打出超越《追风筝的人》的口号呢? 我是坐在三联书店的台阶上伴着优雅的钢琴曲看完这本书的,三个小时一气呵成,其间没有受到任何打扰,看完之后虽然不至于后悔浪费时间,但是亲身体会到了广告是多么的不可信。...
评分花了兩天晚上斷斷續續看完了。預想中的沒有感動,現在很少有標榜著灑淚的書可以真的讓人哭了。所以,看書還是不要看廣告詞的好,不然會被誤導。 這本書,不是走的感人路數,也應該不是走華美詞藻路綫。看到豆瓣上好多人在對它表現出失望,埋怨它的詞滙平白空洞,還有就幹脆直...
评分 评分 评分过程很精彩,一口气读完的,但是结局有些太快,而且有些过于理想化。买这本书纯粹是因为它是畅销第一名,每个月我都会去书店买书店排行前10的书。在这里,动物是被虐待的,每次看到萝被抽,被打,想象到钩子在他身上划来划去,就很心痛。在这里,爱情是畸形的。玛的第一次婚...
on page 128/350 the elephant comes out...
评分人生来都是无罪的,这个世界给了我们不该有的东西……
评分变老好让人唏嘘
评分记得课上老师说the “water” in the title is actually the “hope” 整本书在两个时间线里穿插 整个故事很丰富 人与人之间的关系及其变化 阶级之间的冲突 还有男女主人公和大象Rosie之间的感情 有很多细节都是让我动容的……除了发生在过去的精彩故事 年迈的Jacob对于马戏团古怪的偏执也很让人印象深刻
评分just so so
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