From Publishers Weekly Matas (Daniel's Story) again returns to the Holocaust as the setting for this sturdy if earthbound work. Her topic this time is the tiny French village of Le Chambon, famous for offering help to all of the approximately 2500 Jews who sought refuge there during WWII. Matas's heroine, young Anna Hirsch, remains plucky when she, her mother, aunt and elderly grandmother are deported from their home in Germany in 1940 and sent to France (she tells jokes on the train). They are sent to the detention camp at Gurs; Anna, unbowed by the wretched conditions, helps arrange concerts, learns some French and has theological debates with her friends. The story picks up when Anna is sent to Le Chambon and the emphasis shifts from Anna's indomitable spirit to well-researched descriptions of the villagers' resistance, under the leadership of the pastors Andr? Trocm? and Eduoard Theis. Anna, too, becomes involved with the resistance, helping deliver false identification papers. Suspense grows as Anna and a younger girl hide in the woods after news of an impending raid reaches Le Chambon, and the danger culminates in an attempt to lead the younger girl and a boy into Switzerland. Although Matas neglects to explain what happened to Trocm? and Theis after her story ends (Milton Meltzer's book Rescue will prove a useful companion), she offers an inspiring and memorable lesson in courage. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal Grade 6-8ASet in Vichy, France, this novel covers a section of Europe often overlooked in Holocaust literature. Anna, 13, along with her mother, her aunt, and grandmother, are deported from Germany to Gurs, a refugee camp on the French-Spanish border. The details of the journey and the terrible conditions there are vividly and realistically described. Anna's grandmother dies and the girl's mother and aunt are eventually removed to a concentration camp and never heard from again. Relief workers arrange for Anna and some of the other young people to be sent to the village of Le Chambon where French citizens take them in and allow them to live with some semblance of normalcy. Anna is a strong young woman with a flair for acting and singing and a penchant for telling corny jokes. She and her friends spend long hours discussing the "why" of what is happening to the Jews of Europe, trying to understand a universe in which such evil could exist. A budding romance between Anna and Rudi, a childhood friend, gives a little extra zest to the plot. The French gendarmes who are collaborating with the Nazis provide a sharp contrast to the actions of the local people, who literally risk their lives to help the Jewish children. A map clearly shows the areas where the story takes place. In an afterword, Matas tells of interviews she had with survivors who spent the war years in Le Chambon. This well-researched historical novel will make a good addition to middle-school collections.ABruce Anne Shook, Mendenhall Middle School, Greensboro, NCCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书的配角群体简直是群星璀璨,让人印象深刻的程度丝毫不亚于主角。很多配角的设计都有着令人拍案叫绝的复杂性,他们不甘于沦为推动主角成长的工具人,反而拥有自己完整且令人信服的动机与灰色地带。例如,那个总是站在道德模糊边缘的律师角色,他每一次看似冷酷无情的决策背后,都隐藏着一套极其个人化的、近乎偏执的“正义”准则。作者没有简单地将他塑造成反派,而是让他成为一个极具挑战性的存在,迫使主角和其他角色不断反思自身立场的合理性。这种群像描写的精妙之处在于,即使是只出现寥寥数语的路人甲,其一举一动也似乎经过了作者的深思熟虑,绝无半点草率。阅读过程中,我甚至会忍不住去猜测这些配角们在故事之外的生活会是什么样子,这充分说明了他们的立体感。这种全景式的角色构建,极大地丰富了故事的层次感和真实感,让整个世界观显得无比坚实和可信。
评分我通常对于篇幅较长的史诗性叙事抱持着谨慎的态度,总担心后继乏力,但这本书成功地做到了全程高能,并且巧妙地平衡了宏大叙事与个人命运的交织。它探讨的主题非常深刻——关于历史的重量、记忆的不可靠性以及个体在时代洪流中的选择权。书中涉及到了一些重大的历史事件,但作者的功力在于,他没有将这些事件写成教科书式的陈述,而是将其完全融入到角色最私密、最痛苦的挣扎之中。通过几代人跨越半个多世纪的视角转换,我们看到了时间和环境如何塑造和扭曲了一个家族的信仰和遗产。这种处理方式,使得历史不再是冰冷的年代数字,而是血肉相连的、可以触摸的伤痕。特别是关于“真相”的探寻,书中提出了一个令人不安的观点:或许我们所珍视的“真相”,不过是当前叙事结构中最方便的那一块拼图。读完后,我的脑海里久久不能平静,反复回味那些关于传承、背叛与救赎的复杂伦理困境。这是一部需要读者投入大量心力,但回报也绝对丰厚的作品。
评分我个人最欣赏这本书的地方在于其对“宿命感”的构建方式,它既有古典悲剧的磅礴力量,又充满了现代主义的疏离与迷惘。作者似乎对时间的流逝有着一种近乎哲学的洞察力,他通过反复出现的意象——比如一座老旧的钟楼、一条固执不改的河流——来暗示人物命运的循环往复。然而,这种宿命论并非是消极的,相反,它激发了角色在既定框架内做出激烈反抗的勇气。阅读体验上,它更像是一场心理上的马拉松,要求读者时刻保持高度的专注,因为情感的转折点往往就隐藏在那些看似平淡的日常对话中。这本书成功地避开了许多通俗小说中常见的戏剧化陷阱,它没有廉价的煽情,也没有刻意的反转,所有的情感爆发都是水到渠成,是人物长期压抑和积累的必然结果。读完最后一页,我感到一种深深的满足感,那不是因为得到了所有问题的答案,而是因为目睹了一群人在巨大的人生困境中,依然努力保持着尊严和人性的光辉,这本身就是最动人的叙事。
评分这本书的叙事节奏把握得真是出神入化,作者仿佛是一位技艺精湛的雕刻师,不急不躁地打磨着每一个情节的棱角。故事的开篇并没有立刻将我们抛入高潮,而是用一种近乎诗意的笔触,描绘了一个充满烟火气又带着一丝神秘色彩的小镇生活。我特别喜欢作者对人物内心世界的细致刻画,那种欲言又止、心照不宣的情感纠葛,读起来让人感同身受。举个例子,主角在处理家庭矛盾时的那种挣扎与妥协,绝非简单的二元对立,而是糅合了爱、责任与遗憾的复杂人性展现。每一次阅读,我都感觉自己像是潜入了一片深邃的湖泊,表面风平浪静,水面下却涌动着暗流。那些看似不经意的对话,往往在后续章节中会爆发出惊人的力量,预示着命运的转折。这本书的魅力就在于此,它要求读者保持耐心,细细品味那些埋藏在日常琐碎下的深意。它不是那种追求快餐式刺激的作品,更像是一坛需要时间去酝酿的陈年佳酿,越是深入,其醇厚的底蕴便越发显现。结构上,作者巧妙地运用了非线性叙事,将不同时间线的碎片拼凑起来,直到最后才恍然大悟,那种豁然开朗的感觉,着实令人拍案叫绝。
评分这套书的语言风格简直是一场文字的盛宴,充满了老派作家的那种沉稳与厚重感,但又没有丝毫的古板之气。我尤其钟爱作者对自然景物的描写,那份细腻入微,仿佛能让人闻到空气中泥土和青草混合的味道,感受到阳光穿过树叶的斑驳光影。他笔下的环境,不仅仅是故事发生的背景,更是角色心境的投射和情绪的放大器。比如,书中对于一场突如其来的暴风雨的描绘,那种磅礴的气势和压迫感,读起来让人手心冒汗,与主角当时面临的巨大困境形成了完美的镜像。而且,作者在引用一些古典文学典故时,处理得非常自然,既提升了文本的文化层次,又不会让普通读者感到晦涩难懂,反而像是在老朋友间分享一个只有彼此才懂的幽默,拉近了距离。书中角色的口音和习语的使用也极具地方特色,那种地域性的表达,为角色注入了鲜活的生命力,让人能清晰地想象出他们的站姿、神态乃至说话时的语气。总而言之,这本书在语言层面的雕琢,达到了近乎艺术品的高度,它不只是叙述了一个故事,更是在构建一个可供呼吸、可供触摸的文学世界。
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