Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, was an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Maya Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, (1969) which was nominated for a National Book Award and called her magnum opus. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Here is a book as joyous and painful, and as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s first memoir, published in 1969 is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
Sent by their mother to their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” When she journeys at eight to her mother’s side in St. Louis, she is attacked by a man many times her age. Years later, in San Francisco, she learns about love for herself–and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. The kindness of others, Maya’s own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
Poetic and powerful–now in a beautiful keepsake edition– I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds as long as people read.
读了好久的一本书,但是情节也都能录入脑海。首先记忆深刻的是改变作者的两个人,一位是鼓励她多读书的优雅有魅力的女士,一个就是一视同仁不歧视不偏见的老师。 另一个印象就是,圣经的力量。书中充满了浓浓的,给人力量和希望的宗教色彩,这一点我很感动,也很喜欢。 还有一...
评分前一阵子,微博上的好友们一直在推广一本新的译作——玛雅•安吉洛的《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》(于霄、王笑红译)。我也没太在意,至于是否顺手转了一下也忘了。过了些时候,一天早上,师姐从家里回来,塞给我一本书,译者的赠书,正是这本《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》。书的译...
评分阅读这本书让我想起本雅明对他童年时代柏林的描述,不是因为相似,而是因为相异。相异但同样奇特的感知方式。 我深为本雅明的回忆而倾倒,在他的记忆和笔端,童年生活不是经由时间而是空间做出铺陈,是思想地形图的呈现:动物园、内阳台、柏林老西区、祖母和姨妈们的房子、学...
评分所有长着黑色羽毛的鸟 ——《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》代译序 韩松落 玛雅•安吉洛生于1928年,是美国当代著名的女诗人、作家、编剧、歌手。她最著名的作品,是六部自传体小说:《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》(I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,1969)《以我的名义重整旗鼓》(Gat...
评分《文学报》2013年10月17日 网址:http://wenxue.news365.com.cn/wxb/html/2013-10/17/content_172074.htm 这是一曲动人的歌唱。玛雅·安吉洛既是诗人、作家,也是舞者、歌手。她于1969年出版的自传《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》,以充满诗意而又富有力量的文字,写下了她在美国...
英文版读的时间长了也就不烧脑了
评分想太多了
评分从之前的压抑到之后的自由,感受到了这位黑人女性的心路历程。可能是有些地方看不太懂...带来的感触不是特别大
评分上世纪三四十年代的美国南部小镇,尘土飞扬的炎夏永无尽头,黑人们捡拾棉花,一贫如洗,白人似乎是另一个世界的生物,而祖母经营的一间便利店成了唯一的庇护所。Maya Angelo透过童年的自己,轻描淡写地记录下割裂的世界,和窘迫生活中的乐趣与微光。
评分从之前的压抑到之后的自由,感受到了这位黑人女性的心路历程。可能是有些地方看不太懂...带来的感触不是特别大
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