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.
《新民晚报》 ◎陈增爵 自传体小说《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》的作者玛雅·安吉洛是美国著名黑人女作家,这个书名出自美国黑人诗人保罗《同情》中的诗句:“我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱……那不是喜悦或欢乐,那是他从心底深处发出的祈祷。那是卑微的请求,传到他翱翔的天堂...
評分我手头的是Bantam 1971版的,封底有James Baldwin的书评: This testimony from a Black sister marks the beginning of a new era...Her portrait is a Biblical study of life in the midst of death." Baldwin从14岁就做store front preacher,但受了继父等人对基督教的失望...
評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...
評分十日谈 ——《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》译记 作者:于霄 引子 我与笑红相识有年,第一次合作译书便是玛雅•安吉洛的这本《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》。其间免不了俗事烦身,但疏影小径间没少了我俩关于本书日复一日的对话。出版前,笑红问我:你说这书究竟好在何处?五味杂陈中,...
評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...
失足少女瞭吧!!use protection!!!
评分如此細膩和真實的視角,不掩飾不美化,簡單的文字看到人格的強大。她和哥哥的童年樂趣,被媽媽的男友性侵,她的閱讀經曆,無傢可歸和她懷疑自己是否女同,這些都特彆觸動我。
评分想太多瞭
评分英文版讀的時間長瞭也就不燒腦瞭
评分上世紀三四十年代的美國南部小鎮,塵土飛揚的炎夏永無盡頭,黑人們撿拾棉花,一貧如洗,白人似乎是另一個世界的生物,而祖母經營的一間便利店成瞭唯一的庇護所。Maya Angelo透過童年的自己,輕描淡寫地記錄下割裂的世界,和窘迫生活中的樂趣與微光。
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