“活着,奋斗着,爱着我们的生活,爱着生活馈赠的一切悲欢,那就是,一种实现。生活的充实常在,人人皆可获得。”
贝蒂·史密斯(1896—1972),德国移民的女儿,成长于纽约布鲁克林的威廉斯堡。她的经历与这部小说主人公弗兰西相似,早年也是靠自学完成了初步的知识积累。后来她进入大学学习新闻、戏剧、写作和文学。《布鲁克林有棵树》是其最主要作品,曾被改编为电影、电视、音乐剧等多种形式,并曾获得过奥斯卡奖。她还是一位剧作家,一生写过多部独幕剧和完整的长篇戏剧,曾获洛克菲勒基金会和戏剧家协会基金会资助。
A moving coming-of-age story set in the 1900's, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn follows the lives of 11-year-old Francie Nolan, her younger brother Neely, and their parents, Irish immigrants who have settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Johnny Nolan is as loving and fanciful as they come, but he is also often drunk and out of work, unable to find his place in the land of opportunity. His wife Katie scrubs floors to put food on the table and clothes on her childrens' backs, instilling in them the values of being practical and planning ahead. When Johnny dies, leaving Katie pregnant, Francie, smart, pensive and hoping for something better, cannot believe that life can carry on as before. But with her own determination, and that of her mother behind her, Francie is able to move toward the future of her dreams, completing her education and heading oft to college, always carrying the beloved Brooklyn of her childhood in her heart.
布鲁克林有个女孩 书名:《布鲁克林有棵树》 作者:贝蒂•史密斯 译者:方柏林 版本:凤凰出版+译林2009年7月版 《布鲁克林有棵树》让人联想到《绿山墙的安妮》,都是非常好读的女孩成长小说(coming-of-age novels),不同的是,安妮的成长环境更田园,故事也更有童趣...
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评分在讲究结构立体、语言繁复的当下,小说的韵味都被我们消磨殆尽,一本新书翻到30页,没悬念没暴力没性,往往就折煞了大半人的阅读兴趣。所谓质朴、干净,也成为拿腔拿调的假平淡,用不经风雨的平声一韵到底。我一直在想,真正的生活,在小说里应该是什么样?生活很幽默,但肯定...
评分杰奎琳·米特查德(Jacquelyn Mitchard)(1)http://book.sina.com.cn 2007年07月09日 01:30 连载:书的魔力 作者:[美] 杰克•坎菲尔 盖伊•亨迪克斯 出版社:广西科学技术出版社 杰奎琳·米特查德堪称《纽约时报》(NewYork Times)畅销书榜上的常青树。其处女...
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