科尼利厄斯·瑞恩(Cornelius Ryan,1920-1974),出生于爱尔兰,晚年加入美国国藉。1943年在《每日电讯报》服务期间出任欧洲战地记者,随军报道直至攻克柏林,然后又赴太平洋战区,曾因工作出色在美国数次获奖。1962年又获意大利班加雷拉文学奖。1973年 瑞恩被法国政府授予“荣誉军团”骑士称号。
其主要作品《最长的一天》(The Longest Day)的出版在世界各国引起轰动,并被福克斯公司拍成同名电影。他描写柏林之围与攻克的《最后一役》(The Last Battle),被译成20种文字出版,另一部《遥远的桥》(A Bridge Too Far)亦被好莱坞拍成同名电影。
本书主要讲述了诺曼底登陆这一天发生的详细故事。作者从盟军、第三帝国、被占领国、等多个角度,从元首、统帅、军官、士兵、抵抗成员、平民百姓、军人家属等多个层面翔实记录了战争的经过。虽然这么多角度、层面和人物,但全书毫不杂乱,脉络清晰,阅读时让人仿佛置身战场,深...
评分二战的战史,无论是书、传记还是电影都看过太多了,作为史实的d-day大多数人上中学的时候就已经耳熟能详。打开这本书的收获,必定不是知道这个事件本身。 对我自己而言,这本书的过人之处,在于能把人拉回d-day的前一天。 今天的我们,当然早已知道登陆的后果和参与这次行动的...
评分二战的战史,无论是书、传记还是电影都看过太多了,作为史实的d-day大多数人上中学的时候就已经耳熟能详。打开这本书的收获,必定不是知道这个事件本身。 对我自己而言,这本书的过人之处,在于能把人拉回d-day的前一天。 今天的我们,当然早已知道登陆的后果和参与这次行动的...
评分从现在的目光往前看,没有不确定性,仿佛什么都被刻在了一面坚不可摧的墙上。 差不多四年前看的一本书了,但那种感觉到现在自己还记得,许多微小的细节连在了一起,令德国不可避免的失败。那些尘埃一般的存在,摧毁了一个帝国。 许久前自己也想去假设,德国人赢了会怎么样,盟...
评分One must read. Legendary account of the most epic day in the past century from a people’s perspective. Cornelius Ryan is legendary for a reason. I think he stacks up well against Rick Atkinson, but my all time favorite WWII writer is still John Toland.
评分One must read. Legendary account of the most epic day in the past century from a people’s perspective. Cornelius Ryan is legendary for a reason. I think he stacks up well against Rick Atkinson, but my all time favorite WWII writer is still John Toland.
评分One must read. Legendary account of the most epic day in the past century from a people’s perspective. Cornelius Ryan is legendary for a reason. I think he stacks up well against Rick Atkinson, but my all time favorite WWII writer is still John Toland.
评分One must read. Legendary account of the most epic day in the past century from a people’s perspective. Cornelius Ryan is legendary for a reason. I think he stacks up well against Rick Atkinson, but my all time favorite WWII writer is still John Toland.
评分One must read. Legendary account of the most epic day in the past century from a people’s perspective. Cornelius Ryan is legendary for a reason. I think he stacks up well against Rick Atkinson, but my all time favorite WWII writer is still John Toland.