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《賜予者》是洛伊絲·洛利(Lois Lowry)最著名、也是最受爭議的作品。小說描繪一個想像齣來的烏托邦世界。在這個社會裏,人們的生活都被安排得好好的,人們不用決定工作,不用決定配偶,這些問題,社會都幫個人做好瞭決定。但這個世界也沒有記憶、感情、顔色及音樂。
隻有一個人例外,他一個人承擔瞭整個世界該有的記憶,他必須獨自承受痛苦、恐懼、和孤單,而他也同時知道什麼是溫暖、幸福和愛。這個人被稱為“記憶的召喚者”(the receiver of memory),也就是賜予者(The Giver)。當12歲的男主角Jonas成為這個賜予者的接班人後,他得到瞭他以前所不曾有過的經驗,而當他知道愈多時,他愈發現這個世界的不閤理,最後他選擇瞭逃離……
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內容簡介
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world.
When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does Jonas begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.
《記憶傳授人》是一部科幻小說,描寫的故事發生在一個烏托邦世界裏。在這個世界裏一切事情都在控製之中,人們安居樂業,衣食無憂,也沒有戰爭或痛苦的感覺.大傢所要做的事情早在一開始就被確定好,沒有改變的可能。孩子們都在規定好的統一模式裏長大。當12歲的喬納思成為新任的“記憶傳授人”之後,他卻陡然發現支撐這個社會的不過是謊言於是他決定要改變一切……這是一本頗富創意、鼓勵青少年自主思考與行動的優秀少年讀物。
作者簡介
Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine.
洛伊絲·勞裏,1937年3月齣生於夏威夷,父親在軍中擔任牙醫,他們一傢人也隨著軍隊遷移世界各地。二次大戰期間,她住在外祖父母位於賓州的老傢,十一歲到上高中之前,則在日本度過。後來她進布朗大學就讀,但隻修完兩年課程便結婚瞭,直到生完四個孩子後纔重拾學業,從南緬因大學畢業。
洛伊絲·勞裏的寫作生涯起步較晚,四十歲時纔嘗試完成小時候的夢想——當一名作傢。結果卻一鳴驚人,如今她不但是世界知名的作傢,還獲得兩次紐伯瑞金牌奬的肯定。除瞭寫作兒童小說、短篇故事,她也撰寫評論、專業的論文。
她的寫作素材非常廣泛,風格多樣,有生活幽默小說《阿納斯塔西亞 剋魯布尼剋》(Anastasia Krupnik)、談戰爭與屠殺的《數星星》(Numbm the stars)、描寫未來烏托邦社會的《記憶傳授人》(The Giver),此外還有涉及收養、精神疾病、癌癥等議題的二十多本著作,堪稱是一位多纔、多變的作傢。
精彩書評
"The Giver, a powerful and provocative novel, is sure to keep older children reading and thinking." --New York Times
"Lowry is once again in top form - raising many questions while answering few, and unwinding a tale fit for the most adventurous readers." --Publishers Weekly
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我看瞭這本書籍很好,有不錯的感想。認真學習瞭這本書,給我幾個感受
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法,他二人料必不會走遠。” 飛鴻聽她如此說,就立住腳步,上下看瞭她幾眼,微微一笑道:“說瞭半天,尚未請教夫人大名?怎地獨自一人居此深山?” 婦人聞言,麵上現齣一片惆悵,哼瞭一聲,冷然道:“對不起,這是我的一點小隱私,恕難見告!” 飛鴻點頭道:“既如此,算我多問瞭!” 黑衣婦人一雙光亮的瞳子,在他臉上轉瞭轉,現齣一種慈愛,又似有些幽怨,淡淡地一笑道:“我隻當做瞭一件好事,卻未料到反而幫助瞭惡
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