The Secret Life of Bees

出版者:Penguin (Non-Classics)

作者:Sue Monk Kidd

页数:302

出版时间:2003-01-28

价格:USD 14.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780142001745

具体描述

Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love--a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.

作者简介

Sue Monk Kidd, author of the highly acclaimed memoirs The Dance of the Dissident Daughter and When the Heart Waits, has won a Poets & Writers award, a Katherine Anne Porter Award, and a Bread Loaf scholarship. Two of her short stories--including an excerpt from The Secret Life of Bees--were selected as notable stories in Best American Short Stories. The Secret Life of Bees was nominated for the prestigious Orange Prize for fiction in England.

读后感

——用丑陋和艰难，照亮生命中的美。 ——她们都在那里。所有的母亲们。我比大多数女孩拥有更多的母爱。她们是月亮，照耀着我的身心。 ——我们有过淅沥小雨，滂沱大雨和偶尔的季风天气。但是当我回想这些岁月，记忆里最深刻的还是那个坚定不移的字：“爱”。 读完《蜜蜂的...  

——用丑陋和艰难，照亮生命中的美。 ——她们都在那里。所有的母亲们。我比大多数女孩拥有更多的母爱。她们是月亮，照耀着我的身心。 ——我们有过淅沥小雨，滂沱大雨和偶尔的季风天气。但是当我回想这些岁月，记忆里最深刻的还是那个坚定不移的字：“爱”。 读完《蜜蜂的...  

情节和《追风筝的人》一样扣人心弦，语言却细腻流畅文风优美更胜前者。虽然我不喜欢拿两本不同的书做比较，但阅读这本书时我还是无意间做了这样的比较。其实我对这两部书都是肯定的，可我希望有更多的人来关注这本《蜜蜂的秘密生活》。因为这是一本深入心灵的小说，以蜂蜜（蜜...  

小说的开头彷佛仲夏夜之梦：蜜蜂翩翩飞进黑发少女的梦境，宛如上帝派来的使者。这是她十四岁的夏天，1964年的炎热夏天，一切都在改变：南方小镇女孩将从乖戾的爸爸身边逃走，去找寻早已去世的妈妈的踪迹。 女孩的黑人保姆投票归来，和几个白人混混发生冲突，被关在监狱里毒...  

很多人都用自己的方式在呐喊：我们需要爱！爱是种伟大的力量，爱是种细微的益生菌，爱是痛苦的承担，爱是甜蜜的存在……存在即是矛盾的。 爱，没有国界没有种族差异没有语言隔阂。《蜜蜂的秘密生活》证明爱也没有时间。一个多世纪前，有个白人小姑娘，从小失去了母爱，又一直得...  

用户评价

这本书让我考了至今以来最好的一个一marking period，i like it.

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The healing journey of Lily Owens.

60年代的美南真是灾难啊…

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