莎拉·格鲁恩(Sara Gruen),对动物有着莫名的狂热,先前出版过两本与马有关的书,都广受欢迎。书中很多的角色都是根据真实人物为蓝本,故事背景则是根据1930年代的巡回马戏团。她现与丈夫、三名子女、四只猫、两头羊、两条狗、一匹马同住在芝加哥北部的环保小区。
发表于2024-11-21
Water for Elephants 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
为什么叫“大象的眼泪”?本来的名字是“Water for elephants”,全文也没有出现过大象流泪什么的。这样很容易误导是一个以动物寻找人最终找到了之类的煽情故事。 行文方式很有趣,情节也抓人心,尤其赞的是对年老男主人公心理和生活的描写。只是高潮部分来的太假,令全本在弹...
评分因为关注度太高,所以昧着良心给了个四星,结果发现原来不止我一个人觉得一般,所以直接降了一星。书的最后说作者是参考了很多真实的资料,堆砌成的这本书,可能是因为这种马戏团离我们的真实生活太远吧,我还是感觉不真实。 让我感觉平凡的最主要原因是因为书虽然很厚,...
评分 评分因为关注度太高,所以昧着良心给了个四星,结果发现原来不止我一个人觉得一般,所以直接降了一星。书的最后说作者是参考了很多真实的资料,堆砌成的这本书,可能是因为这种马戏团离我们的真实生活太远吧,我还是感觉不真实。 让我感觉平凡的最主要原因是因为书虽然很厚,...
评分今天把《大象的眼泪》看完了。 有个朋友說這個是个烂书,其实也不怎么好看。情节也不复杂。过份简单了点。 一开始莫名其妙的倒叙,把关键的情节都写出来了。致使后面几乎没有什么悬念了。结果早知道了! 就算心最急的讀者也不用翻著后面看結果了,敗筆啊。 不過,多少也有...
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Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell.
Jacob was there because his luck had run out—orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on this locomotive "ship of fools." It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an act—in fact, she couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
Surprising, poignant, and funny, Water for Elephants is that rare novel with a story so engrossing, one is reluctant to put it down; with characters so engaging, they continue to live long after the last page has been turned; with a world built of wonder, a world so real, one starts to breathe its air.
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评分产生不了共鸣的书没有什么大感。。
评分Sometime when you get older, things you think on and wish on starts to seem real.
评分比较适合拍成电影,不适合当做书来看。
评分Sometime when you get older, things you think on and wish on starts to seem real.
Water for Elephants 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书