I Am the Messenger

马克斯·苏萨克1975年出生于悉尼，30岁已成为当代澳洲小说界获奖最多、著作最丰、读者群最广的作家。《传信人》是苏萨克另一部具有全球影响的得奖力作，出版后获得了美国图书馆协会普林兹奖、《出版家周刊》年度最佳图书等一系列奖项。如果说《偷书贼》是一出让人感动的正剧，那么《传信人》这出活剧则是让人笑中带泪的。已出版作品：《偷书贼》

出版者:Knopf Books for Young Readers

作者:Markus Zusak

页数:368

出版时间:2005-2-8

价格:$16.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780375830990

图书标签:小说外国文学messenger英文原版有趣健康生活童书好心情

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From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up - Nineteen-year-old cabbie Ed Kennedy has little in life to be proud of: his dad died of alcoholism, and he and his mom have few prospects for success. He has little to do except share a run-down apartment with his faithful yet smelly dog, drive his taxi, and play cards and drink with his amiable yet similarly washed-up friends. Then, after he stops a bank robbery, Ed begins receiving anonymous messages marked in code on playing cards in the mail, and almost immediately his life begins to swerve off its beaten-down path. Usually the messages instruct him to be at a certain address at a certain time. So with nothing to lose, Ed embarks on a series of missions as random as a toss of dice: sometimes daredevil, sometimes heartwarmingly safe. He rescues a woman from nightly rape by her husband. He brings a congregation to an abandoned parish. The ease with which he achieves results vacillates between facile and dangerous, and Ed's search for meaning drives him to complete every task. But the true driving force behind the novel itself is readers' knowledge that behind every turn looms the unknown presence - either good or evil - of the person or persons sending the messages. Zusak's characters, styling, and conversations are believably unpretentious, well conceived, and appropriately raw. Together, these key elements fuse into an enigmatically dark, almost film-noir atmosphere where unknowingly lost Ed Kennedy stumbles onto a mystery - or series of mysteries - that could very well make or break his life. - Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library

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读后感

与《偷书贼》里莉赛尔在战争中对书籍的极度渴望，漆黑的地下室中用文字安慰避难者的震撼不同，《传信人》更多的是感动与欢喜。从经历抢劫银行开始，一张张扑克牌连接着一件件或暴力血腥，或温馨美好的故事，出租车司机艾德作为传信人更加了解自己所处的社会，懂得用自己的力量...  

以童话开始 主人公 Ed Kennedy 十九岁，以开出租车为生，一个人租了间小屋子住，室友是一条大狗，名叫 Doorman，嗜好喝咖啡，吃到意大利面条时会焕发出幸福的微笑（读到这里时我眼前不由自主的浮现出了加菲猫的样子）。Ed 是那种长在城市郊区的普通孩子，老妈嘴里不求上进的混...  

下午看完马克斯·苏萨克的《传信人》。 里面有一段对男主角好友里奇的叙述。里奇20岁，没有工作，懒散消极，领失业救助金，半夜一点钟坐在厨房听收音机。寂寞，空虚。 “我走进了他眼里的黑色中，在一座由不知名的、空旷的路径组成的迷宫中寻找，在里面深深的某...  

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看到中段时开始觉得这是心灵鸡汤的一种表达方式。有多少人能想艾德如此幸运呢，能在莫名其妙的情况下得到奇异的指示；而且能恰如其份地感受所谓收信人在当下需要的帮忙，顺利地把信息传给他们。 这就是此书的故事。 每一个小故事都很平凡，淡淡地，又能恰如其分地把一些些小学...  

用户评价

the power to bring you into tears

the power to bring you into tears

the power to bring you into tears

除了结尾有点让人无语要被扣掉一分之外，这是一本挺温暖的书

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