Born a Crime

Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, television and radio host and actor. He currently hosts The Daily Show, a late-night television talk show on Comedy Central.

出版者:Spiegel & Grau

作者:Trevor Noah

页数:304

出版时间:2016-11-15

价格:USD 18.34

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780399588174

图书标签:TrevorNoah传记英文原版自传种族南非美国有声书

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • Newsday • Esquire • NPR • Booklist

Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.

Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.

The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love.

Praise for Born a Crime

“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade

“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today

“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People

“[Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)

“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews

Review

“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . In the end, Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade

“You’d be hard-pressed to find a comic’s origin story better than the one Trevor Noah serves up in Born a Crime. . . . [He] developed his aptitude for witty truth telling [and]…every hardscrabble memory of helping his mother scrape together money for food, gas, school fees, and rent, or barely surviving the temper of his stepfather, Abel, reveals the anxious wellsprings of the comedian’s ambition and success. If there is harvest in spite of blight, the saying goes, one does not credit the blight-but Noah does manage to wring brilliant comedy from it.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today

“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People

“This isn't your average comic-writes-a-memoir: It’s a unique look at a man who is a product of his culture—and a nuanced look at a part of the world whose people have known dark times easily pushed aside.”—Refinery29

“Noah’s memoir is extraordinary . . . essential reading on every level. It’s hard to imagine anyone else doing a finer job of it.”—The Seattle Times

“Powerful prose . . . told through stories and vignettes that are sharply observed, deftly conveyed and consistently candid. Growing organically from them is an affecting investigation of identity, ethnicity, language, masculinity, nationality and, most of all, humanity—all issues that the election of Donald Trump in the United States shows are foremost in minds and hearts everywhere. . . . What the reader gleans are the insights that made Noah the thoughtful, observant, empathic man who wrote Born a Crime. . . . Here is a level-headed man, forged by remarkable and shocking life incidents, who is quietly determined and who knows where home and the heart lie. Would this unique story have been published had it been about someone not a celebrity of the planet? Possibly not, and to the detriment of potential readers, because this is a warm and very human story of the type that we will need to survive the Trump presidency’s imminent freezing of humane values.”—Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

“[Noah’s] story of surviving—and thriving—is mind-blowing.”—Cosmopolitan

“A gifted storyteller, able to deftly lace his poignant tales with amusing irony.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Noah has a real tale to tell, and he tells it well. . . . Among the many virtues of Born a Crime is a frank and telling portrait of life in South Africa during the 1980s and ’90s. . . . Born a Crime offers Americans a second introduction to Trevor Noah, and he makes a real impression.”—Newsday

“An affecting memoir, Born a Crime [is] a love letter to his mother.”—The Washington Post

“Witty and revealing . . . Noah’s story is the story of modern South Africa; though he enjoyed some privileges of the region’s slow Westernization, his formative years were shaped by poverty, injustice, and violence. Noah is quick with a disarming joke, and he skillfully integrates the parallel narratives via interstitial asides between chapters. . . . Perhaps the most harrowing tales are those of his abusive stepfather, which form the book’s final act (and which Noah cleverly foreshadows throughout earlier chapters), but equally prominent are the laugh-out-loud yarns about going to the prom, and the differences between ‘White Church’ and ‘Black Church.’”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[A] substantial collection of staggering personal essays . . . Incisive, funny, and vivid, these true tales are anchored to his portrait of his courageous, rebellious, and religious mother who defied racially restrictive laws to secure an education and a career for herself—and to have a child with a white Swiss/German even though sex between whites and blacks was illegal. . . . [Trevor Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)

“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews

读后感

美国有一档著名的脱口秀节目《囧司徒每日秀》，他的主持人乔恩·斯图尔特做了这档节目近二十年的主持人，经过他的改造，这档节目从单纯的搞笑上升到了一种人文的高度，通过搞笑的形式讽刺新闻事件和人物，在年轻人获得了一大批的拥趸。 很多美国大学生都表示他们是从《囧司徒每...  

有些人天生就擅长讲故事，刚开始看Trevor的脱口秀，我惊叹于他精准的模仿能力，各地的英语口音他能说得惟妙惟肖。然后通过Daily show会发现，他能用很open的视角看待这个世界，当然没有人能百分百的客观，但他就算是“娱乐人物”中最有想法的那一波了。所以我好奇他的成长，他...  

如果你看英语脱口秀，那么这个名字你应该听过：Trevor Noah，中国粉丝亲切称呼他“崔娃”。 崔娃是美国喜剧中心炙手可热的喜剧明星，他也是司徒囧每日秀——美国最火的脱口秀的接班人，每天都能听到他在节目里用各种搞笑的方式讽刺当今美国总统的各种行为。会五六种语言的他，2...

用户评价

I'm just thinking how much you must be interested in a person to be patient enough to read through his childhood stories..

太educational了 白人真是太创意了 日本人算白人 其他亚洲人算colored 咯咯咯你们开心就好。以及 妈妈的故事真的是够让on the fence的人信主了吧hhh

出乎意料的精彩，在犹太学校为舞者“希特勒”助威一段，把殖民教育和种族隔离的荒诞一并戳破，笑哭。小崔他妈可能是当时南非最富现代精神的黑人女性了。

五星推荐，大家快去下来看。去年在剑桥的时候，每晚吃饭都会在油管上看他的夜间秀，政治笑话幽默又真诚，三观超正。传记写得很有趣，Trevor展现的Apartheid South Africa既悲惨又搞笑，极端不正义的社会中到处是荒诞，但是，你最好大声笑出来!!! 痛过，哭过，睡一觉，再接着战斗。 PS书名取得好，在天朝至少一半人的人生可以用这句话概括了。

这本书绝对超越了“名人出书”，即使不是粉丝也力荐，有开拓世界观的作用，而且阅读体验很愉悦。推荐有声书。 小崔娃是我喜欢的喜剧演员。超级萌，口技超群，有想法。本书讲了南非种族隔离制度下一个“杂种”在伟大的母亲翼下成长的故事，讲了与众不同的成长经历下积累的关于种族、文化、归属甚至家暴等的思考，讲了一个强大而快乐的女人和母亲，讲了许多异域背景下有趣的童年和青春轶事。小崔娃的很多故事，包括母亲被开枪爆头的经历，我都在他的单口里听过，听完此书我最豁然开朗的反而是育儿观。之前总是yy孩子很容易养坏，一言不合就心理阴影。崔娃的成长中，有积极快乐的家庭氛围，有爱，有书，有母亲带他看到世界的可能。因而种族不平等、父母分离、体罚、贫穷、家暴、犯罪等波折不但没有影响他的人格，反而变成了丰富他思想的财富。