A Man

Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006) was defined as “one of the most-read and best-loved writers in the world” by the dean of Chicago’s Columbia College, who awarded her an honorary degree in literature. As a war correspondent she had covered the great majority of our time’s conflicts, from Vietnam to the Middle East. Her books have been translated and sold in thirty countries.

出版者:Pocket

作者:Oriana Fallaci

页数:570

出版时间:1981-1-1

价格:CAD 3.89

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780671434878

Published for the first time in 1979 by Rizzoli, A Man is the passionate story of Alekos Panagulis, hero of the Greek Resistance and Fallaci’s partner. On May 1, 1976, Alexandros Panagulis, known as Alekos, the lonely hero of the Greek riot against tyranny and power, died tragically in a suspicious car crash. During his funeral, millions of people crowded the streets of Athens screaming “Zi, zi, zi!”—“Live, live, live!” This is the opening scene of A Man—and the final scene in the life of Alekos and of his love story with the author.

The narration goes back some years, and the reader relives the breakdown of Alekos’s relationship with Oriana Fallaci, starting with his attempt to kill the tyrant Papadopulos and his consequent arrest. Balancing romance and reportage, Fallaci describes Alekos’s personal fight against tyranny and his desperate attempt to escape his inevitable arrest.

Alekos became a real hero for the Greek population; the political leadership could not kill him without stirring up the suspicion of the public. The government built him a prison called Boiati, where he survived tremendous torture, hunger strikes, and terribly unsanitary conditions. After his release, Fallaci met and interviewed him. They fell in love and shared years of romance, obsession, and madness, all recounted in this extraordinary book. The story centers on their strong and deep love, intertwined with the struggle of this Greek tragic hero, who desperately looked for freedom and who, in the end, was just a man.

读后感

法拉奇因写采访世界政要出版了两本大厚书而闻名于世，但她更为投入的写作还是爱情。女人的情感性来源，决定了她的感性好恶，决定了她丰富感性下的也有的激情，如果加上一颗坚定地心、敏锐的思想，那自然成就她的作品。所以，在她最满意的作品当中，我认为还是这样一本既是回忆...  

开头特别吸引人，也很有感染力。 但从男主走出监狱，遇到女主时故事就开始变得枯燥。无意义地怨天尤人，作者因为跟男主特殊的关系（情人关系），叙事时主观色彩浓厚，许多事情就是一遍又一遍重复陈词滥调，让读者看得云里雾里。反正跟男主作对的都该死。左右中间派没一个好东西...  

帕纳古利斯在法庭上的苏格拉底式的自我申辩 “军事法庭的先生们，我的话不长，不会让你们听烦的。甚至连我在审讯期间遭受的侮辱也不想多谈，之前已经讲得足够多了。在分析对我提出的控告之前，我想谈谈那次可耻的预审的另一方面，这就是你们伪造证据，将预先炮制好的证词强加...  

你可以威胁他，如果招了，就好好枪毙你；如果不招，就用卡车撞死你。游击队员都会招。 更何况侯总卖的六克拉的钻石呢。 女抗日英雄说在刑场上说，不要打爆我的头。 只见日了，没见抗日阿？  

帕纳古利斯在法庭上的苏格拉底式的自我申辩 “军事法庭的先生们，我的话不长，不会让你们听烦的。甚至连我在审讯期间遭受的侮辱也不想多谈，之前已经讲得足够多了。在分析对我提出的控告之前，我想谈谈那次可耻的预审的另一方面，这就是你们伪造证据，将预先炮制好的证词强加...