Neuroscientist and debut novelist Genova mines years of experience in her field to craft a realistic portrait of early onset Alzheimer's disease. Alice Howland has a career not unlike Genova's—she's an esteemed psychology professor at Harvard, living a comfortable life in Cambridge with her husband, John, arguing about the usual (making quality time together, their daughter's move to L.A.) when the first symptoms of Alzheimer's begin to emerge. First, Alice can't find her Blackberry, then she becomes hopelessly disoriented in her own town. Alice is shocked to be diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's (she had suspected a brain tumor or menopause), after which her life begins steadily to unravel. She loses track of rooms in her home, resigns from Harvard and eventually cannot recognize her own children. The brutal facts of Alzheimer's are heartbreaking, and it's impossible not to feel for Alice and her loved ones, but Genova's prose style is clumsy and her dialogue heavy-handed. This novel will appeal to those dealing with the disease and may prove helpful, but beyond the heartbreaking record of illness there's little here to remember.
發表於2024-11-20
Still Alice 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
1. 兩點好:真實,科學。不愧是neuroscience PhD寫的,雖然還是有一定程度上文學的或者說浪漫主義的修飾。但是對於AD病人的mental recess的過程太細緻動人瞭,再就是對AD的診斷、治療、supporting group等一係列療程都有靠譜的介紹。(雖然時間軸不太對,因為確診不會那麼迅速...
評分嚴格遵守隻在通勤的Skytrain上的15分鍾裏纔會去看斷斷續續一個月纔讀完的《Still Alice》。我不得不說這是除懸疑和情色小說以外唯一一部讓我感受到瞭自己心跳的一部作品。身為哈佛大學語言學教授的Alice被一紙早期阿爾海默癥(舊稱老年癡呆癥,由於其消極及歧視涵義而今不再被...
評分今晚一口氣讀完瞭,後半段開始一直哭到不能自已。在去年這個時候看瞭改編的電影,在Alice演講的時候無法言語的感動與鼓舞人心的力量,從被診斷到病情慢慢惡化,慌張茫然,手足無措,這一切一切都是我說最害怕的。從小到大記憶力好算是我最引以為豪的一件事之一,看到書中Alice...
評分題目起得好爛。。。 --------- 書聽瞭三天,然後又找電影來看,當然是喜歡,纔會這樣。 喜歡書勝過電影,書的故事雖然平淡,但常有雋永的地方。可能因為先看過書,再看電影總覺得隻是片段剪輯,雖然每個片段本身都拍得不錯,但缺乏內中湧動的暗流和綫索,無法連綴起所有的時刻...
評分圖書標籤: 小說 Alzheimer's 英文原版 美國 疾病 老年 Lisa.Genova Alice
death&dying
評分You have a fulfill life, and I am so proud of you.
評分我很乖,我很善解人意,我還很聰明。。。。隻不過這一切隻是在我還是我自己的時候是。Ou, Alice. 非常獨特的角度。
評分What if you were to lose every memory you ever had and forget everyone you ever loved?
評分#今年奧斯卡最佳女主角奬 #哈佛認知心理學教授罹患阿茲海默癥 #傢庭的重要性
Still Alice 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載