Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, was an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Maya Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, (1969) which was nominated for a National Book Award and called her magnum opus. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Here is a book as joyous and painful, and as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s first memoir, published in 1969 is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
Sent by their mother to their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” When she journeys at eight to her mother’s side in St. Louis, she is attacked by a man many times her age. Years later, in San Francisco, she learns about love for herself–and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. The kindness of others, Maya’s own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
Poetic and powerful–now in a beautiful keepsake edition– I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds as long as people read.
發表於2025-01-28
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2010年10月的一個晚上,收到博達著作權代理公司的一封郵件,那是一份我平日裏很少會打開的新書目錄。但當時我心裏有一種奇妙的預感。我打開瞭,看到瞭瑪雅•安吉洛這個名字。 我認識她。 思緒瞬間迴到瞭十年前。2000年,我讀到並翻譯瞭瑪雅•安吉洛的《清晨的脈搏》(On th...
評分Maya Angelou, nee Marguerite Johnson, writer, dancer, singer and civil-rights activist, died on May 28th, aged 86 WHEN she was eight, Maya Angelou stopped speaking. That was the year her mother's boyfriend raped her. But worse than that, worse than the ter...
評分《新民晚報》 ◎陳增爵 自傳體小說《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》的作者瑪雅·安吉洛是美國著名黑人女作傢,這個書名齣自美國黑人詩人保羅《同情》中的詩句:“我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱……那不是喜悅或歡樂,那是他從心底深處發齣的祈禱。那是卑微的請求,傳到他翱翔的天堂...
評分十日談 ——《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》譯記 作者:於霄 引子 我與笑紅相識有年,第一次閤作譯書便是瑪雅•安吉洛的這本《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》。其間免不瞭俗事煩身,但疏影小徑間沒少瞭我倆關於本書日復一日的對話。齣版前,笑紅問我:你說這書究竟好在何處?五味雜陳中,...
評分《新民晚報》 ◎陳增爵 自傳體小說《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》的作者瑪雅·安吉洛是美國著名黑人女作傢,這個書名齣自美國黑人詩人保羅《同情》中的詩句:“我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱……那不是喜悅或歡樂,那是他從心底深處發齣的祈禱。那是卑微的請求,傳到他翱翔的天堂...
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她的語言象詩歌一樣,她的同年如此不幸,很多經曆根本無法想象。所以對她緻敬。
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評分從之前的壓抑到之後的自由,感受到瞭這位黑人女性的心路曆程。可能是有些地方看不太懂...帶來的感觸不是特彆大
評分失足少女瞭吧!!use protection!!!
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