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.
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英文版讀的時間長瞭也就不燒腦瞭。大學時教過一個愛爾蘭外教漢語,一次在她傢裏,她朋友給我推薦Maya,後來在準備考研的過程中在美國文學簡史上讀到過她的書。再後來,在菲律賓做漢語教師誌願者時,得知她過世的消息,內心還有一些波瀾。2017年5月,真正開始讀她的自傳作品,沒...
評分《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》是美國黑人婦女文學創作中裏程碑性的重要作品。它衝破瞭女性分離主義的理論囚籠,以作者親身經曆的傢族、種族和社區生活為素材,彰顯瞭美國黑人文化的積極精神價值,該作擺脫瞭“性政治”概念的束縛,以一種成熟達觀的語調坦率地敘述瞭個人的性經驗,...
評分鳥鳴春澗弄好音 淡紫色丁香花盛開的春天,躲在傢裏讀完瞭上海三聯最近齣版的譯作,瑪雅•安吉洛(Maya Angelou)六本自傳的第一本《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱(I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)》。翻開淡淡紫色的封麵,混著丁香花的香味一頁一頁讀下去,瑪...
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《文學報》2013年10月17日 網址:http://wenxue.news365.com.cn/wxb/html/2013-10/17/content_172074.htm 這是一麯動人的歌唱。瑪雅·安吉洛既是詩人、作傢,也是舞者、歌手。她於1969年齣版的自傳《我知道籠中鳥為何歌唱》,以充滿詩意而又富有力量的文字,寫下瞭她在美國...
圖書標籤: 美國 英文原版 傳記 文學 Angelou 美國文學 女性 外國文學
有些小篇章簡直充滿瞭CR即視感。
評分失足少女瞭吧!!use protection!!!
評分3.5 瞭解黑人生存境況 宗教的意義 部分細節描寫太囉嗦
評分上世紀三四十年代的美國南部小鎮,塵土飛揚的炎夏永無盡頭,黑人們撿拾棉花,一貧如洗,白人似乎是另一個世界的生物,而祖母經營的一間便利店成瞭唯一的庇護所。Maya Angelo透過童年的自己,輕描淡寫地記錄下割裂的世界,和窘迫生活中的樂趣與微光。
評分#讀書# 好看!是觸碰人心的writing,不矯揉造作,也不失幽默,但是確是悲傷的故事。
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