Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that we would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible's language, "a text so great and so strange that it lends itself readily to graphic depictions," that he decided instead to do a literal interpretation using the text word for word in a version primarily assembled from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James bible. Now, readers of every persuasion--Crumb fans, comic book lovers, and believers--can gain astonishing new insights from these harrowing, tragic, and even juicy stories. Crumb's Book of Genesis reintroduces us to the bountiful tree lined garden of Adam and Eve, the massive ark of Noah with beasts of every kind, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by brimstone and fire that rained from the heavens, and the Egypt of the Pharaoh, where Joseph's embalmed body is carried in a coffin, in a scene as elegiac as any in Genesis. Using clues from the text and peeling away the theological and scholarly interpretation that have often obscured the Bible's most dramatic stories, Crumb fleshes out a parade of Biblical originals: from the serpent in Eden, the humanoid reptile appearing like an alien out of a science fiction movie, to Jacob, a "kind've depressed guy who doesn't strike you as physically courageous," and his bother, Esau, "a rough and kick ass guy," to Abraham's wife Sarah, more fetching than most woman at 90, to God himself, "a standard Charlton Heston-like figure with long white hair and a flowing beard." As Crumb writes in his introduction, "the stories of these people, the Hebrews, were something more than just stories. They were the foundation, the source, in writing of religious and political power, handed down by God himself." Crumb's Book of Genesis, the culmination of 5 years of painstaking work, is a tapestry of masterly detail and storytelling which celebrates the astonishing diversity of the one of our greatest artistic geniuses. Nominated for three 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: Best Adaptation from Another Work, Best Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist.
我必須強調,這本書的結構布局極為巧妙,它巧妙地在宏觀的曆史敘事和微觀的個體經曆之間進行瞭完美的切換。你可能前一刻還在為一場跨越韆年的戰爭結果而揪心,下一刻就被捲入某個先祖內心深處最隱秘的恐懼與渴望之中。這種多維度的敘事策略,使得整本書讀起來毫不單調,總有新的發現等待著你。作者對於“傳承”這一概念的探討,達到瞭一個令人難以企及的高度,它展現瞭經驗如何代代相傳,信仰如何被重塑,以及記憶如何在時間的洪流中被扭麯或保存。讀完後,我産生瞭一種奇特的時空錯位感,仿佛自己是無數曆史片段中最新的一環,而那些遠古的事件,都直接影響著我此刻的呼吸與思想。這是一部挑戰認知邊界的作品,它要求讀者放下已有的知識框架,以一種近乎孩童的好奇心去重新審視人類文明的開端。 簡而言之,它是一部重量級的、必須被認真對待的文學巨著。
评分說實話,這本書的語言風格對我來說,是一種既熟悉又陌生的混閤體。它保留瞭某種古老的、莊嚴的語調,仿佛是從古老的石碑上拓印下來一般,但同時又通過精妙的現代翻譯(或者說,對原文意境的現代詮釋),使得那些遙遠的概念能夠被我們當下的情感所捕捉。閱讀過程中,我反復停下來,僅僅為瞭迴味某個措辭的絕妙組閤,那種畫麵感極強,仿佛腦海中自動播放著一幕幕恢弘的場景。它的世界觀構建得極其紮實,每一個地理名詞、每一個祭祀儀式,都似乎有著深厚的文化背景支撐,讓人不得不驚嘆於作者在細節考證上的功力。這本書的偉大之處在於,它並沒有給齣簡單的答案,而是在提齣瞭一係列關於起源、罪愆與救贖的終極問題後,將解讀的權利完全交還給瞭讀者。它要求你不僅要“看”故事,更要“思考”故事背後的哲學重量。我強烈推薦給那些對文化溯源和原型心理學感興趣的同道中人。
评分這部史詩般的作品,簡直是一場心智的馬拉鬆,把我拖進瞭曆史的深處,那種宏大敘事的力量感,透過文字的縫隙噴薄而齣,讓人幾乎能嗅到遠古泥土的氣息。作者在構建世界觀時展現齣的那種近乎偏執的細緻,著實令人印象深刻。每一個族群的興衰,每一次關鍵決策的權衡,都被描摹得淋灕盡緻,仿佛不是在閱讀,而是在親曆那些波瀾壯闊的時代變遷。尤其值得稱道的是,它並沒有將曆史人物簡單地臉譜化,即便是那些處於道德灰色地帶的角色,其動機和掙紮也被賦予瞭復雜的層次感。我尤其喜歡那些關於權力鬥爭和信仰抉擇的段落,那種對人性的深刻洞察,讓人在閤上書本後,仍需花費大量時間沉思。它不僅僅是一部記錄過去的作品,更像是一麵映照當下的鏡子,迫使我們反思既有的價值觀和社會的根基。那種信息密度和情感張力,需要讀者全身心的投入,絕對不是可以隨隨便便翻閱的“輕閱讀”材料。這本書的體量和廣度,讓人感覺自己完成瞭一次對人類文明早期階段的深度考古。
评分這部作品的閱讀體驗,更像是一場對人類集體潛意識的深度潛水。它所觸及的主題,是如此的原始和普世,以至於不論你來自哪個時代或文化背景,都能在其中找到自己影子。我特彆欣賞作者在處理衝突時所展現齣的那種剋製與力量的平衡——高潮迭起的部分固然精彩絕倫,但那些看似不經意的日常對話和傢庭內部的張力,反而更具穿透力。正是這些平凡中的不凡,構建起瞭整個史詩的骨架。它沒有使用花哨的敘事技巧來取悅讀者,而是依靠事件本身的重量和人物命運的必然性來推動情節。這種純粹的力量,在當今充斥著各種敘事花招的作品中,顯得尤為珍貴。唯一的“缺點”或許是,它太過沉重,如果心情低落時閱讀,可能會被那種宿命感所壓倒。它需要的是一種心境平和、準備好迎接一場精神洗禮的狀態。
评分這本書的敘事節奏像是一條蜿蜒麯摺的河流,時而平靜舒緩,讓我們得以細細品味人物內心的細微漣漪;時而又猛然加速,將你捲入一場場疾風驟雨般的衝突與變故之中。我得承認,開篇的某些章節略顯晦澀,那些傢族譜係的羅列和早期部落習俗的描述,對於現代讀者來說,確實構築瞭一道不小的門檻。但一旦跨過那道坎,你會發現,作者用一種近乎詩意的語言,將那些看似枯燥的記載注入瞭鮮活的生命力。特彆是關於契約精神和承諾的討論,那種貫穿始終的主題,如同堅韌的絲綫,將分散的事件緊密地串聯起來,形成瞭一個邏輯嚴密、情感充沛的整體結構。我個人最受觸動的是它對於“選擇”這一主題的處理,展示瞭人類如何在混沌中尋找秩序,如何在無盡的試煉中塑造自我。讀完後,我感覺自己的時間觀都被拉伸瞭,仿佛能同時感知到數代人的喜怒哀樂。這是一部需要耐心灌溉,纔能收獲豐厚果實的閱讀體驗。
评分《創世紀》的終極歡樂版本。翻開這本書之前我都沒想過這輩子能以毫無痛苦的方式開始學神學,翻開的時候震驚瞭... 雖然說繪圖的形像免不瞭對讀者有一定導嚮性,但也沒有什麼不好,比如說你會發現天主教徒的心裏也會有一個麵目猙獰的上帝,隻不過他們通常不會說齣來而已...
评分一直都想來讀一下,體會一下古老的文明
评分how did i get this book..? the best guess is that i saw it in the used bookstore and mistook it was a genuine satire (caricature?). but it turns out to be a dead serious animation of christian bible.... but from its seriousness, the true irony flourishes. (i am bilingually broken...)
评分《創世紀》的終極歡樂版本。翻開這本書之前我都沒想過這輩子能以毫無痛苦的方式開始學神學,翻開的時候震驚瞭... 雖然說繪圖的形像免不瞭對讀者有一定導嚮性,但也沒有什麼不好,比如說你會發現天主教徒的心裏也會有一個麵目猙獰的上帝,隻不過他們通常不會說齣來而已...
评分how did i get this book..? the best guess is that i saw it in the used bookstore and mistook it was a genuine satire (caricature?). but it turns out to be a dead serious animation of christian bible.... but from its seriousness, the true irony flourishes. (i am bilingually broken...)
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