非虚构
We Should All Be Feminists 豆瓣
8.9 (17 个评分)
作者:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fourth Estate
2014
- 10
A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name. What does "feminism" mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay - adapted from her much-viewed Tedx talk of the same name - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun'. With humour and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century - one rooted in inclusion and awareness. She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviours that marginalise women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiences - in the U.S., in her native Nigeria - offering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women and men, alike. Argued in the same observant, witty and clever prose that has made Adichie a best-selling novelist, here is one remarkable author's exploration of what it means to be a woman today - and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
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往復書簡 限界から始まる
8.9 (330 个评分)
作者:
[日] 上野千鹤子
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[日] 铃木凉美
译者:
曹逸冰
新星出版社
2022
- 9
其它标题:
Letters Between Chizuko Ueno and Ryomi Suzuki
“上野女士,您为何可以对男人不感到绝望?”
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上野千鹤子×铃木凉美,最知名的女性主义先驱×最叛逆的人气作家
历时一年,十二次通信,每次一个主题
一场始于矛盾与冲突,通往理解与改变的对话:
我们要付出多少代价,才能活出想要的人生?
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⚡上野千鹤子继《厌女》《从零开始的女性主义》后又一力作,首次坦诚从未透 露的过往
一个总能犀利切中要害的人,或许也曾被自己的刀锋所伤。上野坦言“我也走过了充满羞耻和失败的人生”
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⚡恋爱与性、婚姻、男人、工作、独立、自由等,围绕12大主题聊透女性内心深处的愤怒与困境
每一位女性都是生活的幸存者,她们迷茫,她们反抗,她们故作坚强实则遍体鳞伤
·
⚡性别对立时代的希望之作:“上野女士,您为何可以对男人不感到绝望”
在女性主义遭污名化的当下,上野千鹤子予以强力回击:“我无意说‘反正男人已经无药可救了’。
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⚡话题之作,横扫日本图书市场,“读了这本书,我想没有人不会成为女性主义者”
小说家花房观音诚挚推荐:“这本书能够拯救女性!”作家本岛理生盛赞:“每翻一页,体温也随之攀升。”
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《始于极限》是女性主义先驱上野千鹤子与人气作家铃木凉美历时一年的通信。
青春期,上野千鹤子只身前往京都求学,只为逃离父亲与教会;同时期,铃木凉美为了反抗父母,一脚踏入出卖身体的世界。
大学时,上野参加轰轰烈烈的学生运动,却在战壕的另一侧目睹男生只把女生当作解决生理问题的工具;铃木就读于日本最好的私立大学,却要在夜世界寻求自身的价值。
学生时代结束,上野以独立女性自居,结果成了男人挥之即来招之即去的床伴;另一头的铃木开始书写夜世界的魅惑与肮脏,时常遭受来自女性的抨击与批判。
今天,上野已是日本女性学研究第一人,铃木则走到了夜世界的极限,在质疑过往、怀疑自己的同时,犹豫着下一步如何迈出。
她们相差四十岁,走过了迥异的人生。在长达一年的通信中,她们围绕恋爱与性、婚姻、工作、独立、男人等话题,把话语的利剑刺向对方,也刺向了自己。
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每翻一页,体温也随之攀升。铃木凉美的文字,一面极其冷静地自我分析,一面又混杂着活生生的真心话,隐现着无法否定的感情。——作家岛本理生
上野千鹤子解体了铃木凉美,也使得她得以摆脱母亲和男人的手,开始作为一个人生存。与此同时,这本书也是上野千鹤子向包括我在内的众多女性伸出的双手。这本书能够拯救女性。——小说家花房观音
从头到尾,我就像被钝器击中了一般。仿佛有人揪着我的衣领说,“喂!别给我装作没看见!”读了这本书,我想没有女性不会成为女性主义者。——亚马逊读者
我深感女人生存如何艰难。即便如此,读完这本书后,我觉得身为女人果然还是一种福音。——国际政治学家三浦瑠丽
·
上野千鹤子×铃木凉美,最知名的女性主义先驱×最叛逆的人气作家
历时一年,十二次通信,每次一个主题
一场始于矛盾与冲突,通往理解与改变的对话:
我们要付出多少代价,才能活出想要的人生?
·
⚡上野千鹤子继《厌女》《从零开始的女性主义》后又一力作,首次坦诚从未透 露的过往
一个总能犀利切中要害的人,或许也曾被自己的刀锋所伤。上野坦言“我也走过了充满羞耻和失败的人生”
·
⚡恋爱与性、婚姻、男人、工作、独立、自由等,围绕12大主题聊透女性内心深处的愤怒与困境
每一位女性都是生活的幸存者,她们迷茫,她们反抗,她们故作坚强实则遍体鳞伤
·
⚡性别对立时代的希望之作:“上野女士,您为何可以对男人不感到绝望”
在女性主义遭污名化的当下,上野千鹤子予以强力回击:“我无意说‘反正男人已经无药可救了’。
·
⚡话题之作,横扫日本图书市场,“读了这本书,我想没有人不会成为女性主义者”
小说家花房观音诚挚推荐:“这本书能够拯救女性!”作家本岛理生盛赞:“每翻一页,体温也随之攀升。”
·
《始于极限》是女性主义先驱上野千鹤子与人气作家铃木凉美历时一年的通信。
青春期,上野千鹤子只身前往京都求学,只为逃离父亲与教会;同时期,铃木凉美为了反抗父母,一脚踏入出卖身体的世界。
大学时,上野参加轰轰烈烈的学生运动,却在战壕的另一侧目睹男生只把女生当作解决生理问题的工具;铃木就读于日本最好的私立大学,却要在夜世界寻求自身的价值。
学生时代结束,上野以独立女性自居,结果成了男人挥之即来招之即去的床伴;另一头的铃木开始书写夜世界的魅惑与肮脏,时常遭受来自女性的抨击与批判。
今天,上野已是日本女性学研究第一人,铃木则走到了夜世界的极限,在质疑过往、怀疑自己的同时,犹豫着下一步如何迈出。
她们相差四十岁,走过了迥异的人生。在长达一年的通信中,她们围绕恋爱与性、婚姻、工作、独立、男人等话题,把话语的利剑刺向对方,也刺向了自己。
·
每翻一页,体温也随之攀升。铃木凉美的文字,一面极其冷静地自我分析,一面又混杂着活生生的真心话,隐现着无法否定的感情。——作家岛本理生
上野千鹤子解体了铃木凉美,也使得她得以摆脱母亲和男人的手,开始作为一个人生存。与此同时,这本书也是上野千鹤子向包括我在内的众多女性伸出的双手。这本书能够拯救女性。——小说家花房观音
从头到尾,我就像被钝器击中了一般。仿佛有人揪着我的衣领说,“喂!别给我装作没看见!”读了这本书,我想没有女性不会成为女性主义者。——亚马逊读者
我深感女人生存如何艰难。即便如此,读完这本书后,我觉得身为女人果然还是一种福音。——国际政治学家三浦瑠丽
黑箱 豆瓣 Goodreads
Black Box
9.1 (298 个评分)
作者:
[日]伊藤诗织
译者:
匡匡
中信出版集团
2019
- 4
【内容简介】
性侵的案发现场,隔绝的私密空间,被称为“黑箱”,而揭开这个“黑箱”时,暴露出来的则是调查机构与司法体系中的更为巨大的“黑箱”。
本书是日本#MeToo运动核心事件全纪实。2015年,4月3日,伊藤诗织就工作签证问题与当时TBS电视台华盛顿分局长、首相晋三传记作者山口敬之相约进餐会谈,却遭对方性侵。之后的一年,面对媒体、社会、司法的重重壁垒,她不断诉诸法律……为何司法系统无法制裁伤害女性的人?作为弱势群体的女性,在社会不公、大众冷漠、舆论暴力兴盛的今天,应当如何生存、如何自救?
“在日本,女性公开承认遭受性侵不可想象,我并非勇敢,只是别无选择。”
【编辑推荐】
•日本#MeToo运动核心事件全纪实,非虚构版《房思琪的初恋乐园》
•作为事件当事人,作者伊藤诗织是日本首位公开长相和姓名控诉性侵的女性
•作为独立女性,从迷茫无助,到勇敢发声。凭一己之力改变社会认知,以坚韧之姿直面司法壁垒
•作为资深记者,用坦诚态度记录内心感受,用冷静笔触解析事件全过程,用莫大勇气反思社会沉疴
•荣获日本第7届自由报道协会奖大奖,授权全球多个语种
•BBC为其制作的纪录片《日本之耻》引发全球热议
•梁鸿、蒋方舟、苏枕书、淡豹、陈希我合力推荐
【名人推荐】
当#MeToo运动开始在全球范围内发酵、扩大之后,人们突然发现,在权力结构的深处,女性地位并没有真的得到提高。我认为,如果#MeToo运动能够真的深入下去,那么将发生的社会变革决不仅限于男女关系层面的变革,而是对深层文化偏见的动摇,对权力结构的重新设计都会产生巨大影响。它是人类文明发展的又一次契机。但让人担心的是,如果#MeToo只是被当作一段时间内的“新闻”,那么灰尘下落之地,将无人涉足,也注定会被遗忘。
——梁鸿 著名作家,学者
不知道会不会有那样的时代到来:人们读到这本书,读到我们这一代人的血泪,会非常震惊,像我们常常痛惜过去人们的遭遇一样痛惜我们的遭遇。这是诗织的抗争与记录带来的重要意义,我们都在这场战争里。
——苏枕书 青年作家
这是一本关于“日本之耻”的书。作为“耻感文化”之国,日本人的“耻”是否包括性之“耻”?在性中强奸是否是“耻”中之“耻”?伊藤诗织的遭遇让我们看到日本社会对强奸之“耻”的漠视,相反,受害人的控诉却被视为不知“耻”。
——陈希我 作家
性侵的案发现场,隔绝的私密空间,被称为“黑箱”,而揭开这个“黑箱”时,暴露出来的则是调查机构与司法体系中的更为巨大的“黑箱”。
本书是日本#MeToo运动核心事件全纪实。2015年,4月3日,伊藤诗织就工作签证问题与当时TBS电视台华盛顿分局长、首相晋三传记作者山口敬之相约进餐会谈,却遭对方性侵。之后的一年,面对媒体、社会、司法的重重壁垒,她不断诉诸法律……为何司法系统无法制裁伤害女性的人?作为弱势群体的女性,在社会不公、大众冷漠、舆论暴力兴盛的今天,应当如何生存、如何自救?
“在日本,女性公开承认遭受性侵不可想象,我并非勇敢,只是别无选择。”
【编辑推荐】
•日本#MeToo运动核心事件全纪实,非虚构版《房思琪的初恋乐园》
•作为事件当事人,作者伊藤诗织是日本首位公开长相和姓名控诉性侵的女性
•作为独立女性,从迷茫无助,到勇敢发声。凭一己之力改变社会认知,以坚韧之姿直面司法壁垒
•作为资深记者,用坦诚态度记录内心感受,用冷静笔触解析事件全过程,用莫大勇气反思社会沉疴
•荣获日本第7届自由报道协会奖大奖,授权全球多个语种
•BBC为其制作的纪录片《日本之耻》引发全球热议
•梁鸿、蒋方舟、苏枕书、淡豹、陈希我合力推荐
【名人推荐】
当#MeToo运动开始在全球范围内发酵、扩大之后,人们突然发现,在权力结构的深处,女性地位并没有真的得到提高。我认为,如果#MeToo运动能够真的深入下去,那么将发生的社会变革决不仅限于男女关系层面的变革,而是对深层文化偏见的动摇,对权力结构的重新设计都会产生巨大影响。它是人类文明发展的又一次契机。但让人担心的是,如果#MeToo只是被当作一段时间内的“新闻”,那么灰尘下落之地,将无人涉足,也注定会被遗忘。
——梁鸿 著名作家,学者
不知道会不会有那样的时代到来:人们读到这本书,读到我们这一代人的血泪,会非常震惊,像我们常常痛惜过去人们的遭遇一样痛惜我们的遭遇。这是诗织的抗争与记录带来的重要意义,我们都在这场战争里。
——苏枕书 青年作家
这是一本关于“日本之耻”的书。作为“耻感文化”之国,日本人的“耻”是否包括性之“耻”?在性中强奸是否是“耻”中之“耻”?伊藤诗织的遭遇让我们看到日本社会对强奸之“耻”的漠视,相反,受害人的控诉却被视为不知“耻”。
——陈希我 作家
Night 豆瓣
作者:
Elie Wiesel
译者:
Marion Wiesel
Hill and Wang
2006
- 1
A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel
Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrif ic, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie’s wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author’s original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man’s capacity for inhumanity to man.
Night offers much more than a litany of the daily terrors, everyday perversions, and rampant sadism at Auschwitz and Buchenwald; it also eloquently addresses many of the philosophical as well as personal questions implicit in any serious consideration of what the Holocaust was, what it meant, and what its legacy is and will be.
From the Inside Flap
Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again. This edition also contains a new preface by the author.
Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrif ic, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie’s wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author’s original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man’s capacity for inhumanity to man.
Night offers much more than a litany of the daily terrors, everyday perversions, and rampant sadism at Auschwitz and Buchenwald; it also eloquently addresses many of the philosophical as well as personal questions implicit in any serious consideration of what the Holocaust was, what it meant, and what its legacy is and will be.
From the Inside Flap
Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again. This edition also contains a new preface by the author.
A Long Way Gone 豆瓣
作者:
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2007
- 1
内容简介:
联合国儿童基金会,受战争影响儿童代言人伊斯梅尔·比亚震撼世界的战争回忆
全球35个国家联手推出,美国2007年连印35版行销65万的最畅销自传
2007年纽约时报华盛顿邮报年选佳作,2007年亚马逊书店非虚构类最佳图书
联合国儿童基金会报告,二零零七年武装组织雇佣的儿童超过二十五万,其中年龄最小的只有六岁。这些童兵颁在全球十多个冲突地区。武装组织往往使用物质诱饵误导他们对战争产生兴趣,继而达到雇佣童兵的目的。武装组织不仅仅会把这些孩子当作战争工具,而且洞天福地让他们充当报信者、间谍和搬运工的角色。更为严重的是,相当数量的孩子还被武装人员当作性奴。全球现有童兵中,女孩约占百分之四十,她们通常最易受到性侵害。保护儿童权益,帮助儿童尽早回归社会,为儿童创造一个可以享有权利的世界,是人类一个迫在眉睫的挑战。
这是世界上所有人都应该阅读的一本书。不仅因为书中故事令人震撼,更因为这本书明晰地启示了我们内心深处的良知和责任。人们应当阅读这本书,通过这本书来了解世界,认识人之所以为人最为重要的是什么。
塞拉利昂少年,家破人亡,流浪四方,遭军方强征放伍,变成一名冷血童兵。恐惧死亡的无辜孩童,一夕之间成了草菅人命的杀人机器。
比亚是那些生活在世界各地年轻人的代表,他们的生命受到暴力、贫穷的伤害和其他权利的侵犯。对成为暴力的牺牲品的青年来说,对那些为使禁锢在武装冲突中的孩子放下武器和获得重生而努力的人来说,比亚是希望的极具说服力的象征。
本书是一部作者写自己12岁时被西非塞拉利昂叛军抓去充当职业军人经历的童兵自传。作品叙述在塞拉利昂1991年至2002年间的内战中,主人公比亚从一个普通小男孩变成了一个无家可归的的孤儿。为躲避叛军的抓捕,他只得逃到非洲的沙漠和丛林中流浪,但他还是被叛军抓住,充当了一名职业军人。从此他从一个天真无邪的儿童变成了叛军的一部杀人机器,过着血腥的生活。后来在联合国儿童基金会的救助下,他摆脱了魔爪的控制,在美国完成了高中学业。他心中又充满了光明和希望,决心为保卫世界和平和全世界儿童的幸福贡献自己的力量。此书刚出版2个月,就进入纽约书报畅销书非文学类排行榜,受到文坛好评。
那天晚上我们看到的最后一个受伤的人是个妇女。她背上背的是她的孩子,血顺着衣服淌下来,在她身后流了一路。她狂奔逃命时孩子中弹身亡了。幸运的是,子弹没穿透孩子的身体。她跑到我们站立的地方,坐在地上,把孩子放下来。原来是个女孩,两只眼睛大睁着,脸上还挂着戛然而止的笑。子弹头从她肿胀的身体上冒出尖尖的头。母亲俯在女孩身上,使劲摇晃着。她悲痛惊骇至极,欲哭无泪。
联合国儿童基金会,受战争影响儿童代言人伊斯梅尔·比亚震撼世界的战争回忆
全球35个国家联手推出,美国2007年连印35版行销65万的最畅销自传
2007年纽约时报华盛顿邮报年选佳作,2007年亚马逊书店非虚构类最佳图书
联合国儿童基金会报告,二零零七年武装组织雇佣的儿童超过二十五万,其中年龄最小的只有六岁。这些童兵颁在全球十多个冲突地区。武装组织往往使用物质诱饵误导他们对战争产生兴趣,继而达到雇佣童兵的目的。武装组织不仅仅会把这些孩子当作战争工具,而且洞天福地让他们充当报信者、间谍和搬运工的角色。更为严重的是,相当数量的孩子还被武装人员当作性奴。全球现有童兵中,女孩约占百分之四十,她们通常最易受到性侵害。保护儿童权益,帮助儿童尽早回归社会,为儿童创造一个可以享有权利的世界,是人类一个迫在眉睫的挑战。
这是世界上所有人都应该阅读的一本书。不仅因为书中故事令人震撼,更因为这本书明晰地启示了我们内心深处的良知和责任。人们应当阅读这本书,通过这本书来了解世界,认识人之所以为人最为重要的是什么。
塞拉利昂少年,家破人亡,流浪四方,遭军方强征放伍,变成一名冷血童兵。恐惧死亡的无辜孩童,一夕之间成了草菅人命的杀人机器。
比亚是那些生活在世界各地年轻人的代表,他们的生命受到暴力、贫穷的伤害和其他权利的侵犯。对成为暴力的牺牲品的青年来说,对那些为使禁锢在武装冲突中的孩子放下武器和获得重生而努力的人来说,比亚是希望的极具说服力的象征。
本书是一部作者写自己12岁时被西非塞拉利昂叛军抓去充当职业军人经历的童兵自传。作品叙述在塞拉利昂1991年至2002年间的内战中,主人公比亚从一个普通小男孩变成了一个无家可归的的孤儿。为躲避叛军的抓捕,他只得逃到非洲的沙漠和丛林中流浪,但他还是被叛军抓住,充当了一名职业军人。从此他从一个天真无邪的儿童变成了叛军的一部杀人机器,过着血腥的生活。后来在联合国儿童基金会的救助下,他摆脱了魔爪的控制,在美国完成了高中学业。他心中又充满了光明和希望,决心为保卫世界和平和全世界儿童的幸福贡献自己的力量。此书刚出版2个月,就进入纽约书报畅销书非文学类排行榜,受到文坛好评。
那天晚上我们看到的最后一个受伤的人是个妇女。她背上背的是她的孩子,血顺着衣服淌下来,在她身后流了一路。她狂奔逃命时孩子中弹身亡了。幸运的是,子弹没穿透孩子的身体。她跑到我们站立的地方,坐在地上,把孩子放下来。原来是个女孩,两只眼睛大睁着,脸上还挂着戛然而止的笑。子弹头从她肿胀的身体上冒出尖尖的头。母亲俯在女孩身上,使劲摇晃着。她悲痛惊骇至极,欲哭无泪。
Born a Crime 豆瓣 Goodreads
9.4 (137 个评分)
作者:
Trevor Noah
Spiegel & Grau
2016
- 11
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • Newsday • Esquire • NPR • Booklist
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love.
Praise for Born a Crime
“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade
“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today
“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People
“[Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)
“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews
Review
“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . In the end, Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade
“You’d be hard-pressed to find a comic’s origin story better than the one Trevor Noah serves up in Born a Crime. . . . [He] developed his aptitude for witty truth telling [and]…every hardscrabble memory of helping his mother scrape together money for food, gas, school fees, and rent, or barely surviving the temper of his stepfather, Abel, reveals the anxious wellsprings of the comedian’s ambition and success. If there is harvest in spite of blight, the saying goes, one does not credit the blight-but Noah does manage to wring brilliant comedy from it.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today
“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People
“This isn't your average comic-writes-a-memoir: It’s a unique look at a man who is a product of his culture—and a nuanced look at a part of the world whose people have known dark times easily pushed aside.”—Refinery29
“Noah’s memoir is extraordinary . . . essential reading on every level. It’s hard to imagine anyone else doing a finer job of it.”—The Seattle Times
“Powerful prose . . . told through stories and vignettes that are sharply observed, deftly conveyed and consistently candid. Growing organically from them is an affecting investigation of identity, ethnicity, language, masculinity, nationality and, most of all, humanity—all issues that the election of Donald Trump in the United States shows are foremost in minds and hearts everywhere. . . . What the reader gleans are the insights that made Noah the thoughtful, observant, empathic man who wrote Born a Crime. . . . Here is a level-headed man, forged by remarkable and shocking life incidents, who is quietly determined and who knows where home and the heart lie. Would this unique story have been published had it been about someone not a celebrity of the planet? Possibly not, and to the detriment of potential readers, because this is a warm and very human story of the type that we will need to survive the Trump presidency’s imminent freezing of humane values.”—Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
“[Noah’s] story of surviving—and thriving—is mind-blowing.”—Cosmopolitan
“A gifted storyteller, able to deftly lace his poignant tales with amusing irony.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Noah has a real tale to tell, and he tells it well. . . . Among the many virtues of Born a Crime is a frank and telling portrait of life in South Africa during the 1980s and ’90s. . . . Born a Crime offers Americans a second introduction to Trevor Noah, and he makes a real impression.”—Newsday
“An affecting memoir, Born a Crime [is] a love letter to his mother.”—The Washington Post
“Witty and revealing . . . Noah’s story is the story of modern South Africa; though he enjoyed some privileges of the region’s slow Westernization, his formative years were shaped by poverty, injustice, and violence. Noah is quick with a disarming joke, and he skillfully integrates the parallel narratives via interstitial asides between chapters. . . . Perhaps the most harrowing tales are those of his abusive stepfather, which form the book’s final act (and which Noah cleverly foreshadows throughout earlier chapters), but equally prominent are the laugh-out-loud yarns about going to the prom, and the differences between ‘White Church’ and ‘Black Church.’”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[A] substantial collection of staggering personal essays . . . Incisive, funny, and vivid, these true tales are anchored to his portrait of his courageous, rebellious, and religious mother who defied racially restrictive laws to secure an education and a career for herself—and to have a child with a white Swiss/German even though sex between whites and blacks was illegal. . . . [Trevor Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)
“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • Newsday • Esquire • NPR • Booklist
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love.
Praise for Born a Crime
“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade
“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today
“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People
“[Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)
“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews
Review
“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . In the end, Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade
“You’d be hard-pressed to find a comic’s origin story better than the one Trevor Noah serves up in Born a Crime. . . . [He] developed his aptitude for witty truth telling [and]…every hardscrabble memory of helping his mother scrape together money for food, gas, school fees, and rent, or barely surviving the temper of his stepfather, Abel, reveals the anxious wellsprings of the comedian’s ambition and success. If there is harvest in spite of blight, the saying goes, one does not credit the blight-but Noah does manage to wring brilliant comedy from it.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today
“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People
“This isn't your average comic-writes-a-memoir: It’s a unique look at a man who is a product of his culture—and a nuanced look at a part of the world whose people have known dark times easily pushed aside.”—Refinery29
“Noah’s memoir is extraordinary . . . essential reading on every level. It’s hard to imagine anyone else doing a finer job of it.”—The Seattle Times
“Powerful prose . . . told through stories and vignettes that are sharply observed, deftly conveyed and consistently candid. Growing organically from them is an affecting investigation of identity, ethnicity, language, masculinity, nationality and, most of all, humanity—all issues that the election of Donald Trump in the United States shows are foremost in minds and hearts everywhere. . . . What the reader gleans are the insights that made Noah the thoughtful, observant, empathic man who wrote Born a Crime. . . . Here is a level-headed man, forged by remarkable and shocking life incidents, who is quietly determined and who knows where home and the heart lie. Would this unique story have been published had it been about someone not a celebrity of the planet? Possibly not, and to the detriment of potential readers, because this is a warm and very human story of the type that we will need to survive the Trump presidency’s imminent freezing of humane values.”—Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
“[Noah’s] story of surviving—and thriving—is mind-blowing.”—Cosmopolitan
“A gifted storyteller, able to deftly lace his poignant tales with amusing irony.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Noah has a real tale to tell, and he tells it well. . . . Among the many virtues of Born a Crime is a frank and telling portrait of life in South Africa during the 1980s and ’90s. . . . Born a Crime offers Americans a second introduction to Trevor Noah, and he makes a real impression.”—Newsday
“An affecting memoir, Born a Crime [is] a love letter to his mother.”—The Washington Post
“Witty and revealing . . . Noah’s story is the story of modern South Africa; though he enjoyed some privileges of the region’s slow Westernization, his formative years were shaped by poverty, injustice, and violence. Noah is quick with a disarming joke, and he skillfully integrates the parallel narratives via interstitial asides between chapters. . . . Perhaps the most harrowing tales are those of his abusive stepfather, which form the book’s final act (and which Noah cleverly foreshadows throughout earlier chapters), but equally prominent are the laugh-out-loud yarns about going to the prom, and the differences between ‘White Church’ and ‘Black Church.’”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[A] substantial collection of staggering personal essays . . . Incisive, funny, and vivid, these true tales are anchored to his portrait of his courageous, rebellious, and religious mother who defied racially restrictive laws to secure an education and a career for herself—and to have a child with a white Swiss/German even though sex between whites and blacks was illegal. . . . [Trevor Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)
“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews
Nothing to Envy 豆瓣
10.0 (5 个评分)
作者:
Barbara Demick
Granta Books
2010
- 7
North Korea is Orwell's 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country's great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended: people stumbled over dead bodies in the street and ate tree bark to survive. Nothing to Envy weaves together the stories of adversity and resilience of six residents of Chongin, North Korea's third largest city. From extensive interviews and with tenacious investigative work, Barbara Demick has recreated the concerns, culture and lifestyles of North Korean citizens in a gripping narrative, and vividly reconstructed the inner workings of this extraordinary and secretive country.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 豆瓣
作者:
Maya Angelou Dr.
Random House
2002
- 2
In the first volume of an extraordinary autobiographical series, one of the most inspiring authors of our time recalls--with candor, humor, poignancy and grace--how her journey began....
84 Charing Cross Road (Virago modern classics) 豆瓣
作者:
Helene Hanff
/
Frank Doel
Virago Press Ltd
2002
- 10
This book is the very simple story of the correspond between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London.
DAILY TELEGRAPH Told in a series of letters in 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD and then in diary form in the second part THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET, this true story has touched the hearts of thousands.
DAILY TELEGRAPH Told in a series of letters in 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD and then in diary form in the second part THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET, this true story has touched the hearts of thousands.
相對論,愛因斯坦教會我們什麼?圖解20世紀最偉大的科學理論 豆瓣
2011
- 9
Tuesdays with Morrie 豆瓣
7.7 (28 个评分)
作者:
Mitch Albom
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
1999
- 7
曾經,他是老師眼中的希望。大學畢業之後,他進入社會的浮沉,在幻滅的理想人生中掙扎。直到十六年後,才在一個最偶然的機會和老師重逢。而他的老師,只剩下生命中最後幾個月時間。於是,他又上了14堂他老師的星期二的課。這次,課上的學生只有他一人……
本書作者在昔日恩師生命的最後幾個月,每星期二到老師家看他、這位誨人不倦的老師墨瑞.史瓦茲,面對著死亡一步一步逼近,不僅自己勇敢面對,窮究其多面的意義,更藉著與學生米奇的談話,一點一點柔軟了米奇因世故而僵硬的心,讓他重新看待生活。
這位墨瑞,誠實地看見自己在死亡面前的恐懼、脆弱與哀傷,承認自己對人世的眷戀不捨,但他掙脫這些情緒的束縛,展現出洞澈人生之後的清明與安靜,並且帶著幽默感。
也許你和作者一樣,年輕時曾遇到過這麼一個人,他比你年長,有耐心又有智慧,懂得你年輕徬徨的心,教導你為人處世之道。但是,你後來與他斷了連絡,獨自在人生路上奮鬥,你的視野變窄,你的夢想褪色。再沒有人在你身邊為你指引方向,告訴你生命的路怎麼走。
作者在這樣的時刻和老師重聚,上了最後的一門課,一門學著如何活在世上、如何對待死亡的課。如今我們也有幸旁聽這堂課,汲取其中的溫暖與智慧。這是個會發光發熱的真實故事,讀後讓你一輩子感到溫馨。
本書作者在昔日恩師生命的最後幾個月,每星期二到老師家看他、這位誨人不倦的老師墨瑞.史瓦茲,面對著死亡一步一步逼近,不僅自己勇敢面對,窮究其多面的意義,更藉著與學生米奇的談話,一點一點柔軟了米奇因世故而僵硬的心,讓他重新看待生活。
這位墨瑞,誠實地看見自己在死亡面前的恐懼、脆弱與哀傷,承認自己對人世的眷戀不捨,但他掙脫這些情緒的束縛,展現出洞澈人生之後的清明與安靜,並且帶著幽默感。
也許你和作者一樣,年輕時曾遇到過這麼一個人,他比你年長,有耐心又有智慧,懂得你年輕徬徨的心,教導你為人處世之道。但是,你後來與他斷了連絡,獨自在人生路上奮鬥,你的視野變窄,你的夢想褪色。再沒有人在你身邊為你指引方向,告訴你生命的路怎麼走。
作者在這樣的時刻和老師重聚,上了最後的一門課,一門學著如何活在世上、如何對待死亡的課。如今我們也有幸旁聽這堂課,汲取其中的溫暖與智慧。這是個會發光發熱的真實故事,讀後讓你一輩子感到溫馨。
Anne Frank 豆瓣
9.0 (6 个评分)
作者:
Anne Frank
译者:
B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday
Bantam
1993
- 6
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic -- a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
12 Years a Slave 豆瓣
作者:
[美] 所罗门·诺萨普(Solomon Northup)
HarperCollins Publishers
2014
- 2
The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. 'Why had I not died in my young years - before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.' 1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his family in New York State - with no hope of ever seeing them again - and forced to work on the cotton plantations in the Deep South, he spends the next twelve years in captivity until his eventual escape in 1853. First published in 1853, this extraordinary true story proved to be a powerful voice in the debate over slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. It is a true-life testament of one man's courage and conviction in the face of unfathomable injustice and brutality: its influence on the course of American history cannot be overstated.