书籍 Bud, Not Buddy的封面
书籍介绍
在线阅读本书 It’s 1936 Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and 10-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy, but Bud’s got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things; 2. He’s the author of “Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself”; 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: posters of Herman E. Calloway and his band of renown, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression. Bud is sure those posters will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road, nothing can stop him, not hunger, not fear, not would-be vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.
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(0823-0907),之前读过中文版,这次努力把英文版读了一遍,稍后再听一遍有声书。大萧条背景下的美国黑人生存背景,加上童年冒险的故事情节,最终和家人团聚,不失为一本有趣而有深度的童书。如同作者在后记所说,向身边的父母、祖父母问问他们经历的历史,不要忘记那些岁月。
语言很幽默,就是有点长
语言充满了趣味性,对十来岁孩子的心理揣摩极为生动细致。大萧条时期找爸爸的小孤儿,最终找到了爷爷。写到了那个时期人们居无定所的胡佛村、偷偷组织工会的铁路工人、黑人乐队需要有一名白人才能运作下去等种种历史状态;而一路偶遇善良的陌生人,又让故事始终是温情的。
第30本有声书,故事很平,痛苦的地方都用童真化解了,阅读难度其实更适合小朋友,但演讲者的表现很加分,时不时哼上两句什么的。
感情挺动人,以大萧条作为背景还是挺吸引人的,讲到了胡佛村等等
听的黑人女士的有声书版本,能感受到黑人那种与生俱来的幽默感。在大萧条时代背景下,底层生活的悲凉与希望,音乐的跨越时代的魅力。
看哭了,感动,词汇简单。
现实主义的儿童文学,有点残酷,又有点温暖。(当然比My Brother Sam Is Dead已经温情了太多……)
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