Water for Elephants

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莎拉·格鲁恩(Sara Gruen),对动物有着莫名的狂热,先前出版过两本与马有关的书,都广受欢迎。书中很多的角色都是根据真实人物为蓝本,故事背景则是根据1930年代的巡回马戏团。她现与丈夫、三名子女、四只猫、两头羊、两条狗、一匹马同住在芝加哥北部的环保小区。

出版者:Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
作者:Sara Gruen
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页数:335
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出版时间:2006-05-26
价格:USD 23.95
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9781565124998
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  • 小说 
  • 大象的眼泪 
  • 外国文学 
  • fiction 
  • 獸醫,愛情,人世間 
  • 英文 
  • 英文原版 
  • Novel 
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Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell.

Jacob was there because his luck had run out—orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on this locomotive "ship of fools." It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an act—in fact, she couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

Surprising, poignant, and funny, Water for Elephants is that rare novel with a story so engrossing, one is reluctant to put it down; with characters so engaging, they continue to live long after the last page has been turned; with a world built of wonder, a world so real, one starts to breathe its air.

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过程很精彩,一口气读完的,但是结局有些太快,而且有些过于理想化。买这本书纯粹是因为它是畅销第一名,每个月我都会去书店买书店排行前10的书。在这里,动物是被虐待的,每次看到萝被抽,被打,想象到钩子在他身上划来划去,就很心痛。在这里,爱情是畸形的。玛的第一次婚...  

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这一本畅销书,美国女作者莎拉.格鲁恩的作品,它的宣传词是:一次冒险换一个人生。听着很刺激,是不? 我看书名和简介时,想起的是电影《大鱼/big fish》的场景,马戏团,千奇百怪的人,与众不同的刺激冒险经历。 实际上并不是这样。 多数女作家写的东西柔情似水,而冒险类的小...  

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我向来都比较相信那些书籍的宣传。这本《大象的眼泪》也不例外。 能够被我买下全靠它华丽的宣传,“一印再印”、“洛阳纸贵”等字词迷惑了我的双眼,保鲜膜的包裹下也让我失去了知情权。 书读到一半,别说大象了,象毛我都没见一根。读完全书我才明白,什么写作灵感,什么仇...  

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为什么叫“大象的眼泪”?本来的名字是“Water for elephants”,全文也没有出现过大象流泪什么的。这样很容易误导是一个以动物寻找人最终找到了之类的煽情故事。 行文方式很有趣,情节也抓人心,尤其赞的是对年老男主人公心理和生活的描写。只是高潮部分来的太假,令全本在弹...  

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今天把《大象的眼泪》看完了。 有个朋友說這個是个烂书,其实也不怎么好看。情节也不复杂。过份简单了点。 一开始莫名其妙的倒叙,把关键的情节都写出来了。致使后面几乎没有什么悬念了。结果早知道了! 就算心最急的讀者也不用翻著后面看結果了,敗筆啊。 不過,多少也有...  

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性启蒙读物

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Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

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很棒的阅读体验,没想到大象那么可爱~

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Romance again? Shit! 还以为你要讲马戏团???? 看在阅读体验还不错的份上给三星好了

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