A Life in Hiding When the German army occupied Holland, Annie de Leeuw was eight years old. Because she was Jewish, the occupation put her in grave danger-she knew that to stay alive she would have to hide. Fortunately, a Gentile family, the Oostervelds, offered to help. For two years they hid Annie and her sister, Sini, in the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse. Most people thought the war wouldn't last long. But for Annie and Sini -- separated from their family and confined to one tiny room -- the war seemed to go on forever. In the part of the marketplace where flowers had been sold twice a week-tulips in the spring, roses in the summer-stood German tanks and German soldiers. Annie de Leeuw was eight years old in 1940 when the Germans attacked Holland and marched into the town of Winterswijk where she lived. Annie was ten when, because she was Jewish and in great danger of being cap-tured by the invaders, she and her sister Sini had to leave their father, mother, and older sister Rachel to go into hiding in the upstairs room of a remote farmhouse.
Johanna de Leeuw Reiss has written a remarkably fresh and moving account of her own experiences as a young girl during World War II. Like many adults she was innocent of the German plans for Jews, and she might have gone to a labor camp as scores of families did. "It won't be for long and the Germans have told us we'll be treated well," those families said. "What can happen?" They did not know, and they could not imagine.... But millions of Jews found out.
Mrs. Reiss's picture of the Oosterveld family with whom she lived, and of Annie and Sini, reflects a deep spirit of optimism, a faith in the ingenuity, backbone, and even humor with which ordinary human beings meet extraordinary challenges. In the steady, matter-of-fact, day-by-day courage they all showed lies a profound strength that transcends the horrors of the long and frightening war. Here is a memorable book, one that will be read and reread for years to come. 1973 Newbery Honor Book
Notable Children's Books of 1971–1975 (ALA)
Best Books of 1972 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (NYT)
1973 Jane Addams Award Honor Book
Children's Books of 1972 (Library of Congress)
The Buxtehude Bulla Prize 1976 (German Award for Outstanding Children's Book Promoting Peace)
1972 Jewish Book Council Children's Book Award
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这本书,简直是把我拽进了一个完全不同的时空。我得说,作者的笔触细腻得惊人,那种对日常琐事的捕捉,不是简单的记录,而是充满了诗意的挖掘。比如,书中对光线和阴影的处理,简直可以拿去专门研究一番。阳光穿过老旧的窗棂,在地板上投下斑驳的几何图形,那一刻的静谧感,仿佛时间都凝固了。我能清晰地感受到那种尘封的气息,混合着木头陈旧的香气和灰尘的味道,扑面而来。更妙的是,叙事节奏的处理,它不疾不徐,像一条缓缓流淌的河流,让你不自觉地沉浸其中,不去追问“接下来会发生什么”,而是专注于“此刻正在感受什么”。人物的内心挣扎,也从来不是直白的倾诉,而是通过一些微小的动作,比如一个不经意的眼神、一次长时间的沉默,被巧妙地烘托出来。我尤其喜欢它对于“等待”这个主题的探讨,那种漫长而又充满希望的煎熬,被描绘得入木三分,让人读完之后,心里久久不能平静,总觉得自己的呼吸都变得缓慢了许多。它不是那种读完就忘的通俗小说,更像是一件需要慢慢品味的艺术品,每一次重读,都会有新的感悟涌现。
评分这是一本关于“记忆”与“存在”的杰作。它不像是一本被完整讲述出来的故事,更像是一叠被小心翼翼地重新拼凑起来的旧信件和日记片段。作者没有提供清晰的路线图,读者必须自己去填补那些空白,去推断那些未言明的动机和过往。这种阅读体验极具互动性,让人感觉自己不仅仅是一个旁观者,更是一个共同的探索者。书中对“时间感”的模糊处理,是其高明之处。时间似乎不再是线性的,而是像一个不断循环的涡流,过去的阴影不断侵蚀着当下,而当下的每一个选择,又反过来重塑着记忆中的景象。我读到一半时,甚至有些分不清哪些是亲历的事件,哪些是叙事者带有情感滤镜的回溯。它迫使我质疑自己对“真实”的定义。如果你问我情节如何?我会告诉你,情节本身并不重要,重要的是在这个过程中,作者如何撕开了生活的表层,让我们得以窥见其下那层结构严谨却又脆弱不堪的内心世界。这本书的后劲非常大,读完后,我花了很长时间才真正“走出来”,继续回到我自己的现实生活中。
评分这本书最让我震撼的,是它所营造出的那种“空气感”。是的,我指的是那种几乎可以触摸到的、带着某种压力的氛围。它不是靠惊悚的桥段取胜,而是通过一种持续存在的、低沉的、几乎是形而上的不安感来抓住读者的。作者似乎对环境的描绘有着超乎寻常的敏感度,书中的每一个角落似乎都浸透着某种情感的重量。比如对某件家具陈旧的质地、对墙壁上霉点的特写,这些看似无关紧要的描述,却成为了烘托人物心理状态的绝佳载体。我甚至能想象出,如果我真的置身于那个场景中,我的皮肤上会感受到怎样的温度和湿度。这本书展示了生活如何在一片看似平静的表象下,暗流涌动着巨大的情感能量。它探讨的议题非常深刻,关乎我们如何面对不可逆转的命运,如何在既定的框架内寻找一丝微弱的光亮。它的力量在于其内敛性,它从不外放,却能以一种安静到令人窒息的方式,将所有情绪层层堆叠,最终形成一个不可撼动的整体印象,令人久久难忘。
评分这本书的文字风格,与其说是“写”,不如说是“雕刻”。每一句话都经过了精心的打磨,没有任何一个多余的词汇,但其信息密度却高得惊人。它给我的感觉,就像是走进了一间光线昏暗但陈设极其考究的古董店,每一样摆设都有其特定的历史和意义,需要你俯下身,用放大镜仔细审视才能体会。我个人对这种克制而又充满力量的表达方式情有独钟。情节推进缓慢得让人有些焦躁,但正是这种慢,迫使读者去关注那些通常会被忽略的细节——比如角色们如何处理食物,如何安排有限的空间,这些细微之处,恰恰是构建人物性格和时代背景的基石。作者似乎对细节有着一种近乎偏执的迷恋,但这恰恰是这本书的魅力所在。我特别欣赏它处理人物关系的方式,没有大起大落的争吵或和解,更多的是一种长期的、习惯性的相互依赖与微妙的疏离,这种复杂性远比直白的冲突来得更真实,也更令人心碎。
评分老实讲,初拿到这本书时,我对它的期待值并没有那么高,毕竟现在市面上同类型题材的作品太多了,很容易让人产生审美疲劳。但读进去之后,我立刻意识到我错了,而且错得离谱。这本书的强大之处,在于它对“局限”的深度剖析。它构建了一个看似狭小、封闭的空间,但作者却能从这个极小的视角里,折射出关于人性、关于选择、关于自由的宏大命题。叙事者的视角是如此的敏锐和尖刻,她对于周遭环境的观察,带着一种近乎苛刻的精确性,让人不由自主地感到一丝寒意。书中对于“声音”的运用也极其高明,那些从外界偶尔渗透进来的声响,例如远处的钟声、风吹过树叶的沙沙声,它们非但没有打破宁静,反而更加凸显了内部世界的孤立与脆弱。我不得不赞叹作者的功力,她没有采用任何夸张的戏剧冲突来推动情节,一切都发生得自然而然,却又充满了宿命感。读到某些段落时,我甚至会停下来,去感受自己所处的环境,试图去理解那种被困住却又必须自我维持的心理状态。这是一次非常深刻的、关于“边界”的哲学思考之旅。
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