From Publishers Weekly Nygaard debuts with a musical overture about nature sounds made by birds, frogs, crickets and, of course, snakes. Near a lake, in a woodland called Snake Alley, the snakes gather to perform. "They hissed: Shhh Shhh Shhh. They bopped their tails: BOOM BOOM BOOM. Shhh-BOOM Shhh-BOOM Shhh-BOOM." The author never explains how a whiplike tail can make a booming bass thump, but makes the point that snakes prefer the company of other snakes, regardless of their monotonous melody. The turning point comes when the littlest snake meets some other noisemakers, among them a bird ("Tweet-tweedle-dee-deet") and a frog ("cha-BOP cha-BOP cha-BOP"). He notes that reptiles aren't the only ones with rhythm and, rejected by his peers, forms the multispecies Snake Alley Band. The parable ends with the hero jamming in harmony with the other wildlife. Nygaard suggests that diversity offers plenty of possibilities, but never resolves the subplot about the segregationist snakes. Lewin (Yo, Hungry Wolf!), too, keeps the tone light with her loosely drawn images. She hints at a wetland setting with cattails and animal tracks in the mud, but her pen-and-ink and watercolor images may seem to some readers more like sketches than finished art. The story has more to do with onomatopoeia than with social skills, falling short in both style and substance, and lacking a note of finality. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 2-This picture-book tribute to doo-wop is pure fun. Down in Fox Woods, on a skinny piece of land that juts out into the lake, a snake band is singing ("Shh-BOOM Shh-BOOM"). As fall approaches, the littlest snake curls up under a log to sleep. When he awakens in the spring, his fellow vocalists are nowhere to be seen. He begins to look for them and meets a chirping cricket ("Chew-up chew-up"), a croaking frog ("Cha-BOP cha-BOP cha-BOP"), a fish ("POP-POP-DOO-WOP"), a bird ("Tweet-tweedle-dee-deet"), and a turtle ("TA-TOOM TA-TOOM TOOM"), all of whom want to be in the band. Little Snake is accustomed to the "Shh-BOOMs" of his own ensemble and refuses to croon with the clamorous animals. Finally, he locates his group in the woods and soon realizes that it is missing the musical variety the others offered. Returning to the lake, he convinces the other critters to join him and together they serenade the sunset. Lewin's cartoon illustrations deftly bring the animals to life through facial expressions and movements. The artist's use of deep backgrounds for the evenings and sunsets adds color to the scenes. The alliterative text is meant to be read aloud and will inspire listeners to chime in. Pair this with Thacher Hurd's Mama Don't Allow (Harper, 1984) for a rip-roaring, hip-hopping storytime.Angela J. Reynolds, West Slope Community Library, Portland, ORCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书的叙事节奏简直像一场精心编排的探戈,时而优雅地慢行,时而又迅疾地旋转,让人完全沉浸其中,根本无暇顾及时间流逝。作者对人物心理的刻画入木三分,即便是那些配角,也仿佛拥有自己完整的人生轨迹和未竟的梦想。我尤其欣赏那些不落俗套的转折,它们并非为了制造廉价的惊愕,而是恰到好处地推动了情节的深层发展,让你在恍然大悟的同时,又不得不佩服作者布局之深远。那种初读时看似随意抛出的线索,在后半段如同精确校准的钟摆一样咬合在一起,构建出一个逻辑严密却又充满人性挣扎的微观世界。阅读过程中,我多次停下来,只是为了回味某一个段落的措辞,那种精准到仿佛能闻到空气中尘土味道的描写,实属难得。它不仅仅是一个故事,更像是一面棱镜,折射出我们日常生活中那些被忽略的细微的情感波动和道德困境。这本书的魅力就在于,它用极其细腻的笔触,描绘了宏大叙事下的个体选择,让读者在合上书页后,依然能感受到故事中人物的呼吸声和他们复杂的情绪余波。那种回味无穷的体验,绝对值得被反复品读。
评分坦白讲,我一开始是被封面设计吸引的,那种极简却又暗含深意的视觉语言,让我对内容抱有极高的期待,而这本书几乎没有辜负这份期待。它最成功的地方,在于其对“沉默”的描绘。大量的关键信息和情感张力,并非通过激烈的对话或行动来展现,而是通过角色之间微妙的肢体语言、未出口的话语以及长时间的凝视来传达。这种“留白”的艺术处理,让读者必须调动自己的情感储备和想象力去填补空白,使得阅读体验变得非常个人化和私密化。每一次重读,我都能从中捕捉到上一次忽略的细节——可能是桌上一个倾斜的花瓶,也可能是某人一次无意识的叹息。这本书探讨的议题很沉重,关乎背叛、失落与救赎,但作者的笔触却异常克制和优雅,绝不滥用煽情。它让你安静地坐着,去感受那些未被言说的重量,然后,在故事结束时,那种深沉的共鸣感会悄无声息地占据你的内心,久久不散。这是一次需要全神贯注去完成的心灵旅程。
评分这本作品的语言风格,老实说,初期给我带来了一点挑战,因为它似乎不太愿意遵循传统的小说规范。它大量使用了非线性叙事和意识流的手法,初看起来有些碎片化,像是在一个巨大的拼图盒里摸索着正确的形状。然而,一旦你适应了它的节奏,并且开始捕捉那些隐藏在文字间的音乐性,你会发现它展现出一种近乎诗意的力量。作者似乎对词语的选择有着近乎偏执的追求,很多句子拗口却又无比精准,它们不是用来讲述故事的,它们本身就是艺术品。我尤其喜欢它对环境氛围的烘托,那种沉重、压抑,又夹杂着一丝希望的基调,如同巴洛克时期的音乐,层层叠叠,充满了戏剧性的张力。读完后,我有一种强烈的冲动,想去研究一下作者的写作习惯和参考资料,因为书中所涉及的那些隐晦的典故和历史背景,显示出作者扎实的知识储备。总而言之,这不是一本可以轻松“消费”的书,它要求读者全身心地投入,用更深层次的理解力去解码那些隐藏在表面之下的意义,但这种智力上的投入,最终带来的满足感是巨大的。
评分我通常不太容易被文学作品中的“宿命感”所打动,总觉得那显得有些老套和无力。但在这本书里,作者却以一种极其现代和冷峻的方式,探讨了“不可抗力”对个体命运的塑造。书中的角色们并非被动地接受安排,他们仍在努力挣扎,但每一次努力似乎都将他们推向了既定的终点,这其中的悲剧性就在于这种徒劳的抗争。特别是在描绘社会阶层的固化和历史的惯性时,作者展现出了惊人的洞察力。他没有进行生硬的说教,而是通过一个个鲜活的、充满矛盾的个体命运来展示这种结构性的压迫。让我印象深刻的是,即便是最黑暗的场景,作者也总能在角落里留下一点点关于人性的微光,那可能是毫无保留的善意,也可能只是对美好事物的瞬间感知,正是这些微光,使得整体的基调不至于彻底沦为虚无主义的泥潭。这本书更像是一面冷镜,照出了现实的骨感,同时也肯定了人类在面对巨大洪流时依然选择保持尊严的勇气。
评分从结构上来说,这本书的精妙之处在于它对“视角转换”的娴熟运用。我们跟随不同的叙述者进入故事,每一个人的“版本”都有其可信之处,但又明显带有强烈的个人偏见和信息缺失。这使得读者始终处于一种不确定的状态,必须像侦探一样,将所有碎片化的叙述拼凑起来,去逼近那个可能永远无法完全触及的“真相”。这种处理方式极大地增强了阅读的互动性。我发现自己不断地在脑海中对不同人物的动机进行交叉比对,甚至开始质疑那些看似最可靠的叙述者。此外,作者在处理时间线时,那种跳跃感处理得非常自然,过去的回忆片段并非突兀地插入,而是作为一种心理阴影或动力源,有机地嵌入到当下的行动之中。这种叙事技巧,完美地服务了主题——即记忆的不可靠性和历史认知的相对性。读完此书,你会发现自己对“听到的故事”的信任度都降低了几个百分点,这无疑是对读者思维的一次高强度训练。
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