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发表于2024-11-07
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“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”— New York Times Book Review
Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition.
Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.
埃里克·拉尔森,1954年生于纽约布鲁克林,美国著名的纪实文学作家,曾在《华尔街日报》、《时代》杂志担任特写作家,并为《纽约客》《大西洋月刊》《哈珀》杂志撰写纪实作品,著有《白城恶魔》(The Devil in the White City)《雷霆万钧》(Thunderstruck)《伊萨克的风暴》(Isaac's Storm)等畅销书。
看了他的The Devil in the white city以后,一口气买了他的所有作品。作为一个non-fiction作家,他的调查很全面,而且他的写作语言很见功底。
评分那个时代的疯狂与风华
评分一直奇怪为什么希特勒德国能够疯狂残忍到那样的地步,国际社会却无人干涉,干任事态发展。这本书跟踪记录了希特勒德国早期美国驻德大使一家在柏林的工作与生活,可以窥见当时的美国,一方面自己国内面临难以收拾的危机,另一方面“不喜欢”犹太人的意见也很普遍,外交部里不同势力的勾心斗角也够火热。作为学者出身意外当上驻德大使的 Dodd 握上了烫手山芋,在内外交加的压力下苦熬,他的女儿从同情纳粹到后来认清纳粹的真面目,却一直保持着“交际花”的名誉,很有传奇色彩。另外让我吃惊的是希特勒上台初期盖世太保的头头,竟然是个理智而有人性的人物,后来才被令人闻名而颤的疯狂人物所替代的。可是还是不太明白希特勒的上台过程。
评分拿到书,迫不及待地花了三个晚上看完了. 真好看. EK太厉害了, 得花多少功夫找材料啊! 当时的情况可能有点象温水煮青蛙. 大家总是抱着会好起来的幻想, 真的认识到事态的严重性时, 已经太晚了. 除了总统, 外交部的那些人关心的不过是德国能不能把欠美国若干家银行的钱给还回来. 而当初买德国国债, 也是因为贪心, 德国保证能给高利率嘛. 结果人家连利息都不还. 欠债的比债主狠. 那些钱是不是也成就了德国的军备? DODD说的不错, 如果我们真的能从历史中吸取教训得的话, 就不会有战争了. 敬佩DODD的正直.
评分本书是柯艾略先生目前正在阅读的小说,他对此评价很高。
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In the Garden of Beasts pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024