After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
M. L. Stedman’s mesmerizing, beautifully written novel seduces us into accommodating Isabel’s decision to keep this “gift from God.” And we are swept into a story about extraordinarily compelling characters seeking to find their North Star in a world where there is no right answer, where justice for one person is another’s tragic loss.
The Light Between Oceans is exquisite and unforgettable, a deeply moving novel
M.L.斯特德曼(M.L. Stedman):M.L.斯特德曼在西澳大利亚长大,现居伦敦。《大洋之间的光》是作者的第一部作品,该书一经推出便空降各大畅销书排行榜,荣获澳大利亚独立书商协会最佳处女作奖、美国亚马逊年度最佳处女作奖、Goodreads读者选择奖等多项国际重量级大奖,并入选澳大利亚独立书商协会年度选书、美国亚马逊当月选书、国际都柏林文学奖长名单、澳大利亚富兰克林文学奖长名单,连续数年盘踞《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。同名电影由梦工厂参与制作,并获得威尼斯国际电影节金狮奖提名。
《大洋之间的光》是作者M.L.斯特德曼的处女作,其中的故事撼动人心,感人至极。作者的文笔细腻,成熟,对情节的把握拿捏得不错,张弛有度,而且能通过故事本身透析了人性的多个不同的面。整个故事可以分为三个部分,按时间向前推移,讲述了主人公汤姆和伊莎贝尔从相遇相恋,到...
评分 评分 评分帕特吉乌斯是澳大利亚西南角的一个小镇,得名于一个法国的探险家,这是一个小到有些微不足道的地方,那里的人们过着平静而安详的生活。直到一九一四年,澳洲参与了第一次世界大战,这个小镇上一直依靠伐木或者耕地为生的男人们应征前往另一个半球,最终成为了这一场战争...
评分一战与二战的记忆。亲情与道德的两难。可能还未为人父母,理解不了母爱驱使下疯狂的Isabel。Tom真是好男人,可惜被责任绑住过得太苦。然后Rachel Weisz挺适合汉娜的。比起三个主角,早早死掉的Frank反而像暖暖的阳光,让人喜欢。
评分the best part of twenty years flowed past like a quiet country river, deepening its path with time.
评分没想到居然是这样的故事 读完我快抓狂了- - 还是期待电影的演绎吧...
评分看得我几度想弃,前半部分的慢调简直逗我玩,最后那几十页一下子压扁好多年,要不是开错了BGM并不会被煽到……多一星给小孩子的描写,真的萌
评分除了拖沓冗长的结尾几章,总体还不错的故事。灯塔章节写得尤其丰盈灵动,让人心驰神往。
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