no woman, whether singing before defiant trumpets or rejoicing before the lord, who had not seen her father, her brother, her lover, or her son cut down without mercy; who had not seen her sister become part of the white man's great whorehouse, who had not, all too narrowly, escaped that house herself; no man, preaching, or cursing, strumming his guitar in the lone, blue evening, or blowing in fury and ecstasy his golden horn at night, who had not been made to bend his head and drink white men's muddy water; no man whose manhood had not been, at the root, sickened, whose loins had not been dishonored, whose seed had not been scattered into oblivion and worse than oblivion, into living shame and rage, and into endless battle. yes, their parts were all cut off, they were dishonored, their ve... ()
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—— 引自第136页
his mind was like the sea itself: troubled, and too deep for the bravest man's descent, throwing up now and again, for the naked eye to wonder at, treasure and debris long forgotten on the bottom--bones and jewels, fantastic shells, jelly that had once been flesh, pearls that had once been eyes. and he was at the mercy of this sea, hanging there with darkness all around him. ()
翻译资料来源,talking at the gates by james campbell 在最终确定名go tell it on the mountain的书名之前,这本书曾经的书名是《圣洁的哭泣》(crying holy)以及,更早之前的《我父亲的家》(in my father’s house)。 1943-1947年之间,在鲍德温和理查德·赖特(richard ...
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0 江苏
每个人都有自己的十字架。。
0 广东
没有平静,没有疗愈,没有忘却。说的又何止是美国黑人。结构有点特别,先是第七日写约翰到教堂参加礼拜,然后是三个人的祈祷回溯三个人的生活,最后回到约翰灵魂得救。全篇充满宗教生活描写
4 吉林
美国黑人绝望的处境迫使他们只能向宗教去寻找精神的救赎,而鲍德温通过描述寻找过程中的矛盾与挣扎,揭示了黑人“没有平静、没有疗愈、没有忘却”的集体命运。
0 四川
灵魂的力量,命运的交织和相互损害和弥补 每一个人心中 都有一场苦难 在吟唱 依附于赞美 或搁于诅骂 无论谁 对苦难 不持以沉默 都是对它的 亵渎
0 上海
叙述平实、流畅,兼具力量。“他似乎与生俱来就对人满为患的教堂突然安静下来的那个瞬间感到熟悉”
0 上海
高开低走 宗教的力量过于强大了
0 北京
受限于对基督教的了解实在有限,第三章约翰在地板上获得救赎时的一段幻象完全没看懂。当时以为获得救赎就是结束,但结尾回归了约翰的现实生活。救赎反而给了他反叛的勇气,弗洛伦斯姑妈也是一样,两人轮番给全书最大的罪人——加布里埃尔一记又一记的重击,不知他会如何走下去?过去的不幸,未来是不幸,加布里埃尔和他生命中的大多数人一样在不幸里沉沦,又将不幸传递下去。而获得了救赎的约翰至少在结尾时相信伊莱沙,将来自于不... 受限于对基督教的了解实在有限,第三章约翰在地板上获得救赎时的一段幻象完全没看懂。当时以为获得救赎就是结束,但结尾回归了约翰的现实生活。救赎反而给了他反叛的勇气,弗洛伦斯姑妈也是一样,两人轮番给全书最大的罪人——加布里埃尔一记又一记的重击,不知他会如何走下去?过去的不幸,未来是不幸,加布里埃尔和他生命中的大多数人一样在不幸里沉沦,又将不幸传递下去。而获得了救赎的约翰至少在结尾时相信伊莱沙,将来自于不幸的力量用于追求幸福,就是不知他能坚持多久了? ()
0 广东
看来看去发现他们最大的苦难是宗教
0 重庆
来自于种族和命运的悲剧不可被宗教拯救 宗教甚至是枷锁 是虚假的安慰。可又能 期待别的什么呢。而女性在其中更是无望。
0 上海
共鸣来自于弱者身份