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The Giver

内容简介

Inaperfectworld,Jonasbeginstoseetheflaws...THEGIVERistheclassicaward-winningnovelthatinspiredthedystopiangenreandamajormotionpictureadaptationfor2014starringJeffBridges,MerylStreep,KatieHolmesandTaylorSwift.Itisthefuture.Thereisnowar,nohunger,nopain.Nooneinthecommunitywantsforanything.Everythingneededisprovided.Andattwelveyearsold,eachmemberofthecommunityhastheirprofessioncarefullychosenforthembytheCommitteeofElders.Twelve-yearoldJonashasneverthoughttherewasanythingwrongwithhisworld.ButfromthemomentheisselectedastheReceiverofMemory,Jonasdiscoversthattheircommunityisnotasperfectasitseems.ItisonlywiththehelpoftheGiver,thatJonascanfindwhathasbeenlost.AnditisonlythroughhispersonalcouragethatJonasfindsthestrengthtodowhatisright...TheGiveristheaward-winningclassicofbraveryandadventurethathasinspiredcountlessdystopianwritersastheforerunnerofthisgenre.相关视频:

作者简介

LoisLowryisknownforherversatilityandinventionasawriter.ShewasborninHawaiiandgrewupinNewYork,Pennsylvania,andJapan.AfterseveralyearsatBrownUniversity,sheturnedtoherfamilyandtowriting.Sheistheauthorofmorethanthirtybooksforyoungadults,includingthepopularAnastasiaKrupnikseries.Shehasreceivedcountlesshonors,amongthemtheBostonGlobe-HornBookAward,theDorothyCanfieldFisherAward,theCaliforniaYoungReader'sMedal,andtheMarkTwainAward.ShereceivedNewberyMedalsfortwoofhernovels,NUMBERTHESTARSandTHEGIVER.Herfirstnovel,ASUMMERTODIE,wasawardedtheInternationalReadingAssociation'sChildren'sBookAward.Ms.LowrynowdivideshertimebetweenCambridgeandan1840sfarmhouseinMaine.洛伊丝·劳里,1937年3月出生于夏威夷,父亲在军中担任牙医,他们一家人也随着军队迁移世界各地。二次大战期间,她住在外祖父母位于宾州的老家,十一岁到上高中之前,则在日本度过。后来她进布朗大学就读,但只修完两年课程便结婚了,直到生完四个孩子后才重拾学业,从南缅因大学毕业。洛伊丝·劳里的写作生涯起步较晚,四十岁时才尝试完成小时候的梦想——当一名作家。结果却一鸣惊人,如今她不但是世界知名的作家,还获得两次纽伯瑞金牌奖的肯定。除了写作儿童小说、短篇故事,她也撰写评论、专业的论文。她的写作素材非常广泛,风格多样,有生活幽默小说《阿纳斯塔西亚克鲁布尼克》(AnastasiaKrupnik)、谈战争与屠杀的《数星星》(Numbmthestars)、描写未来乌托邦社会的《记忆传授人》(TheGiver),此外还有涉及收养、精神疾病、癌症等议题的二十多本著作,堪称是一位多才、多变的作家。

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