THE STOLEN CHILD is the story of Henry Day, a seven-year-old kidnapped by a strange group living in the dark forest near his home. He is stolen by changelings—ageless beings whose secret community is threatened by encroaching modern life. They give Henry a new name, Aniday, and the gift of agelessness—now and forever, he will be seven years old. In keeping with tradition, the...
THE STOLEN CHILD is the story of Henry Day, a seven-year-old kidnapped by a strange group living in the dark forest near his home. He is stolen by changelings—ageless beings whose secret community is threatened by encroaching modern life. They give Henry a new name, Aniday, and the gift of agelessness—now and forever, he will be seven years old. In keeping with tradition, the group has left another child in Henry’s place. This changeling boy, who has morphed himself into Henry’s duplicate, must adjust to a completely new way of life and hide his true identity from the Day family. But he can’t hide his extraordinary talent for the piano (a skill the real Henry never displayed), and his near-perfect performances prompt his father to suspect that the son he has raised is an imposter. As he grows older the new Henry Day becomes haunted by vague but persistent memories of life in another time and place, of a German piano teacher and his prodigy. Both Henry and Aniday search obsessively for who they were before they changed places in the world.
Narrated in the alternating voices of Henry Day and his double, THE STOLEN CHILD is a classic tale of the search for identity and leaving childhood. With just the right mix of fantasy and realism, Keith Donohue creates a literary fable of remarkable depth and strange delights. The result is a bedtime story for adults, which will appeal to readers charmed and captivated by such recent bestsellers as Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and The Confessions of Max Tivoli and by the classics of Tolkien and J. M. Barrie.</p>
3.5☆
双线从两个旁观者的角度去剖析被原始本能引领的生活和所谓的人类社会。但后期还是归向了对自己本源的追溯&对救赎的寻求，不免有些冗长。
对于归属感的追寻也许会贯穿每个人的一生。as one ages,something wans while other sprouts out. it's a sense of both losing and gaining.
两个被截断的人生，曾经的男孩和可...3.5☆
双线从两个旁观者的角度去剖析被原始本能引领的生活和所谓的人类社会。但后期还是归向了对自己本源的追溯&对救赎的寻求，不免有些冗长。
对于归属感的追寻也许会贯穿每个人的一生。as one ages,something wans while other sprouts out. it's a sense of both losing and gaining.
两个被截断的人生，曾经的男孩和可能成为的男人，两者的生活如此不同却又像藤蔓一样缠绕在一起。想起了萨米族的传说，在人世者直立，而地下的人行走时上下颠倒，二者的脚彼此接触。
其实changeling从某个角度而言也是一群“无人知晓”的孩子，只能凭偷窃和躲藏在无尽头的黑暗里才得以喘息。换子的传说源头究极是父母为逃避责任而编造的残忍借口。(展开)
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人民文学出版社2009版
悢然的蔚
人民文学出版社2009版
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0 有用 冰火boy手牵手 2017-03-08 11:35:57
结局有点懵，故事太冷。
0 有用 Red Joker 2023-05-05 09:53:22 四川
3.5☆ 双线从两个旁观者的角度去剖析被原始本能引领的生活和所谓的人类社会。但后期还是归向了对自己本源的追溯&对救赎的寻求，不免有些冗长。 对于归属感的追寻也许会贯穿每个人的一生。as one ages,something wans while other sprouts out. it's a sense of both losing and gaining. 两个被截断的人生，曾经的男孩和可... 3.5☆ 双线从两个旁观者的角度去剖析被原始本能引领的生活和所谓的人类社会。但后期还是归向了对自己本源的追溯&对救赎的寻求，不免有些冗长。 对于归属感的追寻也许会贯穿每个人的一生。as one ages,something wans while other sprouts out. it's a sense of both losing and gaining. 两个被截断的人生，曾经的男孩和可能成为的男人，两者的生活如此不同却又像藤蔓一样缠绕在一起。想起了萨米族的传说，在人世者直立，而地下的人行走时上下颠倒，二者的脚彼此接触。 其实changeling从某个角度而言也是一群“无人知晓”的孩子，只能凭偷窃和躲藏在无尽头的黑暗里才得以喘息。换子的传说源头究极是父母为逃避责任而编造的残忍借口。 (展开)
0 有用 以牙还牙 2017-11-23 13:44:30
两个主角第一人称叙事，从不同的角度写了同一个故事。剧情比较有新意，虽然不是很复杂，但还是比较吸引人的，细节描写很用心。人物刻画的不错，但是剧情深度不够，后面部分有点不够精彩。单词量不小，有的真心听不懂。整体很不错，8.1
0 有用 SWIMMING 2014-03-19 14:57:57
蛮酷的书。。
0 有用 豆豆 2015-09-24 16:25:15
段段续续读了近9个月，开始时候是为了学英语，后来就背故事情节所吸引，因为读是原版，我能给出的东西实在是有限，里面关于景色的描写非常好，普到了很多新词，大家可以借用