This unforgettable memoir of boyhood in the 1950s, a true modern classic, introduces us to the young Toby Wolff, by turns tough and vulnerable, crafty and bumbling. Separated by the divorce from his father and brother, Toby and his mother are constantly on the moves. As he fights for identity and self-respect against the unrelenting hostility of a new stepfather, his experience...
This unforgettable memoir of boyhood in the 1950s, a true modern classic, introduces us to the young Toby Wolff, by turns tough and vulnerable, crafty and bumbling. Separated by the divorce from his father and brother, Toby and his mother are constantly on the moves. As he fights for identity and self-respect against the unrelenting hostility of a new stepfather, his experiences are at once poignant and comical, and Wolff masterfully re-creates the frustrations, cruelties, and joys of adolescence. His various schemes—running away to Alaska, forging checks, and stealing cars—lead eventually to an act of outrageous self-invention that releases him into as new world of possibility.
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TOBIAS WOLFF is the author of several story collections and two memoirs, including In Pharaoh's Army, a finalist of the National Book Award, and the novel The Barracks Thief, which won the 1985 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He lives with his family in California.
Though it must have been a mild episode of withdrawal it did not seem mild to me, especially since I didn't know what it was, or that it would come to an end. Knowing that everything comes to an end is a gift of experience, a consolation gift for knowing that we ourselves are coming to an end. Before we get it we live in a continuous present, and imagine the future as more of that present. Happiness is endless happiness, innocent of its own sure passing. Pain is endless pain. (查看原文)
This memoir This Boy’s Life is written by Tobias Wolff. It mainly talks about the author’s childhood and youth. If we look at this book from a whole-picture vision, I can say that the author’s past time is not very bracing or happy. It is consisted of de...
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But he praised the courage and discipline of the Germans, and said that in his opinion we had fought on the wrong side. We should have gone into Moscow, not Berlin. As far as the concentration camps were concerned, we had to remember that nearly all the Jew...
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My idea was to steal enough to run away. I was ready to do anything to get clear of Dwight. I even thought of killing him, shooting him down some night while he was picking on my mother. 我打算等偷到足够的钱就逃离这儿。我准备不择手段地除掉德怀特。我甚至想...
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0 有用 lexrespira 2016-10-29 06:22:01
很喜欢作者的叙述方式，很舒服，像在和老朋友聊天。书中，作者、Rosemary，Toby朋友们的成长环境塑造了如今的他们。Toby在没有father figure的家庭一步步从混乱的环境中追寻自己的identity；rosemary被暴躁暴力又自我的父亲带大；silver，taylor，Arthur，chunk的父亲或母亲对他们性格的影响…这是我最感兴趣的。其次就是Toby是所谓的“坏学生”，从他的... 很喜欢作者的叙述方式，很舒服，像在和老朋友聊天。书中，作者、Rosemary，Toby朋友们的成长环境塑造了如今的他们。Toby在没有father figure的家庭一步步从混乱的环境中追寻自己的identity；rosemary被暴躁暴力又自我的父亲带大；silver，taylor，Arthur，chunk的父亲或母亲对他们性格的影响…这是我最感兴趣的。其次就是Toby是所谓的“坏学生”，从他的角度看世界还挺新鲜的，毕竟我从来都遵纪守法从来没坏过…我还爱作者的坦诚。他坦然写出自己所作所为，没有找一点excuse，即使他现在有自己的家庭和孩子，他也全都如实交代了。书中有一段是他在现在拥有自己第一个孩子时，突然意识到童年的自己的经历，那个苦涩啊…… (展开)
1 有用 芝居少女 2012-09-24 07:23:02
即使是用英语读也被感动了
0 有用 KaxxxE 2023-08-09 14:55:11 中国香港
It’s difficult for me at times cause it hits close to home
1 有用 juuno 2015-05-31 10:14:14
看不下去，就是这个感觉。读前20页左右就有一种深深的孤独感。本来自己的人生也好不到哪里去，干嘛看一本相近的书？
1 有用 Cassiopeium 2009-03-18 19:38:13
This book knocked me out cold.....