[英文原版]Moonwalk
Product details
Hardcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Harmony (17 Oct 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307716988
ISBN-13: 978-0307716989
Product Dimensions: 15.9 x 2.5 x 23.5 cm
更多Michael Jackson进口原版:
Book Description
Publication Date: 17 Oct 2009
The #1 New York Times bestseller! Michael Jackson’s one and only autobiography – his life, in his words.
With original Foreword by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, a new Introduction by Motown founder Berry Gordy, and an Afterword by Michael Jackson’s editor and publisher, Shaye Areheart.
“I’ve always wanted to be able to tell stories, you know, stories that came from my soul. I’d like to sit by a fire and tell people stories – make them see pictures, make them cry and laugh, take them anywhere emotionally with something as deceptively simple as words. I’d like to tell tales to move their souls and transform them. I’ve always wanted to be able to do that. Imagine how the great writers must feel, knowing they have that power. I sometimes feel I could do it. It’s something I’d like to develop. In a way, songwriting uses the same skills, creates the emotional highs and lows, but the story is a sketch. It’s quicksilver. There are very few books written on the art of storytelling, how to grip listeners, how to get a group of people together and amuse them. No costumes, no makeup, no nothing, just you and your voice, and your powerful ability to take them anywhere, to transform their lives, if only for minutes.” –Michael Jackson, in Moonwalk
From the 1988 edition:
Megastar Michael Jackson’s singularly brilliant career and intensely private lifestyle have become a magnificent obsession for millions of rock fans and celebrity watchers throughout the world. His double-platinum singles rocket to the top of the music charts with a velocity equaled only by the inevitable accompaniment of wild rumors about his eccentric personal life. Now for the first time, Michael Jackson breaks the fiercely guarded barrier of silence that has surrounded him in a remarkably candid and courageous book — Moonwalk.
In this intimate and often moving personal account of Michael Jackson’s public and private life, he recalls a childhood that was both harsh and joyful but always formidable. Michael and his brothers played amateur music shows and seamy Chicago strip joints until Motown’s corporate image makers turned the Jackson 5 into worldwide superstars. Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 have combined sales of over 200 million albums. He talks about the happy prankster days of his youth, traveling with his brothers, and of his sometimes difficult relationships with his family over the years. He speaks candidly about the inspiration behind his music, his mesmerizing dance moves, and the compulsive drive to create that has made him one of the biggest stars in the music business and a legend in his own time. The Guinness Book of World Records lists Thriller as the biggest-selling-album of all time.
In Moonwalk, Michael Jackson shares his personal feelings about some of his most public friends…friends like Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Fred Astaire, Marlon Brando, and Katharine Hepburn. He talks openly about the crushing isolation of his fame, of his first love, of his plastic surgery, and of his wholly exceptional career and the often bizarre and unfair rumors that have surrounded it.
Illustrated with rare photographs from Jackson family albums and Michael’s personal photographic archives, as well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively for this book, Moonwalk is a memorable journey to the very heart and soul of a modern musical genius.
作为一位长期关注文化现象的观察者,我一直好奇那些站在时代顶端的人是如何应对随之而来的巨大压力和公众审视的。这本书在这方面提供了极其丰富的细节和视角。它不仅仅是记录了一个人的成长史,更像是一部关于“名望的代价”的社会学研究。作者并没有刻意去“美化”或“丑化”主人公,而是试图展现一个更复杂、更立体的形象。读着读着,我开始反思我们作为观众,在追逐光环的同时,是否也无形中参与了构建那些“神话”和“陷阱”。这种阅读体验带来的认知冲击是巨大的,它迫使我跳出原有的框架,用一种更批判性的眼光去看待娱乐工业和名人文化。文字的重量感在于它能引发读者自我对话,这本书无疑做到了这一点。
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评分这本书的语言风格非常具有感染力,即便是带着对历史背景的了解去阅读,依然能感受到那种扑面而来的时代气息。英文原版的魅力就在于那些精准的词汇选择和地道的表达方式,它们比任何翻译版本都能更直接地击中读者的内心深处。我发现有些段落的句式结构非常精妙,读起来朗朗上口,充满了音乐性,这或许是作者在无意中流露出的某种天赋的体现。每一次阅读都像是在品尝一杯浓郁的咖啡,初尝苦涩,回味无穷。它成功地在保持学术般的严谨性和文学般的流畅性之间找到了一个完美的平衡点,让一个对历史不太敏感的读者也能轻松进入,并被其中的细节所吸引。
评分这本书的装帧设计简直是艺术品!拿到手的时候,那种沉甸甸的质感和封面烫金工艺立刻抓住了我的眼球。我特意选了英文原版,就是为了能原汁原味地感受那种文字的力量和作者的笔触。虽然我还没有完全读完,但仅仅是翻阅目录和前言部分,就能体会到出版方在细节上的用心。纸张的触感非常细腻,印刷清晰度极高,这对于阅读体验来说太重要了。我特别喜欢那种书页散发出来的淡淡油墨香,这比电子书的冰冷屏幕要舒服得多。这绝对是一本值得放在书架上细细品味的藏品,不仅仅是内容本身,光是作为一件实体书的工艺水准,就已经值回票价了。我甚至有点舍不得太快地翻动它,生怕破坏了它崭新的完美状态。那种触手可及的厚重感,是数字时代里难得的珍贵体验,让人感觉自己真正拥有了一段可以触摸的历史。
评分这本书的结构安排堪称教科书级别,每一部分的主题过渡都衔接得天衣无缝,仿佛在进行一场精心编排的交响乐演奏。我特别欣赏作者在处理时间线时所采用的非线性叙事手法,它成功地避免了传统传记的平铺直叙,而是通过不同时间点的穿插对比,凸显了人物性格和命运的某种内在矛盾与统一。这种处理方式让信息密度大大增加,读者需要更高的专注度去跟进,但也因此获得了更丰富的阅读回报。每当一个章节结束,我总有一种意犹未尽的感觉,迫不及待想知道作者将如何展开下一个篇章的叙述布局。它真的不是一本可以“随便翻翻”的书,它要求你投入全部的注意力,而这份投入最终得到了丰厚的回报。
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