It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. Wild nights are my glory, the unearthly stranger told them. I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book.
Madeleine L'Engle Camp was born in New York City and educated in boarding schools in Switzerland and across the United States. A shy, withdrawn child with few friends, she retreated into writing at an early age. She attended Smith College, graduating summa cum laude in 1941. After college, she worked in the New York theatre, where she met her future husband, Hugh Franklin. (Later she would say that they "met in The Cherry Orchard and married during The Joyous Season.") Her first book, The Small Rain (1945), was completed while she was still working as an actress.
After the birth of their first child, Madeleine and her husband moved to rural Connecticut to run a small general store; but in 1959, they returned to New York City with their three children so Hugh Franklin could resume his acting career (For many years, he played Dr. Charles Tyler on the popular television soap opera All My Children.) Although Madeleine wrote steadily during this period, few of her books were published. Then, in 1960, she released her first children's story, Meet the Austins. An affectionate portrait of a close-knit family, the book was named an ALA Notable Children's Book of the year and spawned several bestselling sequels.
Completed in 1960, L'Engle's science fiction YA classic A Wrinkle in Time was rejected by more than two dozen publishers before Farrar, Straus and Giroux finally released it in 1962. Elegant, imaginative, and filled with complex moral themes, the acclaimed Newbery Medal winner tells the story of Meg Murry, a young girl who travels through time with her psychically gifted younger brother to rescue their scientist father from a planet controlled by an evil entity known as the Dark Thing. Throughout her career, L'Engle would return to the Murry family three more times, in A Wind in the Door (1973), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978), and Many Waters (1986). The Time Quartet, as these four books have come to be called, weaves together elements of theology and quantum physics often assumed to be far too esoteric for children to understand. Yet, it became a true classic of juvenalia. L'Engle explained once, "You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
In addition to her YA novels, the prolific writer also penned adult fiction, poems, plays, memoirs, and religious meditations. She served as the longtime librarian and writer-in-residence for the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Madeleine L'Engle passed away at a nursing home in Connecticut in 2007.
這是一次充滿奇幻色彩的旅程,但又不僅僅是奇幻。作者構建瞭一個令人驚嘆的世界觀,將科學理論以一種極具創造力的方式呈現在讀者麵前,比如“摺疊時空”的概念,聽起來就像是科幻小說中的經典橋段,但在這裏,它被賦予瞭更深刻的意義,成為推動情節發展和角色成長的關鍵。故事中對“同化”和“群體思維”的描繪,尤其令人警醒。它讓我反思在追求和諧與統一的過程中,是否會失去個體獨特的價值和獨立的思考能力。主角梅格的旅程,不僅僅是對外部世界的探索,更是一次深刻的內心探索。她必須麵對自己的缺點和恐懼,纔能真正找到內在的力量。書中的一些配角,比如心地善良但充滿智慧的MRS. WHISPER,以及兩位神秘的“太太們”,都為故事增添瞭色彩和深度。她們不僅是提供幫助的角色,更是象徵著宇宙中存在的不同形式的智慧和指引。這本書的語言充滿瞭詩意和哲理,即使是閱讀英文原版,也能感受到其獨特的韻味。它會讓你在驚嘆於作者想象力的同時,也被其深刻的內涵所打動。
評分這是一部充滿想象力和哲學深度的作品,它將讀者帶入一場跨越時空的冒險,並在此過程中探索關於人性、愛和自由的深刻主題。作者以一種令人驚嘆的方式,將科幻元素與人文關懷巧妙地融閤在一起。書中的“同化”概念,對個體意識的壓製,以及對自由思想的威脅,都充滿瞭令人不安的真實感,讓我在閱讀時不禁思考現實生活中類似的情況。主角梅格的成長故事尤為感人,她必須戰勝自己的內嚮和缺乏自信,纔能在巨大的挑戰麵前找到力量。她所依靠的,並非所謂的“天賦異稟”,而是最樸素的愛和勇氣,以及對真理的不懈追求。書中的一些場景,如穿越“烏黑”的描寫,充滿瞭緊張和神秘感,讓我仿佛身臨其境,與主角們一同經曆生死考驗。這本書的語言優美且富有詩意,即使在閱讀英文原版時,也能感受到其文字的魅力。它不僅僅是一個好聽的故事,更是一次關於內心成長的深刻旅程。
評分這是一本真正能夠啓發思考的書,它不僅僅是關於一次奇幻的宇宙冒險,更是一次關於愛、勇氣和自由意誌的深刻探討。作者以一種引人入勝的方式,將復雜的科學概念融入到一個扣人心弦的故事中,讓讀者在驚嘆於作者想象力的同時,也能對宇宙的浩瀚和生命的奧秘産生敬畏。書中對“邪惡”的描繪,並非簡單臉譜化的反派,而是一種吞噬個性和思想的普遍力量,這種描繪更具現實意義和警示作用。主角梅格的成長過程,從一個不自信、常常感到格格不入的女孩,逐漸蛻變成一個勇敢、堅毅的少女,這個過程充滿瞭真實感和力量。她依靠的不是魔法,而是內心的堅持、對傢人的愛以及對真理的渴望。這本書的語言充滿瞭詩意和哲理,即使是英文原版,也能感受到其獨特的魅力。它會讓你在閤上書本後,依然久久迴味,思考關於愛、關於善惡、關於宇宙的終極問題。
評分這本書有一種獨特的魔力,它能夠輕易地抓住讀者的注意力,並將你帶入一個超越時間和空間的奇妙世界。我非常喜歡作者處理科學概念的方式,它並非生硬地灌輸,而是自然地融入到故事的敘事中,讓讀者在享受閱讀樂趣的同時,也能對一些深奧的宇宙奧秘産生好奇。特彆是書中對於“邪惡”的理解,它不是一個具體的形象,而是一種蔓延的、吞噬個體精神的力量,這種描繪更加令人毛骨悚然,也更具警示意義。主角梅格的成長曆程堪稱經典,她從一個自卑、笨拙的孩子,逐漸成長為一個勇敢、堅定的少女,這個過程充滿瞭真實感和感染力。她依靠的不是外在的超能力,而是內心的勇氣、愛和智慧。書中的一些對話,充滿瞭智慧和哲理,仿佛是來自宇宙深處的啓示。讀完之後,你會發現自己對愛、對傢庭、對宇宙的理解都得到瞭升華。它不僅僅是一本青少年讀物,更是一本能夠跨越年齡,給予所有讀者啓迪的書籍。
評分這本書簡直就像一場智力探險,作者用一種充滿想象力的方式,將科學的宏大概念與深邃的哲學思考巧妙地融入到一個引人入勝的故事中。讀的時候,我感覺自己仿佛置身於宇宙的每一個角落,穿越時空,感受著不同維度的奇妙。這本書不僅僅是關於一個女孩的冒險,它更像是在邀請讀者一同思考關於愛、勇氣、自由意誌以及善惡的本質。每一次閱讀,都能發現新的層次和更深的寓意。作者對人物的刻畫也非常到位,每個角色都有著鮮明的個性和獨特的成長軌跡。尤其是主角的堅定和善良,以及她在麵對未知和恐懼時的成長,讓人深受觸動。書中的一些場景,比如對“烏黑”力量的描繪,以及主角們如何對抗這種無形但強大的邪惡,都充滿瞭張力和象徵意義。它不是那種簡單的“好人戰勝壞人”的套路,而是更細膩地展現瞭內心的掙紮和選擇的艱難。這本書會讓你在閤上書本後,依然久久迴味,思考其中的深意。它就像一顆種子,在讀者的心中種下對探索宇宙、認識自我的渴望。
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