Topic: I want to be happy, not normal.
Author: [England] jeanette winterson
Translator: Feng
Douban score: 8.5
Press: Beijing United Publishing Company
Publication year: 20 18-6
Page count: 268
Content introduction:
I lived at home for 16 years, and my father didn't work shifts in the factory, but in the church. Mother stayed up all night and was unhappy all day. I went to school, went to church, ran into the mountains and read in secret. I learned to hide when I was young. Hide my heart. Cover up my thoughts.
My mother doesn't love life. She doesn't believe that anything will make life better. She once told me that the universe is a huge trash can. After thinking for a while, I asked her if the lid was closed or open.
"It's closed," she said. "No one can escape."
I just can't live in a big trash can with a lid.
Zhang Yueran, Jiang, and unanimously recommend contemporary British women writers. New york Times Guardian and Globe and Mail recommend books!
At the age of 25, jeanette winterson made a blockbuster with Orange; At the age of 52, she relived the pain of the past and wrote her autobiography "I want to be happy, not normal". After reading this book, you will find that the quiet humor in "Oranges are not the Fruit of Wei Yi" is actually the protective color of the writer's real pain. If there are any setbacks and misfortunes in Winterson's novels, the corresponding reality will only be worse ... Winterson frankly analyzed his own experiences and feelings; Injured childhood memories and depressing the painful teenage life are the shadows that can't be left in the future life, and also mean the possibility of tempering and achieving yourself. As The Times said, "Maybe she has a chance to be happy and normal, but not jeanette winterson." Winterson walked out of the shadow of trauma and forged himself with courage, love and writing. As Winterson said in his book, "No matter how poor you are, no matter how you look for love, you should love life and yourself. Not a self-centered way, it will run counter to life and love, but the determination of salmon, no matter how rough the water is, because this is your river. " This is a touching memoir, a growth book full of courage and strength, and a life book full of inspiration and wisdom.
About the author:
Jeanette winterson jeanette winterson is a contemporary British writer. Born in August 1959, he was adopted by a Christian family since childhood and left at the age of 16. After that, he worked part-time in funeral parlours and mental hospitals and completed his studies at Oxford University. 1985 published his first novel "Oranges are not the only fruits", and won the first novel award in Whitbread, England, winning an international reputation. 20 1 1 published his autobiography "I want to be happy, not normal". In 20 16, Winterson was selected as the "BBC 100 Outstanding Women" list. Representative works include "Writing on the Body" and "Giving Gender to Cherry".