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最後一位說書人 (2022年紐伯瑞金牌獎)(Donna Barba Higuera): : 20222022 11 11 1. 2. 3. 2022 2022 Star Tribune Cybils Award Donna Barba Higuera
作者: 唐娜．芭芭．希格拉 | 譯者: 趙永芬
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為了一個沒有衝突、戰爭、飢餓的完美世界，將付出什麼代價？
是要遺忘過去、抹去人類的罪惡，還是成為說書人，透過故事讓歷史與文化傳承下去？
雜揉交織著愛、幽默、痛苦、魔法、迷失靈魂的故事，將引導倖存者走出黑暗……
西元二○六一年，哈雷彗星被太陽閃焰推離軌道，向著地球前進。
十二歲女孩佩特拉．潘尼亞與父母和七歲的弟弟哈比耶生活在美國新墨西哥州。她的祖母麗塔是一位說書人，時常說故事給佩特拉聽。佩特拉希望長大後也能成為一位說書人。但她的幸福生活即將被打破，因為地球要毀滅了。佩特拉的母親是植物學家，父親是地質學家，兩人卓越的能力使他們一家獲得搭上太空船，前往新星球薩根的機會。
在太空船上，乘客會透過「認知程式」陷入沉睡。三百八十年後，佩特拉在新星球醒來，發現只有自己記得地球。在這段星際旅程中，「集體」接管一切，清除了所有乘客的記憶，或乾脆……「清除」他們。
誰是說謊的狐狸？布蘭卡弗洛公主為誰冒險？開花仙人掌後的洞穴藏著什麼？拯救羽蛇神的兔子將帶她去到何方？在黑暗無邊的太空中，佩特拉獨自一人懷抱著祖母留給她的故事。這些故事給了她力量，她能找到消失的家人，並且將故事與文化的火種傳承下去嗎？
【本書資料】
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適讀年齡：11歲以上
本書特色
1.「故事」擁有撼動一切、重建世界的力量
在佩特拉困惑和迷茫的時候，祖母說給她的故事成了養分。她從中獲得智慧看透謊言和虛偽，獲得勇氣在黑暗中獨自負起拯救其他人與傳承文化的重擔。現實中，故事也深深影響著你我的生活與生命歷程，小至人際互動，大至人生方向，故事將帶領孩子們成長。這本書獻給喜歡說故事、聽故事、看故事的你。
2.將墨西哥民間傳說與科幻元素融合
作者以古今交錯的雙軌時間軸敘事，佩特拉對照著她現在在宇宙飛船上的時刻，回憶起祖先代代相傳的墨西哥民間故事。本書除了以科幻元素挑戰讀者既有的認知，激發對未來的想像，也以傳說故事告訴讀者歷史記憶的重要性：過去不是未來的敵人，而是時間的禮物。
3.動人又感傷的「反烏托邦」小說
看似平等，沒有衝突、戰爭、飢餓的世界是否真是完美的？壓抑情感、抹除記憶，追求集體利益最大化，這些是美好的未來嗎？在科技世代裡，本書促使著我們思考人類的發展，作者透過佩特拉，在展示了文化記憶、家庭紐帶和故事對人類進步至關重要之餘，也強調我們應擁抱多樣性，並尊重彼此間的差異。
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作者
唐娜．芭芭．希格拉（Donna Barba Higuera）
出生在美國加州中部，在油田和農田中長大，童年時，相較於在課間休息時間躲避塵捲風，她更喜歡藏在儲藏櫃裡閱讀好書。她始終致力於將民間傳說和個人經驗融入充滿想像力的故事中，而如今更將些故事編織成繪本和小說。現與丈夫、四個孩子、三隻狗和兩隻青蛙住在薄霧瀰漫的華盛頓州。
第一本小說《露佩．王不跳舞》出版即獲普拉．貝爾普雷銀牌獎等，第二本小說《最後一位說書人》則榮獲紐伯瑞金牌獎等多項大獎（以上皆為小魯文化出版）。
譯者
趙永芬
畢業於美國德州大學奧斯汀分校及東海外文系，任教於中國科技大學近三十年，目前專事翻譯。從小愛讀小說，長大以後愛上小說翻譯。譯有《黑鳥湖畔的女巫》、《銀劍》、《天藍色的彼岸》、《洞》、《小步小步走》、《爛泥怪》、《風之王》等（以上皆為小魯文化出版）。
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★★★★★ 5
No regets
Format: Paperback
This was a good book to read! In school you only learn the male prospective during slavery! I know feel I can say white woman played a major role during slavery times. I like that fact that the Author put in the information to where we can go srwcah and read for ourselves. The visuals where an added touch. I feel like because alot of women of that time couldn't write so alot of information was missing. I feel like this is a must read.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2025
★★★★★ 5
One of the most poignant books I have read in a long time.
Format: Paperback
One of the most poignant books I have read in a long time.
“Southern communities, lawmakers, and courts recognized slave-owning women as individuals able to acquire and exercise mastery over enslaved people, s is evident from laws passed throughout the South. Laws dating back to the colonial period routinely recognized the mistresses owned enslaved people in their own right, and these same laws acknowledged the fact that these women were capable of exercising mastery over the enslaved people they owned.” Stephanie E. Jones - Rogers.
They were referred to as Southern Belles’. Revered for their ladylike daintiness. But… there was nothing dainty about their dealings for they too, owned human property. These white southern mistresses were heavily involved and often owned more property than their male counterparts even being the breadwinners. These women were barbaric and wore the crown of cruelty.
Dr. Rogers gave the enslaved a voice in this text – allowing our ancestors to share with us their story and experiences under the thumb of white mistresses. This text uncovers the extent of the involvement that white women had with slave ownership. There was discord in marriages due to white women struggles to maintain control of their financial gains of human property. These women utilized the judicial system to protect their pecuniary interests. The parents of these white girls/women bequeathed slaves to white females i.e. as young as newborns – which leads us to mistresses in the making – that is the education of young white women of the mastery of slave ownership. My heart broke as I was able to envision the accounts of atrocities inflicted upon our ancestors. Our people were raped and forced into being breeders and wet nurses to ensure the livelihood of these white mistresses and their families. The evidence is insurmountable in all the ways slave-owning women invested in, and profited from their financial ties to American slavery and its marketplace. Most importantly, there was testimony from formerly enslaved people of their experiences within slavery. This text is a mandatory read for all and in my opinion, must be included as part of the curriculum in schools.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2020
★★★★★ 5
Slave Trade was not only a White Man's Affair
Format: Kindle
The book is an excellent read particularly in today's climate. Why 53% of white women would put a vile man in office is explained in the pages of this book. White women held positions of power in the America slave trade, a fact overlooked in history. These southern bell's represented as the gold standard of woman hood in the antebellum south were anything but, and they for the most part showed as much, business savvy as down right cruelty in the slave trade. They benefited in every conceivable way from this free labor market. They were no advocates for the kind humane treatment of slaves. In many cases they were as vicious as their counterpart and just as committed to a keeping Blacks marred in the system of bondage. They are in most cases depicted as silent partners and where that might be the case many white women had full command and knowledge of the value of a slave they invested in and they wanted a hefty return. In fact they used every means on the table to keep these black, men, women and children bound to their wealth creation. These co-conspirators had more than a hand in the cookie jar, they enjoyed the power and did not hesitate to support the maintenance of this inhumane institution.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2019
★★★★★ 5
Excellent book, not only for lawyers or law students
To begin with, I am neither a lawyer, a law student, nor even a prospective law student. I am, however, someone who has always been interested in the law, primarily for two reasons. First, the law is the principal formal means a society uses to try to resolve conflict among the society's members. Second, and closely related to the first reason, the sum shape, both of content and procedure of the law, is an expression of exactly what a society's values are and the goals a society sets for itself or the standards by which it ideally wishes to be judged.
I found this book to be excellent, informative, well written, and even at parts entertaining. Although meant as a guide for law students to use to prepare for the strenuous exams that are associated with each course they will take in law school, the book provides much, much more, and hence my belief that it can profitably be read by a far larger readership than its ostensible audience. One of the key elements stressed throughout, and exemplified by numerous enlightening examples, is that there usually is no one correct answer to any given legal question. Arguments can be made on at least two sides of any matter based upon, for example, a "plain reading" of the text of a relevant law and the reasonably understandable intent of those who made the law (e.g., a legislature). The authors bring out clearly such sources of legal precedent as laws, government regulations, individual case law decisions by judges, common law, government policy, and specific codes (e.g., the Uniform Commercial Code, or UCC) and show how differing results to a case can readily come about based upon arguments using the different sources to bolster respective cases.
In reality, although by minimal definition a book designed, as said above, to prepare for the taking of law school tests, the book actually also is a good guideline on how to think (not necessarily what to think) about many larger issues in society, including politics and policy issues of all sorts.
Finally, the first two thirds of the book discuss ways to think about the wide range of questions that can be posed to aspiring lawyers and introduces the reader to understanding such distinctions as "forks in the law" and "forks in the facts" (a quite useful distinction to keep in mind). The final part of the book provides solid test taking strategies that are applicable to a wide range of academic testing (e.g., answer the question the professor actually asked and avoid wasting time or effort on ancillary matters not really germane to helping to resolve the issue.) Although some of these may seem obvious once read, the tips are the type of thing that, under pressure of exams, many students often forget to apply.
In sum, I highly recommend this book to those interested in life in the modern world.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2015
★★★★★ 5
Must read for 1L or Incoming Law Student! So helpful!!!
Format: Paperback
Any 1L or incoming law student needs to read this book! So, I took the BARBI Law Preview before law school began to get an overview of what law school was like and a heads up on how to do things. During this program I had read just two chapters of the book- and these two chapters alone put me in a crucial mind frame to understand the importance of what your professors are looking for. It is not just about distinguishing the right issues and facts, because there is truly no such thing, but distinguishing both sides of an issue, and of course you have to read the book to get more info, but I feel like it has helped me understand what success sounds like in exams. I am only going into my third week of 1L, but I can tell the book has given me a leg up. I recommend that you read this book before you start, or in the first two weeks (though you'll be burdened with a lot of reading then- so before is best) so you can get into the mindset, instead of doing it right before exams and feeling like you have to rewire your brain to everything you thought you understood.
I guess I'll have to update you guys once I see my exams, but so far so good!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015