The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime New York Times bestseller about one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mot...The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime New York Times bestseller about one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The eighteen personal essays collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love.
小朋友難得寫了一次書評(píng),居然寫這么長(zhǎng),我也沒有耐心看下去,先放這里吧。 這本書其實(shí)是在喜馬拉雅聽的,有時(shí)見他邊聽邊笑到岔氣,看來挺吸引人!他說是關(guān)于作者小時(shí)候的事,hilarious but sad!能寫這么多,看來聽懂了。瀏覽了一下,因?yàn)橛檬謾C(jī)寫的,沒有自動(dòng)糾錯(cuò)功能??,不少拼寫、語法和時(shí)態(tài)錯(cuò)誤。有時(shí)間,讓他再修改一下。 ———————————————— In a little town in South Africa, a little pale baby was bor...
《Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood》 是特雷弗·諾亞(Trevor Noah)撰寫的回憶錄,講述了他在南非種族隔離時(shí)代成長(zhǎng)的故事。書中通過幽默和尖銳的觀察,諾亞探討了種族、身份、家庭和社會(huì)的復(fù)雜性。
四年級(jí)下學(xué)期聽書. It is a full of experience and interesting childhood. I am surprised that at last his mother’praying was useful,and miracle happened.