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Born a Crime

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Trevor Noah
Spiegel & Grau
2016-11-15
304
USD 18.34
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9780399588174

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • Newsday • Esquire • NPR • Booklist

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 stories 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.

Praise for Born a Crime

“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade

“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today

“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People

“[Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)

“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews

Review

“[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . In the end, Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade

“You’d be hard-pressed to find a comic’s origin story better than the one Trevor Noah serves up in Born a Crime. . . . [He] developed his aptitude for witty truth telling [and]…every hardscrabble memory of helping his mother scrape together money for food, gas, school fees, and rent, or barely surviving the temper of his stepfather, Abel, reveals the anxious wellsprings of the comedian’s ambition and success. If there is harvest in spite of blight, the saying goes, one does not credit the blight-but Noah does manage to wring brilliant comedy from it.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

“What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today

“[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People

“This isn't your average comic-writes-a-memoir: It’s a unique look at a man who is a product of his culture—and a nuanced look at a part of the world whose people have known dark times easily pushed aside.”—Refinery29

“Noah’s memoir is extraordinary . . . essential reading on every level. It’s hard to imagine anyone else doing a finer job of it.”—The Seattle Times

“Powerful prose . . . told through stories and vignettes that are sharply observed, deftly conveyed and consistently candid. Growing organically from them is an affecting investigation of identity, ethnicity, language, masculinity, nationality and, most of all, humanity—all issues that the election of Donald Trump in the United States shows are foremost in minds and hearts everywhere. . . . What the reader gleans are the insights that made Noah the thoughtful, observant, empathic man who wrote Born a Crime. . . . Here is a level-headed man, forged by remarkable and shocking life incidents, who is quietly determined and who knows where home and the heart lie. Would this unique story have been published had it been about someone not a celebrity of the planet? Possibly not, and to the detriment of potential readers, because this is a warm and very human story of the type that we will need to survive the Trump presidency’s imminent freezing of humane values.”—Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

“[Noah’s] story of surviving—and thriving—is mind-blowing.”—Cosmopolitan

“A gifted storyteller, able to deftly lace his poignant tales with amusing irony.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Noah has a real tale to tell, and he tells it well. . . . Among the many virtues of Born a Crime is a frank and telling portrait of life in South Africa during the 1980s and ’90s. . . . Born a Crime offers Americans a second introduction to Trevor Noah, and he makes a real impression.”—Newsday

“An affecting memoir, Born a Crime [is] a love letter to his mother.”—The Washington Post

“Witty and revealing . . . Noah’s story is the story of modern South Africa; though he enjoyed some privileges of the region’s slow Westernization, his formative years were shaped by poverty, injustice, and violence. Noah is quick with a disarming joke, and he skillfully integrates the parallel narratives via interstitial asides between chapters. . . . Perhaps the most harrowing tales are those of his abusive stepfather, which form the book’s final act (and which Noah cleverly foreshadows throughout earlier chapters), but equally prominent are the laugh-out-loud yarns about going to the prom, and the differences between ‘White Church’ and ‘Black Church.’”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[A] substantial collection of staggering personal essays . . . Incisive, funny, and vivid, these true tales are anchored to his portrait of his courageous, rebellious, and religious mother who defied racially restrictive laws to secure an education and a career for herself—and to have a child with a white Swiss/German even though sex between whites and blacks was illegal. . . . [Trevor Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review)

“A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews

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著者简介

Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, television and radio host and actor. He currently hosts The Daily Show, a late-night television talk show on Comedy Central.


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这是我最喜欢的那一类人物传记,也让我明白《乔布斯传》为什么我读的时候因为其他事被打断了,就自然而然没有再重新拾起来 (一个天才是如何成功的,关键词:男性,商业,梦想,和平社会,好吧,相对来说,真的少了某种吸引我的魅力)。 我之前对南非和它的历史知之甚少,难想象Aparthied South Africa是什么样,更被Trevor, 尤其是他的母亲身上的那种坚强乐观吸引着。 生活总带给人挑战甚至磨难, 但和平社会里的人们还是很难体会动荡和到处充斥不公的社会是什么样,而这对平民百姓来说又意味着什么。 生活,完全是另一个模样。 作者不卖惨,不煽情,不刻意幽默,也不掩饰自己, 整本书里透着他身上继承自他母亲的乐观, 娓娓道来他的童年。 对我来说,这超出了有趣的范畴,是有教育意义的好书。

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每天坐车俩小时,心说怎么也得听一星期,结果到家后完全停不下来,两天就听完了。希特勒和舞会女友的故事也太扯了,比他妈死里逃生还神奇。到最后也没提职业生涯,憋着下一本呢吧。看每日秀时还以为Trevor是个上流社会出身的高材生类型,想不到竟是个中学毕业的无产阶级,三十出头能混成这样挺不容易的。

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Trevor 是那种历经艰辛,披荆斩棘一路爬上美国主流社会的名人。他的人生确实和书名一样,这种出生,该吃的苦都吃过,不该吃的也都吃了,吃完整个人还没扭曲,活成了幽默自信且低层逻辑极其扎实的人。囧司徒的眼光真毒。

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太educational了 白人真是太创意了 日本人算白人 其他亚洲人算colored 咯咯咯你们开心就好。以及 妈妈的故事真的是够让on the fence的人信主了吧hhh

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崔娃和他妈妈之间的相处是这本书里最好,最好看的地方,也是崔娃长成今天这么可爱的原因.me and my mom had a very Tom and Jerry relationship...崔娃从妈妈那里学到的最棒的一点:don't fight the system. Mock the system. and Love is a creative ACT. (读到最后,眼泪一滴一滴往下流,怎么回事

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对Trevor Noah有所了解是因为在Netflix看了他的两部脱口秀: Son of Patricia & Afraid of the dark 两部我都很喜欢,印象深刻的段子有黑人007,巴厘岛轶事,mama patricia等等,但是更加影响深刻的是他的笑容特别从容又自信。 看完再看纪录片<You laugh but it's true&g...  

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Trevor小时候和妈妈祖母生活在一起学习了Xhosa语和其它几种部落语言。有一次在差点因为自己较浅的肤色被抢劫时,开口说了对方的语言, 然后 “The looked shocked for a moment, and then they started laughing. 'Oh, sorry. Dude. We thought you were something else. We we...  

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美国有一档著名的脱口秀节目《囧司徒每日秀》,他的主持人乔恩·斯图尔特做了这档节目近二十年的主持人,经过他的改造,这档节目从单纯的搞笑上升到了一种人文的高度,通过搞笑的形式讽刺新闻事件和人物,在年轻人获得了一大批的拥趸。 很多美国大学生都表示他们是从《囧司徒每...  

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