From Publishers Weekly Schaffer was working on the manuscript to his first legal thriller (Misdemeanor Man) when his father, Flip, called with an insistent invitation to a one-week baking seminar at a New York culinary institute. He doesn't look forward to the experience, as the two have never been comfortable together since the father abandoned his mentally unstable wife and left the kids behind. But Flip was dying of cancer, so Schaffer agreed to make one last effort at settling their differences. The bickering between them can be playful, but there's an emotional rawness to their conversations, and the memories they churn up, that confuses more than it heals. "I forgave. But I hate him, still," Schaffer admits. The baking class is not just a sharply focused backdrop but a buffer from the most painful revelations about the suffering Schaffer endured in adolescence—unfortunately, the class ends halfway through the memoir, and the last sections deal with his father's final days at home. The disruption to the narrative momentum is jarring, but Schaffer's dark humor holds the two stories together. (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From School Library Journal Adult/High School—When Schaffer's dying father telephoned him in California to invite him to take a baking class with him in New York, he was less than enthusiastic, but he accepted. This was the man who had abandoned him and his siblings to be raised by his clinically depressed "lunatic" mother. To Schaffer, his father was obnoxious, but to the other students, he was charismatic. Though the author still saw all that his father had not been to him, he began to see a more complete picture of the man as others saw him, and he realized that, in his own way, his father was asking for forgiveness. The book moves quickly; it is clever, funny, and poignant as Schaffer reveals some basic human truths that will resonate with teens. Juxtaposed with the story of the father/son relationship is the story of the baking school, including some specifics of bread making. Compare this raw relationship with the more mellow one in Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie (Doubleday, 1997).—Ellen Bell, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书的封面设计就充满了故事感,那种深邃的蓝,淡淡的晕染,仿佛藏着无数的情绪。我一直对那些探讨人生意义、生与死这样宏大命题的书籍抱有特别的兴趣,它们总能触动我内心最柔软的部分,引发我对自己生命旅程的深刻反思。当我第一次看到《Life, Death & Bialys》这个书名时,就立刻被它深深吸引了。 bialys,这个寻常的烘焙食品,与“生”和“死”这两个沉重而又普世的主题并置,这种奇特的组合让我充满了好奇。它究竟是如何将一个看似平凡的食物与生命最根本的议题联系在一起的?是借由食物的视角去观察人生的起伏,还是在死亡的终点回望曾经的点滴?我脑海中勾勒出了无数种可能性,或许是一个老烘焙师在生命最后时刻,回忆一生与 bialys结下的不解之缘;或许是一家人在面对亲人离世的悲痛中,通过制作 Bialys 来寻找慰藉与连接;又或许,Bialys 本身就承载着某种象征意义,它在发酵、烘烤过程中所经历的变化,恰似人生的不同阶段,从孕育到成熟,再到最终的消逝。这种留白和悬念,正是吸引我立刻下单的强大动力,我迫不及待地想翻开它,去探索作者究竟为我们准备了怎样一场关于生命、死亡与Bialys的独特旅程。
评分初见《Life, Death & Bialys》这个书名,我便被一种难以言喻的神秘感所攫住了。它不像那些直白的哲学探讨,也不像那些纯粹的生活记录,而是以一种极为独特的方式,将“生”、“死”这两个人类永恒的母题,与一个看似平凡的食物——Bialys——并置在一起。这种组合本身就充满了戏剧性,让我不禁开始想象,作者究竟是怀揣着怎样的巧思,才将这两者联系起来的?我设想,或许 Bialys 在书中不仅仅是一种食物,它更像是一种时间的载体,承载着一代又一代人的记忆、情感和故事。也许,在某个角色的人生低谷,一个烤得恰到好处的 Bialys 带来了一丝慰藉;也许,在某个家庭面临生离死别之际,分享 Bialys 的动作,成为了一种无声的告慰与连接。我期待着书中能够描绘出 Bialys 的香气如何弥漫在不同的人生场景中,它如何见证生命的喜悦与悲伤,如何成为人们在面对生命无常时的精神寄托。这种将宏大叙事与微观意象相结合的尝试,让我对作者的叙事功力充满了期待,也让我渴望在这本书中,找到关于生命、死亡以及那些隐藏在日常食物中的深刻哲理。
评分这本书的标题《Life, Death & Bialys》简直就像一句精心打磨过的诗句,每个词都仿佛带着重量,又充满了一种意想不到的亲切感。我对这类能够从平凡事物中挖掘深刻寓意的作品向来情有独钟,总觉得那些最本质的真理,往往就隐藏在日常生活的细枝末节之中。《Life, Death & Bialys》让我产生了一种强烈的直觉:它不仅仅是一本书,更像是一扇窗,一扇可以让我窥见生命本质,甚至思考死亡的窗户。Bialys,这个带着淡淡麦香的食物,在我的想象中,或许是某个角色童年最美好的回忆,是某个家庭聚会时餐桌上不可或缺的一部分,是某个在异乡漂泊的人心中关于“家”的温暖象征。而当它与“生”与“死”这样两个如此庞大的概念并置时,便产生了一种奇妙的张力。我好奇作者是如何巧妙地将这三者编织在一起的。是 Bialys 的制作过程,如同生命孕育和成长的隐喻?还是不同角色在品尝 Bialys 时,所引发的关于生命长度、质量以及最终归宿的思考?又或者,Bialys 的香气,是连接生者与逝者的桥梁?这本书的魅力就在于它没有直接给出答案,而是抛出了一个引人入胜的命题,让我主动去探索,去感受,去在字里行间寻找属于自己的理解。
评分这本《Life, Death & Bialys》的标题,一出现就牢牢抓住了我的注意力。它不是那种一眼就能看透其内容的书名,反而像是一个精心设计的谜语,充满了引人遐想的空间。我一直对那些能够从看似毫不相干的事物中,提炼出深刻生命洞见的作品抱有特别的偏好。Bialys,一个如此具体的、充满生活气息的食物,与“生命”和“死亡”这两个抽象而又极具普遍性的概念并列,这种强烈的反差和碰撞,无疑激起了我内心最强烈的好奇心。我开始猜测,作者是如何将这个平凡的食物,与生命中最本质的议题紧密联系起来的。它是否像是一种象征,代表着生活中那些细微却又不可或缺的美好,而这些美好,恰恰是在我们面对生命的终结时,才显得尤为珍贵?或许,Bialys 的制作过程,就是对生命旅程的一种隐喻:从原材料的准备,到发酵、烘烤,再到最终的呈现,每一个环节都充满了生命的力量和时间的力量。我期待着,在这本书中,能够看到 Bialys 如何融入不同的角色的人生故事,它如何成为情感的载体,如何见证喜悦、悲伤、希望与绝望,最终,在生命的宏大叙事中,扮演一个意想不到的重要角色。
评分《Life, Death & Bialys》这个书名,就像在平静的湖面上投下了一颗石子,瞬间激起了我内心深处无数的涟漪。我一直认为,最引人深思的文学作品,往往能够以一种出人意料的方式,将最普遍的议题与最日常的事物巧妙地融合在一起。Bialys,这个在很多文化中都可能只是简单早餐或小吃的角色,与“生”和“死”这样两个宏大而又沉重的概念放在一起,立刻就产生了一种强烈的化学反应。它让我好奇,这本书会如何去探索这种联系?是借由 Bialys 的制作过程,来譬喻生命的孕育、成长、成熟甚至衰败?还是说,某个角色在人生行将就木之时,回想起与Bialys 相关的种种片段,以此来梳理自己的人生轨迹?我脑海中浮现出各种画面:或许是在一个古老的家庭厨房里,几代人围坐在一起,分享着刚出炉的 Bialys,空气中弥漫着温暖的香气,也夹杂着对逝去亲人的怀念;又或许,是在一个充满压抑的城市角落,某个人通过独自烘烤 Bialys 来寻求内心的平静与自我救赎。这本书的标题本身就充满了一种诗意和哲思,它没有直接告诉我故事的内容,却抛出了一个足够吸引人的谜题,让我迫不及待地想去揭开它。
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