图书标签: 美国 非虚构 图书馆 历史 英文原版 传记 英文 美国文学
发表于2024-11-24
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On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who?
Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before.
In The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago.
Along the way, Orlean introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters from libraries past and present—from Mary Foy, who in 1880 at eighteen years old was named the head of the Los Angeles Public Library at a time when men still dominated the role, to Dr. C.J.K. Jones, a pastor, citrus farmer, and polymath known as “The Human Encyclopedia” who roamed the library dispensing information; from Charles Lummis, a wildly eccentric journalist and adventurer who was determined to make the L.A. library one of the best in the world, to the current staff, who do heroic work every day to ensure that their institution remains a vital part of the city it serves.
Brimming with her signature wit, insight, compassion, and talent for deep research, The Library Book is Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. It is also a master journalist’s reminder that, perhaps especially in the digital era, they are more necessary than ever.
Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in upstate New York and may be reached at SusanOrlean.com and Twitter.com/SusanOrlean.
喜欢一切有关书的书。洛杉矶公共图书馆的大火的前前后后,写得详尽,但是并不繁琐。
评分终于拜读了这本长期挂在公共图书馆overdrive首页上关于公共图书馆的书,北美图书馆除了借书以外还有社区中心的功能:上网,写论文,学习小组,meetup,培训各种技能(我曾在一个branch被迫旁听了一个半小时的excel课程,全因地方小而教师嗓音穿透力强可能是业余歌剧演员),收留无家可归的人(周末早上图书馆一开门一群人带着全身家当冲进去了)。书里用的叙述方式就十分cheesy了,开头先来个纵火案镇场子,然后开始倒叙插叙着讲图书馆的发展史,mission&vision啊。我并非觉得这没意思,只是这样挑拨读者情绪太过于cheap了。最后,Vivre la bibliothèque!
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评分A book of poignancy but also trivia, interweaving the investigation of the biggest library fire in the US (strongest plot), the history of the LA library, and the present day life of a community hub filled with passionate librarians and quirky patrons. Library as resource, connector, haven, keeper of memory, antidote to solitude, symbol of hope.
评分I can relate with a great deal of what the author described about the library. It was a sanctuary to me and always will be. If there were another life, I wish I could be a librarian. Great book! Too much detail though.
1986年4月29号,一场燃烧了七个半小时的熊熊烈火,烧毁/损坏了洛杉矶中央图书馆一半的藏书,超过一百万册。堪称美国历史上最严重、损失最惨重的一次图书馆大火。这次失火后中央图书馆关张整整六年。几十万册被火烧烟熏水浸过的图书(其中包括多个全国最大的collection)被紧急...
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The Library Book pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024