The Glass Castle is a 2005 memoir by American author Jeannette Walls. Walls recounts her dysfunctional and nomadic yet vibrant upbringing, emphasizing her resilience and her father's attempts toward redemption. Despite her family's flaws, their love for each other and her unique perspective on life allowed her to create a successful life of her own, culminating in a career in journalism in New York City. The book's title refers to her father's ultimate unfulfilled promise, to build his dream home for the family, a glass castle. The Glass Castle has received broad readership and positive critical feedback for Walls' balanced perspective on the positives and negatives of her childhood.[1][2] It has been used in North American grade school curriculum, leading to some controversy, as The Glass Castle was listed No. 9 on the Office for Intellectual Freedom's list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in 2012.[3] Noted reasons for challenging the book include its "offensive language" and being "sexually explicit".[3] The memoir spent over 260 weeks in hardcover on The New York Times Best Seller list, and it remained on the paperback nonfiction bestseller list until October 10, 2018, having persisted for 440 weeks.[4][5][6] By late 2007, The Glass Castle had received many awards, including the Christopher Award, the American Library Association's Alex Award (2006), and the Books for Better Living Award.[7] The Glass Castle was adapted as a feature film, released in the summer of 2017, starring Brie Larson as Jeannette Walls.[8]
这个书比电影好太多了。非常非常喜欢作者，我把她的作品都看了，都挺好看的，虽然调调有些类似，都有个强大得too good to be true的女主。喜欢作者的文笔，她很少用fancy words，但是属于那种对语言有raw talent的那种，用很简单的词汇和句子能够把一个故事讲得很好听。很符合她自己的成长经历，从小颠沛流离，没受到过太多条条框框的写作教育，生活市井中自然发掘的语言天赋，这些glass castle里面都有反应。
这个书比电影好太多了。非常非常喜欢作者，我把她的作品都看了，都挺好看的，虽然调调有些类似，都有个强大得too good to be true的女主。喜欢作者的文笔，她很少用fancy words，但是属于那种对语言有raw talent的那种，用很简单的词汇和句子能够把一个故事讲得很好听。很符合她自己的成长经历，从小颠沛流离，没受到过太多条条框框的写作教育，生活市井中自然发掘的语言天赋，这些glass castle里面都有反应。 MegMegMeg 发表于 2023-05-21 19:18
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小说或者准确说作者的回忆录比电影更好看， 算是另一个版本的hillbilly elegy.
原著确实没看过，不过你一说，确实有hillbilly elegy的感觉
看过，最大的感慨是以前纽约的homeless 和现在的homeless 真是完全不同的两群人啊。 作者妈妈其实家里不差钱的，至少当年有百万刀遗产级的，但选择艺术，选择homeless，垃圾箱拣吃的，认为这是自己的life style。
和现在的homeless 不太一样。
感觉跟educated更像啊。
当时读那本书真是超震撼。。。。感触良多，也难过了很久：世上还有这么特立独行，自私自利，自圆其说的父母。。。作者没有积怨，还能积极面对人生真是人间奇迹！
没有拍出原著的深邃和复杂， 电影还是太阳光，太正能量了。恶劣的原生家庭对作者的影响是非常大的
说的非常到位！
你形容她父母的这些词其实并不准确，她父母应该是病态的，偏执的。
那就不要看电影了，一定会失望
老美跟这里人想法不一样。有本书叫homeless to Harvard，里面的女主父母都不管她，都那样了还至始至终爱她的父母。换华人的，能怨恨上一辈子。
对，她父母还是爱她的，只不过她父母的价值观生活方式很偏离主流，甚至有点失去理智，我就记得开头第一章，她父母不给她做饭，四岁的她自己做饭把自己给烧伤了，真是不靠谱的父母。 所以她也能原谅父母，毕竟他们打心底里以为这样做对孩子好，自己也奉行那一套。