7 A Walk To Remember
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[中文名称]初恋的回忆
[小说语言]英语
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Book Description
There was a time when the world was sweeter...and something
happened to a seventeen-year-old boy that would change his life
forever.
It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even
claimed to have been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he
would fall for was Jamie Sullivan, daughter of the town's Baptist
minister. A quiet girl who carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie
seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took
care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and volunteered at
the local orphanage.
Landon would never have dreamed of asking her out, but a twist of
fate threw them together when he found himself without a partner for
the school dance. In the months that followed, Landon discovered truths
that most people take a lifetime to learn - about the joy of giving,
the pain of loss and, most of all, the transforming nature of love.
Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead
him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road
to manhood...
Amazon.com
In the prologue to his latest novel, Nicholas Sparks makes the
rather presumptuous pledge "first you will smile, and then you will
cry," but sure enough, he delivers the goods. With his calculated
ability to throw your heart around like a yo-yo (try out his earlier
Message in the Bottle or The Notebook if you really want to stick it to
yourself), Sparks pulls us back to the perfect innocence of a first
love.
In 1958 Landon Carter is a shallow but well-meaning teenager who
spends most of his time hanging out with his friends and trying hard to
ignore the impending responsibilities of adulthood. Then Landon gets
roped into acting the lead in the Christmas play opposite the most
renowned goody two-shoes in town: Jamie Sullivan. Against his best
intentions and the taunts of his buddies, Landon finds himself falling
for Jamie and learning some central lessons in life.
Like John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, Sparks maintains a
delicate and rarely seen balance of humor and sentiment. While the plot
may not be the most original, this boy-makes-good tearjerker will
certainly reel in the fans. Look for a movie starring beautiful people
or, better yet, snuggle under the covers with your tissues nearby and
let your inner sap run wild. --Nancy R.E.
O'Brien
From Publishers Weekly
Sure to wring yet more tears from willing readers' eyes, the latest
novel by the bestselling Sparks is a forced coming-of-age story
concerning a pair of unlikely young lovers. In a corny flashback device
that mimics The Notebook, 57-year-old Landon Carter spirits himself
back to his fateful senior year in high school in Beaufort, N.C., when
he was an archetypal troublemaking teenager of the 1950s, changed
forever by an unexpected first love. Jamie Sullivan, the Bible-toting
minister's daughter, with her drab brown sweaters, spinster hairstyle
and sincere, beatific advice, is the obvious target of high school
ridicule. Despite conspiring in Jamie's derision, class president
Landon, desperate for a date for the homecoming dance, finds himself
asking Jamie. Afterwards, Jamie asks him to participate with her in the
metaphor-laden school Christmas play (Jamie plays the angel). Landon
endures the taunting of his friends and forms an uneasy friendship with
Jamie, which is carefully supervised by her father. The teens visit
needy orphans, give Oscar-worthy performances in the school play and
share dreams watching the sunset. Landon realizes he's in love with
Jamie, but, of course, she is hiding a devastating secret that could
wring her from Landon's arms forever. Now tortured by his knowledge of
what will be her terrible fate, he must make the ultimate decision that
catapults him into adulthood. Readers may be frustrated with the
invariable formula that Sparks seems to regurgitate with regularity.
Although the narrator declares, "My story can't be summed up in two or
three sentences; it can't be packaged into something neat and simple
that people would immediately understand," this is the author's most
simple, formulaic, and blatantly melodramatic package to date. Agent,
Theresa Park, Sanford Greenburger Associates. Doubleday Book Club and
Literary Guild main selections; 20-city author tour; movie rights
optioned by Denise DiNovi at Warner Bros.. (Oct.)
From Library Journal
In Sparks's latest sentimental tale, a 17-year-old boy in 1950s
North Carolina finds all his expectations overthrown by the Baptist
minister's daughter. Film rights were purchased by the producer of
Message in a Bottle.
From Booklist
In this nostalgic look back at the late 1950s, Sparks, author of
Message in a Bottle , proves once again that he is a master at pulling
heartstrings and bringing a tear to his readers' eyes. Beaufort, South
Carolina, is a typical small town, and Landon Carter is just a regular
guy poised to enjoy his senior year of high school until his father,
the congressman, insists that because of his poor grades he needs to do
something extra to get into college. Reluctantly, Landon runs for class
president and wins. With his election comes responsibility, which
includes attending the school dance. This puts Landon in a panic
because he doesn't have a girlfriend. He decides to ask Jamie Sullivan,
the minister's daughter, because she is the most acceptable of the
geeks and probably hasn't been asked yet. They have a good time but
Landon doesn't think much about her until they both star in the
Christmas play, which her father wrote about his search for love after
her mother died. Everyone is excited about Jamie starring as the angel,
and Landon takes to walking her home after rehearsals. He finds himself
falling in love, but Jamie has a secret that will break his--and
Sparks' readers'--hearts. Told in Landon's down-home voice, this
bittersweet tale will enthrall Sparks' numerous fans and should be a
big hit during the holiday season.
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