內容簡介
When Mario Puzo's blockbuster saga, The Godfather, was first published in 1969, critics hailed it as one of the greatest novels of our time, and "big, turbulent, highly entertaining." Since then, The Godfather has gone on to become a part of America's national culture, as well as a trilogy of landmark motion pictures. From the lavish opening scene where Don Corleone entertains guests and conducts business at his daughter's wedding...to his son, Michael, who takes his father's place to fight for his family...to the bloody climax where all family business is finished, The Godfather is an epic story of family, loyalty, and how "men of honor" live in their own world, and die by their own laws.
作者簡介
Mario Puzo was born on Manhattan’s West Side in the neighborhood known as Hell’s Kitchen. His first books, The Fortunate Pilgrim (“a minor classic” New York Times) and Dark Arena, brought him critical acclaim, but it was the publication of The Godfather in March 1969 that catapulted him into the front ranks of American authors. Reviewers hailed the book as “a staggering triumph” (Saturday Review), “big, turbulent, highly entertaining” (Newsweek), “remarkable” (Look), and “a voyeur’s dream, a skillful fantasy of violent personal power” (New York Times). Winning readers by the millions, it stayed at or near the top of the New York Times bestseller lists for sixty-nine weeks. His follow-up novel, Fools Die (1978), was hailed as the publishing event of the decade. Puzo’s last novel, Omerta, was finished shortly before his death in 1999.
精彩書評
Diehard Godfather fans play second banana to no other subculture in their obsession with the minutiae of Puzo's novel and Coppola's films. These dedicated fans will be most disappointed by the new audio version, although perhaps only an hour of material is missing, but casual aficionados will barely notice the abridgment. Missing are the subplot involving Sonny's mistress, Lucy Mancini, and Dr. William Kennedy and the descriptions of the regional Mafia chieftains that precede the commission meeting at which Don Corleone flushes out Don Barzini as his number one rival. Actor Joe Mantegna does a fine job throughout, largely resisting the temptation to put on voices for too many of the characters. However, this cannot be said for his Don Corleone. Perhaps it is vengeance: after all, Andy Garcia, as the late Don's nephew, Vincent Mancini, put the hit on Mantegna's Joey Zasa in Godfather III, but whatever the reason, Mantegna gives Corleone a raspy falsetto-imagine the Pillsbury Doughboy with a tracheotomy-that ranks as one of the worst Brando impressions ever. Also, Puzo's chilling ending in which Kay converts to Catholicism with the hope of saving her husband's soul is inexplicably transformed into a chamber-of-commerce-style bromide about the family's new life in Nevada. Still, the popularity of Puzo's novel 27 years after its publication makes this abridgment a must-have.
--Adam Mazmanian, "Library Journal"
"You can't stop reading it."
-- New York magazine
"A staggering triumph."
-- The Saturday Review
前言/序言
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☆☆☆☆☆
很好的書,看完受益匪淺。以後有活動多買點。
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絕對正品,東西不賴,關鍵是到貨快
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在他上過戰場,殺過人,和女人上床之後,就象羅馬人那樣為權力和情欲著迷。地中海陽光照耀下的西西裏彰顯著人性中最壯烈和殘酷的一麵,在那樣一個剛勁豪放的小島上長大的人,勢必比世界上任何地方的男人都早熟,更早的體驗到人生的殘酷和人性的復雜易變,一方水土養一方人,那樣的窮山惡水自然養育瞭那些酷烈的男人。他們長著阿爾帕西諾的黑眼睛,深色的頭發,橄欖色的肌膚,身上充滿瞭成熟野性的魅力。就象杜班嘉納的時裝。這不是來自米蘭的北方紳士,而是真正羅馬人的後裔。
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☆☆☆☆☆
作為新年禮物送自己的,書很好,字跡也清晰。就是上世紀末印刷的感覺有點老爺車。
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☆☆☆☆☆
就象女人的《傲慢與偏見》一樣,《教父》是每個男人這輩子最應該讀的書,假如你想成為一個男子漢的話。
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☆☆☆☆☆
在文章中,考利昂老頭有非凡的人格魅力,這種魅力讓人覺得他纔是世界上最公正的人,他是最講理的人,他不會亂殺無辜,他會主持正義,也因此讀者會愛上這個老人--教父。
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書有髒髒的地方,印刷不錯,看著這字體舒服。
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多讀書,讀好書,多讀京東好書。