wawa的部落格

昨天晚上joe帶丁丁出去散步

順便去租了电影

回來我一看片名
天堂遇見的五個人
Five People You Meet In Heaven
這不是前年我看的那本小說嗎
還不知已改編成TV movie了呢

上下两集近三個小時的電影
与原著相差不大
一部讓人重新發現生命旅程
對於死亡与活著的哲学故事

只是還是覺得原著較电影好看得多

初初接觸這位作者Mitch Albom
是在2006年的聖誕假期
我們到Mammoth Lakes過一年一度的滑雪之旅

自從2003年我和joe不再跟著孩子們上山ski開始
joe成為眾skier的專屬司機專職接送
我呢
除了做煮飯婆外就是迷韓劇囉

但到了2006年對韓劇已退燒
又忘了帶書上山
其他大人們得空都可坐上牌桌
我除了看电視真沒啥事可做
正煩惱如何打發這8天大把時間

jon給了我一本書
說
媽,你應該会喜歡這本書的

那就是
Mitch Albom的
For One More Day

我一看不可收拾
在山上8天
連看两遍

ski trip結束下山
拉著jon帶我到書店
又找到同一作者的另两本書
Tuesdays With Morrie
Five People You Meet In Heaven

因為太愛Mitch Albom的前两本書
那年剛好是乾女儿tabitha大学畢業
及姪女annie高中畢業
我就選了這两本書送他們
期望他們看了後也有我的感動

後來才知道後两本都有中譯本出版
不曉得For One More Day是否有中譯本

我沒看過已出版的中譯本
只覺得Mitch Albom的用詞淺顯易懂
他的書能觸動我心中最深層的感勳

昨晚的电影
讓我想起前年看完三本書後寫了小小感想
那時還無法完全用中文輸入
用我有限的英文能力多少敍述了我的感動


Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Mitch Albom's Three Books

i've finished reading his three books, for one more day, tuesdays with morrie and the five people you meet in heaven. thanks to jon, it was him letting me restore the joy of reading which i've forgotten for quite a long time.

mitch albom is such a great writer. i seldom read english books, but with his 细腻的笔触, i was totally emerged into the world he created. through his writing, 我看见人性的光辉.

jon asked which one i like the most. i have to say it's really difficult to choose from these three since each one is  different from others.

the five people you meet in heaven is a fascinating novel, you cannot move your eyes from this book while you're reading. for me, it's a great novel and that's it.

regarding the other two, i have to say i like them both so much and cannot tell which one is my better love. just like i cannot tell which son i like better.

 tuesdays with morrie is a book full of the wisdom of a great person, i cried so much when i was reading the book. i have to say maybe it's because i read this book with the age i am now. i can relate so many things and experiences from those wisdom words.

as to other book, for one more day, i read this book first and i loved it so much. this book reminds me of the movie i like the best, field of dreams. i was touched deeply by those touching feeling either in the movie or in the book.

for me, the above two books are the symbol of sense and sensibility, you need both to make you a human being.

jon said he likes tuesdays with morrie and ken likes for one more day the most. quite funny, this showed the differences of their characteristic. jon is a more 理性and ken is more 感性 type of person. it's hard to imagine that jon will be a 理性的人 when he was very young, but gradually he developed into this catagory. on the contrary, it's really difficult to know that ken is a 感性的人 , maybe it's because he is an engineer and he was trained to be 理性. but i always remind myself that ken is a Cancer, he has a very soft heart with a hard shell.

i'm glad that through these two books, i touched inside of my two boys' hearts. i can relate many things to their thoughts, also to mine....

 so i cannot tell you which one i like better........

i believe when jon and ken reach to my age, they will say the same thing.... since a human being needs both sense and sensibility to make him/her complete.