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The Red Tent Douban
author: Anita Diamant publishing house: St. Martin's Press 1997 - 9
Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood-the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers-Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah-the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that are to sustain her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate, immediate connection. Deeply affecting, "The Red Tent "combines rich storytelling with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new view of Biblical women's society.

读过《The Red Tent》 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
有时,得读完一本书,才会明白你为啥要读完。

书是历史向小说,基于圣经故事,虚构雅各布的女儿底拿的一生。对宗教和圣经一无所知,阅读中便不知道哪些地方对圣经做了改编和重新解读,而是沉浸到她的命运中去。

前半部慢条斯理的,甚至没有主角的故事,而是把雅各布和红帐篷里妻子们故事做交代。我一度想要弃书。妻子问,读了她结婚的那段儿了吗?还没呢,于是继续。
中间部分从主角Dina的视角,讲述雅各布重返迦南地的过程。而在示剑城,作者笔锋一转,给了个震惊的转折。Wow。从此,这个故事丰满起来。
红帐篷象征女性,血,生命。所有的生命,必经血的流淌。

河流的意向在书中反复出现,每次都各有象征。其中一个,Dina向丈夫说自己不会游泳时,他的丈夫说,Good,那我就可以教你了。而她的丈夫教他在生命之河游泳的方式,让人震惊,唏嘘。

底拿的讲述,并没有在她咽气时停下。她接着描述了自己的死亡后。这段描写,就是我读它的意义。关于死,你得完整经历人生,才能体会它的意义。

conge
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