2019澳大利亚文学周作家推介：莫里斯•葛雷兹曼
来源：澳大利亚大使馆 | 2019年03月12日12:12
Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman is a bestselling Australian children’s author and the current Australian Children’s Laureate. He was born in England and emigrated to Australia when he was thirteen. He gained prominence through his columns in Australian magazines, and as a writer for popular television series, but true fame came with his writing for children, often focusing on uncomfortable or confrontational subjects in humorous and unexpected ways. His titles include Two Weeks with the Queen, Grace, Doubting Thomas, Bumface, Give Peas A Chance, Extra Time, Loyal Creatures, Toad Delight and the series Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe. Two Weeks with the Queen was adapted into a play which was produced around the world. Morris lives in Brisbane and Sydney, and his books are published in more than twenty countries. His books have won, among other awards, all of the Australian Readers Choice Awards voted for by children.
Quotes
Once I escaped from an underground hiding place by telling a story. It was a bit exaggerated. It was a bit fanciful. It was my imagination getting a bit carried away. It was a lie.
— Once, Morris Gleitzman
Book Reviews
A resonant shot to the heart—Gleitzman delivers a sharp sense of what it must have been like to be a child during the Holocaust, forced to grow up far too quickly.
— Kirkus Review on Once
It's gentle, and humane, and ordinary, Once, even though its subject is the violent, the inhumane, and the twisted. Readers, child and adult alike, will fall in love with Felix and Zelda, the little girl he takes under his wing, and whose catchphrase is Don't you know anything?
It gives dignity where once it was taken away.
— Bookbag on Once
莫里斯•葛雷兹曼是澳大利亚畅销童书作家，也是现任“澳大利亚童书大使”。葛雷兹曼出生于英格兰，十三岁移民至澳大利亚。葛雷兹曼是一位知名的杂志专栏作者、大众电视编剧；但真正使他名声大噪的是他为孩子们写的故事。他的童书作品常以幽默而出人意料的方式，讲述敏感甚至挑战性的话题。他的作品包括《与女王相处的两礼拜》、《优雅》、《多疑的托马斯》、《无赖》、《给豆子一个机会》、《加时赛》、《忠诚者》、《癞蛤蟆》系列，以及系列作品《往事》、《彼时》、《此景》和《余声》等。《与女王相处的两礼拜》被改编成戏剧，在世界各地巡演。葛雷兹曼生活在布里斯班和悉尼。他的书籍在全球二十多个国家出版并获奖颇丰，其中包括由孩子们选出的“澳大利亚最受读者欢迎奖”的所有奖项。
引言
【非出书译本，供备用】
从前，我逃出了一个地下藏身处，因为我说了一个故事。那个故事有点夸张。那个故事有点稀奇。 那个故事里我的想象飞得有点远了。那个故事是一个谎言。
——《往事》莫里斯•葛雷兹曼，梅冬陈译
书评
直击心脏——葛雷兹曼让人共振般地真切感受到，作为二战大屠杀时期的一个孩子被迫过快成长的情形。
——科克斯书评评论《往事》
《往事》温和、仁慈而平常，即使它的主题有关暴力、冷酷与变态。无论孩子还是成人，这本书的读者都会爱上菲利克斯与他一直保护的塞尔达。这个小姑娘的口头禅是：“难道你什么都不知道？”
《往事》为曾经被剥夺了尊严的事物重新赋予尊严。
——Bookbag评《往事》
