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[ 책 소개 ]
* 1997년 Newbery Honor 수상작
* 1996년 National Book Award Finalist
* ALA Notable Book
* ALA Best Book for Young Adults
어머니는 돌아가시고, 아버지는 가출을 해서 혼자가 된 나모는 12세가 될 때 포악한 성격의 사람에게 시집을 가야하는 가혹한 운명에 맞닥뜨리게 됩니다. 12살 생일이 되기 전에 나모는 배를 훔쳐서 도망을 가고, 강을 따라서 흘러가던 배는 거대한 호수로 들어가게 됩니다. 굶주림과 맹수들의 위험 속에서 나모는 생존을 위한 투쟁을 시작하고...
아프리카의 독특한 문화와 자연을 배경으로 펼쳐지는 신나고, 유머러스하면서도 드라마틱한 모험이야기입니다.
[ 서지 정보 ]
Paperback - 309 pages Reprint edition (March 1998)
ISBN: 0140386351
책 크기 : 19.6cm x 12.9cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Booklist
Farmer returns to Mozambique and Zimbabwe for a thick and twisting tale that follows Nhamo, a modern-day Shona girl who flees her village rather than marry a cruel man to placate an avenging spirit. Spirits are master players in this story, and to Nhamo they mean life or death. She holds frequent conversations with her dead mother, whom she visualizes by means of a torn-out magazine advertisement; and her treacherous escape by boat to Zimbabwe, where her father's family lives, is peppered with visits from water spirits, as well as the spirit of the dead man who owned her craft. Farmer marvelously evokes the narrow but hopeful atmosphere of Nhamo's existence--her pariah status in the village, her constant struggle for survival in the wilderness, and her initial difficulty in adjusting to a westernized society. Nhamo's relationships with her grandmother and cousin ring true, as do the occasionally humorous stories she tells herself in times of despair. However, the pacing of the complex story line is uneven, and many readers will be unnerved by the overflow of foreign words, which are sometimes explained in footnotes that could seem interruptive. These shortcomings, unfortunately, may limit the audience for an otherwise strong showing. Cast of characters; glossary; appendixes; bibliography. Laura Tillotson
Book Description
Nhamo's mother is dead, and her father is gone. She is a virtual slave in her small African village. Before her twelfth birthday, Nhamo learns that she must marry a cruel man with three other wives--and decides desperately to run away. Alone on the river, in a stolen boat, she is swept into the uncharted heart of a great lake. There, she battles drowning, starvation, and wild animals, and comes to know Africa's mystical, luminous spirits. Nancy Farmer's masterful storytelling makes this a truly spellbinding novel--and readers will be cheering for Nhamo from beginning to end. A gripping adventure, equally a survival story and a spiritual voyage.Nhamo is a stunning creation--while she serves as a fictional ambassador from a foreign culture, she is supremely human. An unforgettable work. --Publishers Weekly, starred review
Ingram
After the death of her mother, Nhamo is left a virtual slave in her small African village. Upon learning that before her 12th birthday she must marry a cruel man with three other wives, Nhamo desperately decides to run away. Nancy Farmer's masterful storytelling makes this "an extraordinarily rich novel featuring a most remarkable heroine" ("The Horn Book", starred review) . |
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