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[ 책 소개 ]
* National Book Award 수상도서
* A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner 수상도서
* The New York Times #1 Best Seller
* The New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Books of the Year
* A NAPPA Gold Award 수상도서
* New York Public Library, Books for the Teen Age of the Year
* Publishers Weekly "Off the Cuff" Awards: Favorite Young Adults Novel 수상도서
* Horn Book Fanfare Best Books of the Year
* Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adults Books
* School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
* Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year
* Amazon.com Best Book of the Year
* An ALA Notable Children's Book of the Year
* LA Times Best Books of the Year
* A BBYA Top 10 Book for Teens
국내에서는 "짝퉁 인디언의 생짜 일기"라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간된 명작 베스트셀러 청소년 소설입니다.
내셔널 북어워드 수상작가이자, 시인이며 영화제작자이기도 한 셔먼 알렉시의 첫 청소년 소설로서, 인디언 소년 주니어의 슬프고도 유쾌한 성장기를 그렸습니다. 저자는 가난하고 우울한 인디언 소년의 이야기를 유쾌한 문체로 재미있게 풀어내면서 울음과 웃음을 함께 선사합니다.
주니어는 인디언 보호구역에 사는 인디언 아이입니다. 태어날 때부터 특이한 체질과 독특한 외모 때문에 외톨이가 된 주니어는 그림과 만화를 그리며 혼자 노는 걸 좋아합니다. 인디언 아이들은 태어나면서부터 포기하는 것을 배운다고 하지만, 주니어는 가족의 사랑과 절친한 친구 로디와의 우정으로 우울하고 희망 없는 보호구역의 생활을 견뎌나갑니다.
어느 날, 삶에 대해 깊이 생각하게 된 주니어는 부자 백인 농촌에 있는 리어단 학교로 전학가기로 결심합니다. 인디언이 보호구역을 벗어난다는 것은 대단한 모험이었지만, 주니어는 자신에게 온 기회를 놓치지 않습니다. 하지만 주니어는 리어단 학교에서는 외계인 취급을 받고, 인디언 보호구역에서는 배신자 취급을 받게 됩니다. 게다가 사랑하는 가족들의 불행한 소식까지 들려오는데...
가난하고 우울하고 희망이 없지만 밝게 살아가려고 노력하는 주인공 인디언 '주니어'를 통해서 모든 것을 포기할 수밖에 없는 상황에서도 희망을 찾아 나설 수 있는 용기와 결단을 보여줍니다. 이 소설의 또다른 미덕은 가슴 아픈 이야기를 유쾌한 문체로 풀어내는 것이라 할 수 있습니다. 또한 주인공의 캐릭터를 잘 살린 엘렌 포니의 삽화가 읽는 재미를 더해줍니다.
강추 필독서...
[ 서지 정보 ]
Paperback: 229 pages
ISBN-10: 9780316013697
ISBN-13: 978-0316013697
책 크기: 20.9 cm x 13.9 cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.
With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
School Library Journal *Starred Review*
Exploring Indian identity, both self and tribal, Alexie's first young adult novel is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, a Spokane Indian from Wellpinit, WA. The bright 14-year-old was born with water on the brain, is regularly the target of bullies, and loves to draw. He says, "I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats." He expects disaster when he transfers from the reservation school to the rich, white school in Reardan, but soon finds himself making friends with both geeky and popular students and starting on the basketball team. Meeting his old classmates on the court, Junior grapples with questions about what constitutes one's community, identity, and tribe. The daily struggles of reservation life and the tragic deaths of the protagonist's grandmother, dog, and older sister would be all but unbearable without the humor and resilience of spirit with which Junior faces the world. The many characters, on and off the rez, with whom he has dealings are portrayed with compassion and verve, particularly the adults in his extended family. Forney's simple pencil cartoons fit perfectly within the story and reflect the burgeoning artist within Junior. Reluctant readers can even skim the pictures and construct their own story based exclusively on Forney's illustrations. The teen's determination to both improve himself and overcome poverty, despite the handicaps of birth, circumstances, and race, delivers a positive message in a low-key manner. Alexie's tale of self-discovery is a first purchase for all libraries.
Booklist
Arnold Spirit, a goofy-looking dork with a decent jumpshot, spends his time lamenting life on the "poor-ass" Spokane Indian reservation, drawing cartoons (which accompany, and often provide more insight than, the narrative), and, along with his aptly named pal Rowdy, laughing those laughs over anything and nothing that affix best friends so intricately together. When a teacher pleads with Arnold to want more, to escape the hopelessness of the rez, Arnold switches to a rich white school and immediately becomes as much an outcast in his own community as he is a curiosity in his new one. He weathers the typical teenage indignations and triumphs like a champ but soon faces far more trying ordeals as his home life begins to crumble and decay amidst the suffocating mire of alcoholism on the reservation. Alexie's humor and prose are easygoing and well suited to his young audience, and he doesn't pull many punches as he levels his eye at stereotypes both warranted and inapt. A few of the plotlines fade to gray by the end, but this ultimately affirms the incredible power of best friends to hurt and heal in equal measure. Younger teens looking for the strength to lift themselves out of rough situations would do well to start here. |
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