The Story of My Life

图书标准信息

• 作者 Helen Keller（海伦·凯勒） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1990-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213874
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AnAmericanclassicrediscoveredbyeachgeneration,TheStoryofMyLifeisHelenKeller'saccountofhertriumphoverdeafnessandblindness.PopularizedbythestageplayandmovieTheMiracleWorker,Keller'sstoryhasbecomeasymbolofhopeforpeopleallovertheworld.

Thisbook–publishedwhenKellerwasonlytwenty-two–portraysthewildchildwhoislockedinthedarkandsilentprisonofherownbody.Withanextraordinaryimmediacy,Kellerrevealsherfrustrationsandrage,andtakesthereaderontheunforgettablejourneyofhereducationandbreakthroughsintotheworldofcommunication.FromthemomentKellerrecognizestheword"water"whenherteacherfinger-spellstheletters,wesharehertriumphas"thatlivingwordawakenedmysoul,gaveitlight,hope,joy,setitfree!"Anunparalleledchronicleofcourage,TheStoryofMyLiferemainsstartlinglyfreshandvitalmorethanacenturyafteritsfirstpublication,atimelesstestamenttoanindomitablewill.

【作者简介】

HELENKELLERwasbornonJune27,1880,inTuscumbia,Alabama.Atnineteenmonthsoldanacuteilnessnearlytookherlifeandleftherdeafandblind.AttherecommendationofAlexanderGrahamBell,herparentscontactedthePerkinsinstitutefortheBlindinBoston,andAnneSullivanwassenttotutorHelen.Thestoryoftheirearlyyearstogether,andHelen'sremarkablepyschologicalandintellectualgrowth,istoldinTheStoryofMyLife,whichfirstappearedininstallmentsinLadies'HomeJournalin1902.WithAnneSullivan,"Teacher,"atherside,HelenKellergraduatedfromRadcliffeCollegein1904,anextraordinaryaccomplishmentforanywomanofhertime.Awomen's-rightsactivist,asocialist,andaworld-famouscelebrity,HelenKellerreceivedthePresidentialMedalofFreedomandmanyhonorarydegrees.HerotherbooksincludeTheWorldIliveIn(1908),Midstream:MyLaterLife(1929),HelenKeller'sJournal(1938),andLetusHaveFaith(1940).Shediedin1968.HerburialurnisintheNationalCathedralinWashingtion,D.C.