In a perfectworld, Jonas begins to see the flaws...THE GIVER is the classicaward-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre and a majormotion picture adaptation for 2014 starring Jeff Bridges, MerylStreep, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. It is the future. There isno war, no hunger, no pain. No one in the community wants foranything. Everything needed is provided. And at twelve years old,each member of the community has their profession carefully chosenfor them by the Committee of Elders. Twelve-year old Jonas hasnever thought there was anything wrong with his world. But from themoment he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, Jonas discoversthat their community is not as perfect as it seems. It is only withthe help of the Giver, that Jonas can find what has been lost. Andit is only through his personal courage that Jonas finds thestrength to do what is right...The Giver is the award-winningclassic of bravery and adventure that has inspired countlessdystopian writers as the forerunner of this genre.
【作者简介】
Lois Lowry, author of over twenty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal (for The Giver and Number theStars), was born on 20 March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. Now divorced, she lives in West Cambridge with her dog, Bandit, and spends weekendsin her nineteenth-century farmhouse in New Hampshire.
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