該隱與亞伯英文讀后感.doc

A Boston-Brahmin banker. A rags-to-riches immigrant hotel-king. Two intermittently interesting, mostly clichd life stories (1906-1967)-which unsubtle Archer (Shall We Tell the President?) has linked up, using coincidences that belong only in Italian opera and plot secrets that only Dickens could get away with (and did). William Kane is the banker, a handsome Lowell/Cabot scion who is impossibly precocious, noble, and cool: his father dies on the Titanic (Oh, look. . . a picture of Daddys ship. Whats a ca-la-mity, Mommy?); his mother remarries badly (a slimy fortune-hunter whom canny teenager William runs out of town) and dies in childbirth; and William becomes an incredibly young director of the family bank. Meanwhile, in alternate chapters, Abel Rosnovski is born a Polish orphan bastard, is raised by peasants, is taken in by the local baron (who turns out to be Abels real pa), survives German and Russian imprisonment, then flees to the U.S. via Turkey. So how do these two heroes-both of them tiresomely brilliant and decent-hook up? Well, theres a brief teasing glimpse of waiter Abel serving William at the Plaza Hotel. But the real connection is made after Abel has become the indispensable right-hand man of a midwest hotelier: when the 1929 Crash comes, Abel and his boss need help from Williams bank, William refuses, and Abels beloved boss commits suicide. So Abel vows vengeance on William while-with aid from a mysterious anonymous backer(!)-he manages to salvage the hotel chain and achieve tycoon-dom. And with World War II the Abel/William contacts really start hopping. Even the most indulgent readers will surely gag when Abel just happens to save Williams life on the battlefield (neither of them recognizing the other!). And next. . . what else but a coincidental meeting between Williams son and Abels daughter? (The two fall madly in love and marry over both fathers protests.) Abel continues to try to destroy William, however (with coincidental aid from Williams hated ex-stepfather): grabbing control of his bank, bribing JFK in 1960 not to choose Williams kinsman H. C. Lodge as running mate. And William fights back by getting Abel arrested for bribery. Finally, after William dies, Abel-who apparently hasnt read Great Expectations or Our Mutual Friend-learns that William was his anonymous backer all those years ago. . . . Obviously inspired by Hollywoods corniest movies and Howard Fast as well as the great Boz, Archer works hard to put in every known commercial grabber (except, thankfully, gratuitous hard-core sex); but, though a few individual scenes have some melodramatic snap, the ludicrous plotting and cardboard characterization make this a long, ragged trek-for the most undiscriminating saga-seekers only一個(gè)波士頓婆羅門的銀行家。一個(gè)赤貧到暴富的移民酒店國(guó)王。間歇有趣的，大多是陳詞濫調(diào)的生活故事（1906年至1967年） - 那么直接的弓箭手（我們告訴總統(tǒng)嗎？）連接起來，使用的巧合只屬于意大利歌劇和情節(jié)的秘密，只有狄更斯可以逃脫（和所做的那樣）。威廉凱恩是銀行家，一個(gè)英俊的洛厄爾/卡博特后裔的人是不可能早熟，高貴，酷：他的父親死了，泰坦尼克號(hào)上的（“”哦，看看.爸爸的船的照片。什么是CA-LA表示設(shè)備，媽媽？“”），他的母親再婚嚴(yán)重（粘糊糊的財(cái)富獵人人精明的小將威廉運(yùn)行的鎮(zhèn)），并在分娩時(shí)死亡;的家族銀行中，威廉成為一個(gè)令人難以置信的年輕導(dǎo)演。同時(shí)，備用章節(jié)，亞伯Rosnovski出生一個(gè)波蘭孤兒混蛋，是提高農(nóng)民，是采取在當(dāng)?shù)啬芯簦ㄕl(shuí)打開了亞伯的實(shí)際每年），生存德國(guó)和俄羅斯的監(jiān)禁，然后逃離到美國(guó)通過土耳其。所以這兩個(gè)英雄 - 他們都令人厭煩的輝煌和體面 - 鉤怎么了？那么，會(huì)有一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的戲弄一瞥服務(wù)威廉在廣場(chǎng)酒店的服務(wù)員亞伯。但真正的連接后亞伯中西部旅館老板已成為不可缺少的得力助手：在1929年的股災(zāi)來臨的時(shí)候，亞伯和他的上司威廉的銀行需要幫助，威廉拒絕，和亞伯的敬愛的老板自殺了。所以亞伯在威廉發(fā)誓復(fù)仇的同時(shí) - 從一個(gè)神秘的匿名支持者（！）的援助 - ，他設(shè)法打撈連鎖酒店和實(shí)現(xiàn)大亨DOM。與二戰(zhàn)的亞伯/威廉，接觸真正開始跳。即使是最放縱的讀者一定會(huì)壓制，當(dāng)亞伯恰好在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上拯救威廉的生活（他們都不承認(rèn)其他）。而旁邊。 。 。什么，但一個(gè)偶然的會(huì)晤威廉的兒子和亞伯的女兒呢？ （兩人情投意合瘋狂戀愛和結(jié)婚對(duì)雙方父親的抗議。）亞伯繼續(xù)以試圖以破壞威廉，但是（巧合的援助從威廉的恨EX-繼父的）：斂控制他的銀行，賄賂肯尼迪在1960年不要選擇威廉的親屬，HC照片作為競(jìng)選伙伴。威廉反擊亞伯因涉嫌受賄。最后，在威廉模具，亞伯 - 誰(shuí)顯然還沒有讀過“遠(yuǎn)大前程”我們共同的朋友 - 學(xué)習(xí)威廉是他的匿名支持者年前。 。 。 。顯然靈感來自好萊塢的corniest電影和霍華德快速的巨大博茲，弓箭手的作品很難以把在每一個(gè)著名的商業(yè)采集卡除外，幸運(yùn)的是，無(wú)端的硬核性;但是，盡管一個(gè)少數(shù)個(gè)別場(chǎng)景有一些聳人聽聞的管理單元，可笑的策劃和紙板的特性，這是一個(gè)長(zhǎng)期的，衣衫襤褸的跋涉 - 最軒輊的傳奇求職者Comments on the author aside; Kane and Abel is one of the best books if not the best book I have ever read in my life. A book has to be astoundingly good to get in my top ten - near impossible to reach the top five, and so this title is not one I throw around!I first read this book at 15, and now re-reading it at 26 I find I understand and enjoy it all the more. It is a tale that spans three generations, all continents, and all classes.It tells in stereo the tales of Baron Abel Rosnovski and William Lowell Kane, born on the same day in totally different circumstances - the former in poverty in Poland and Russia, witnessing murder, theft and sorrow, the latter into a rich banking family, where money is no object and the only thing expected of William was to follow in his fathers footsteps and run the family banking empire.Their paths cross in their midlives when their children meet - I wont spoil it - but the men become bitter rivals both in business and their personal lives. The tale covers their friends, family and really engages the reader.There are some truly genuine smiling moments in the book but for me the real test of whether a book has grasped me is if it can make me cry. And Kane and Abel can - buckets!The story is so well written, so engaging and so well researched that you cannot fail to be grasped within the first few pages. Its a really gripping read, you cannot put it down once you have started it and like me you will be recommending it to everyone you meet.It is a truly wonderful book, and if you ever get the chance, read it because you wont regret it. Its an amazing read and one I personally hold in the highest of regards.On a practical note; it is a long read, so you will get your moneys worth and you can pick it up in paperback in most leading bookshops for around 7. It is well worth the